Horse racing almost got through its season-ending championship day without a fatal breakdown. Typically these injuries occur near the end of the race, when the horse is more fatigued and you've got less support to the joint. The announced on-track attendance of 41,781 was several thousand under expectations, only the eighth-largest behind seven Haskell Handicap days in track history. Season-ending race day can't escape fatal breakdown. He stayed home to care for his ailing dog, Happy....

There had been numerous predictions as to how 'George' would perform in his second Classic winning and restoring some pride on the first blank Breeders' Cup day for Europe in nine years being a popular one among them but crossing the winning line for the 14th and last time in his career in the back of a clanking old iron horse ambulance, towed by a tractor, had not been countenanced. There had been numerous predictions as to how 'George' would perform in his second Classic winning and...

Post Comment WEST LONG BRANCH Once the horses were done racing Friday, it was the people who hustled through the steady rain toward their goal plates of hors d'oeuvres, glasses of wine and a good cause. Find www.app.com stories from the past week as well as calendar events, classifieds, advertisements, Yellow Page listings, local Web sites and more all in one search. The 2007 Breeders' Cup Charity Celebration brought together hundreds of New Jerseyans with deep pockets lawyers, politicians...

And when the Triple Crown series ends, the frequent assertion is that a crop can't be truly judged until its impact on racing has been charted for an additional year or two. Five who tangled in the Run for the Roses, four of whom went on to compete in at least one other Triple Crown race, are still around for the $5 million Classic, highlight of today's eight-race, $20 million Breeders' Cup World Championships program at Monmouth Park. Five who tangled in the Run for the Roses, four of...

No, he went out there on the track, met his rivals on equal terms, gave most of them a 10-length start, then mowed 'em down with a withering stretch run to record one of the most decisive victories you could ever hope to see - 4 gaping lengths. What rotten luck that in Curlin's finest hour, the Classic should be marred with the distressing breakdown of the sterling Irish horse George Washington, who fractured an ankle near the furlong pole and had to be euthanized. He didn't eke his way to...

At Oakland County's animal-rescue farm in Orion Township, a thoroughbred horse that county authorities said was starving and dehydrated is now thriving -- the beneficiary of more than $10,000 in donations that officials say flowed in after a Free Press story on Sept. Oakland County news briefs Freep.com. At Oakland County's animal-rescue farm in Orion Township, a thoroughbred horse that county authorities said was starving and dehydrated is now thriving -- the beneficiary of more than...