Jockey Club Gold Cup - Curlin

Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin became the winningest horse in North American racing history as his earnings topped $10.2 million with the victory in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at a rainy Belmont Park.

The four-year-old colt, trained by Steve Asmussen and owned by California vintner Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables, added $450,000 to his career earnings for a total of $10,246,800, surpassing the 12-year-old record of $9,999,815.

Curlin's next race may be a showdown with 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown in the Breeders' Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Belmont Park, 10th Race Results and Payouts - September 27, 2008
$750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup 
Pgm Horse                  Win   Place   Show
5 Curlin                   2.80   2.10    2.10
4 Wanderin Boy                    4.20    3.70
2 Merchant Marine                         5.70
$2 Exacta (5-4) Paid $9.40, $2 Trifecta (5-4-2) Paid $49.20, 
$2 Superfecta (5-4-2-9) Paid $120.00

Jockey Club Gold Cup Entries and Post time

Curlin, 2007 Horse of the Year, will attempt to garner his second consecutive victory in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. A win in the 1 1/4 mile race is worth $450,000 and would make Curlin the first $10 million horse in thoroughbred history. The two-time Eclipse Award winner will face eight challengers with a victory giving the winner automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup Classic.

The Jockey Club Gold Cup will be televised live on ESPNEWS. It will be the 10th race on an 11-race card, with a scheduled post-time of 5:52 p.m. Here are entries for the 90th running of Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational and the post time. I will post Morning Lines and Curlin's horse betting odds to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup whenever they become available.
MLs been added.

Belmont Park 10th Race (5:52 EST, September 27, 2008)
Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational (Grade 1)
1 1/4 Miles | Filly & Mare | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $750,000
Post # Horse                Jockey               ML
1 Ravel                     Bejarano R         30-1 
2 Merchant Marine           Velasquez C        12-1
3 Timber Reserve            Desormeaux K J     12-1
4 Wanderin Boy              Garcia Alan        10-1
5 Curlin                    Albarado R J        3-5
6 Angliana                  Maragh R           30-1
7 A. P. Arrow               Dominguez R A      20-1
8 Stones River              Saez G             20-1
9 Mambo in Seattle          Prado E S           7-2

Curlin vs. Big Brown in the Breeders' Cup Classic

Curlin's owner Jess Jackson has yet to commit Curlin to a defense of his Breeders' Cup Classic title at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, but he is in the process of doing due diligence. He already has made one site survey at Santa Anita to see the installation of the synthetic Pro-Ride surface, and on Tuesday's conference call, he said he intended to make another visit to Santa Anita quite soon.

Jackson said other races under consideration for Curlin are the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Nov. 28, and the Japan Cup Dirt on Dec. 7. This year's Japan Cup Dirt will be run at Hanshin over a clockwise, or right-handed, course.

"So much depends on the condition of the horse," Jackson said regarding the Breeders' Cup. He said other factors to consider, besides the new Pro-Ride surface, are getting Curlin acclimated to the surface before the race, as well as "my desire to see him run against the best anywhere."
Jackson said he had no interest in running in a match race against Big Brown.

Tiznow Handicap - Jonesboro

Two-time Grade 3 winner Jonesboro secured a berth in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with a front-running 1 3/4-length victory on Saturday in the $151,500 Tiznow Handicap at Louisiana Downs. Jonesboro has won 11 of 33 starts and earned $836,575 for trainer Randy Morse. Bred by Jayeff B Stables, Jonesboro is out of the Top Command mare Mom's Command, the Eclipse Award winner as 1985 champion three-year-old filly and a 2007 inductee into the Racing Hall of Fame.
Trainer: Randy L. Morse
Owner: Michael Langford
2008 Record: 8-3-2-0
2008 Earnings: $251,660

Louisiana Downs 
$150,000 Tiznow Handicap Results and Payouts
Pgm     Horse             Win    Place    Show 
4       Jonesboro        3.60     2.20    2.10  
7       Autobeacat                3.00    2.40  
5       Smokeyjonessutton                 2.60

Massachusetts Handicap - Commentator

Heavily favored Commentator won the 66th Massachusetts Handicap by 14 lengths on Saturday, beating an overmatched field over 1 1-8 miles at Suffolk Downs. Commentator earned $300,000 for his record MassCap victory, boosting his career earnings to more than $1.8 million. The win also places him in the top-10 nationwide in purse earnings in 2008. By winning Massachusetts Handicap, Commentator won a berth in the Breeders' Cup Classic, but Zito, who sang the praises of the Suffolk Downs dirt racing surface, said he would wait before making a decision whether to send Commentator to Santa Anita for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Zito is also an outspoken critic of artificial racing surfaces, such as the one recently installed at Santa Anita.
Trainer: Nicholas P. Zito
Owner: Tracy Farmer
2008 Record: 5-4-1-0
2008 Earnings: $1,025,700

Suffolk Downs Results and Payouts 
$500,000 Massachusetts Handicap
Pgm    Horse              Win    Place    Show 
2      Commentator       2.20     2.20    2.20 
3      Won Awesome Dude           4.60    3.00 
4      Cuba                               2.80 
$2 Exacta (2-3) Paid $9.00, $2 Trifecta (2-3-4) 
Paid $28.60, $1 Superfecta (2-3-4-6) Paid $21.30

Rish Free Betting Against Big Brown

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Natalma Stakes - C Karma

C Karma rated off the pace in Sunday's $150,000 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack, began a run leaving the turn and got home first, a neck in front of Freyga. C Karma, a Florida-bred daughter of Exchange Rate, finished the 1 mile on turf in 1:40.74.
C Karma earned a starting spot in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on October 24 at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park with this win.

Trainer: Gregory de Gannes
Last Jockey: Jono C. Jones
Owner: Pamela F. Edel
2008 Record: 5-2-1-2
2008 Earnings: $153,810

Natalma Stakes Results and Payouts

Pgm Horse             Win   Place   Show 
5   C Karma         11.70   6.20    4.40  
8   Freyga                 28.80   13.00  
10  Koonunga Hill                   6.30

Woodbine Mile - Rahy's Attorney

Canadian-owned Rahy's Attorney won the $1 million Woodbine Mile on Sunday. All eyes in the race were squarely on American horse Kip Deville, North America's top-ranked miler trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., the conditioner for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown. But like Big Brown, who finished last in the Belmont in his quest for the U.S. Triple Crown horse racing, Kip Deville struggled badly when the race was on the line.

With the win, Rahy's Attorney clinched a berth in the Breeders' Cup Mile on October 25.

Trainer: Ian Black
Owners: Ellie Boje Farm, Peters, Read, Jean and Jim MacLe
2008 Record: 6-2-1-1
2008 Earnings: $783,488

Woodbine, 9th Race 
$1,078,200 Woodbine Mile Stakes Results and Payouts
Pgm Horse             Win   Place   Show
2 Rahy's Attorney   27.30    8.70   9.30
8 Ventura                    4.20   4.90
3 Just Rushing                      9.90
$2 Exactor (2-8) Paid $107.60, $2 Triactor (2-8-3) 
Paid $757.90, $1 Pick 3 (4-8-2) 3 Correct Paid $640.60 
Pick 3 Pool $36,343, $1 Superfecta (2-8-3-6) Paid $2,240.60

Turfway Park Fall Championship Stakes - Delightful Kiss

Ridden by Calvin Borel, Delightful Kiss entered Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Turfway Park Fall Championship without having raced over a synthetic track or farther than 1 1/8 miles.
Delightful Kiss qualified for the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Marathon next month at Santa Anita. That race is also contested at 1 1/2 miles over a synthetic track.

Trainer: Pete D. Anderson
Owner: Hobeau Farm
2007 Record: 9-3-0-1
2007 Earnings: $465,237

Turfway Park, 9th Race 
$100,000 Turfway Park Fall Championship Stakes
Pgm Horse             Win   Place   Show
2 Delightful Kiss   19.00   11.20   7.60
3 Star Plus (ARG)            8.60   7.00
10 Dominican                        3.80
$2 Exacta (2-3) Paid $121.40, $2 Trifecta (2-3-10) 
Paid $570.40, $2 Daily Double (8-2) Paid $59.20 
Daily Double Pool $4,487, $2 Superfecta (2-3-10-5) 
Paid $6,352.40