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Article: Big Brown unlikely to face Curlin
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- August 14, 2008
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The chances of Big Brown and Curlin meeting on the race track is
starting to look like a longshot.
The owners of both horses outlined their tentative fall plans for
racing's two superstars on Wednesday, and neither horse's schedule
appears to leave room for the other.
Curlin owner Jess Jackson said the 2007 Horse of the Year will
run in the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 30 then
probably head to the post for the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on
Sept. 27.
Big Brown owner Michael Iavarone declined an invitation from
Jackson to run in the Woodward, and it's unlikely the Kentucky Derby
and Preakness champion will run in the Gold Cup. Iavarone said his
focus this fall is ...