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Curlin to stand stud at Lane's End Farm in 2009
Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will stand at stud next year at Lane's End, a Kentucky horse farm owned by a former U.S. ambassador to Britain.

No sign of arson in Ky. fire that killed 27 horses
A pre-dawn blaze raced through a barn at a former race track in western Kentucky on Thursday, killing 27 horses and wiping out the dreams of at least one owner. It was the second deadly fire in less than a year at Riverside Downs outside Henderson, Ky., near the Indiana border. Investigators did not know the cause.

Kentucky tracks battle economy and slots
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Ron Geary thought he'd made it through the worst of it.

N.Y. racing stumbles amid weak economy
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -Betting is down at New York's horse tracks and Off-Track Betting parlors this year amid a weak economy.

DRF: Romans goes for big finish
DRF: Dale Romans has won six Grade 1 races in his 22-year training career, and in virtually no time flat, he can run down the names of them all.