Monday Morning Links
– Curlin could be Arc-bound. Time to start planning an October Paris sojourn …
– Dear NTRA: Free “Web 2.0” advice worth following.
– Check out the Paulick Report, now live.
– San Felipe winner Georgie Boy, who missed the Kentucky Derby with a pulled muscle in his hind, is back in training and prepping for races later this year.
– Enjoy Met Mile winner Divine Park while you can: Stud plans for the 4-year-old son of Chester House are set.
– Posting will be light this week, but I’ll back in full swing soon, looking toward to the upcoming Saratoga meet.
Checkbook Racing
No Dubai World Cup winners for Sheikh Mohammed, but his long-term prospects for racing success look good, if money spent is any indication: “Since the second half of last year he has blown, at a conservative estimate, close to a billion of his estimated £14 billion fortune on horses for racing and breeding, double the sum he is prepared to pay in his ongoing attempt to buy Liverpool FC …”
Curlin Dazzles, Walks on Water
Curlin, “the most impressive physical specimen at Nad Al Sheba,” worked half a mile in :50.16 on Monday, “dazzling onlookers with a show of contained power.” Assistant trainer Scott Blasi, who’s been overseeing Curlin’s preparation for the Dubai World Cup, called the move “perfect,” while jockey Robby Albarado, now in Dubai, gushed, “There’s so much power, so much confidence, so much ability.” Curlin is scheduled to burnish his reputation and secure his global legacy on Saturday when he lines up against 12 overmatched international challengers, then return to the US for a campaign culminating in a second Breeders’ Cup Classic victory. “I do not think he’s going to be the most tired horse cooling out [after Saturday’s race] by far,” said trainer Steve Asmussen, anticipating. “And we are expecting a very big second half of the year for him.”
Gorgeous George’s Only
The George Washington filly born February 4 at Irish National Stud may be the sole offspring of the late European champion, reports Blood-Horse:
Rumors circulating in the aftermath of the recent birth suggested that the filly, out of the Rainbow Quest mare Flawlessly, might be joined by another half-sibling. However, sources close to Coolmore said no more foals by George Washington are expected.
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