The favorites, especially Horse of the Year Curlin, didn't have a shot at the Breeders' Cup on Saturday. ...more

October 26, 2008

Make it 9-for-9 for the unstoppable Zenyatta. The 4-year-old filly stayed perfect in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita on Friday, roaring from last to first around the turn to win the race and make a case for Horse of the Year honors. ...more

October 25, 2008

Curlin's looming presence in Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic hardly scared away the competition. ...more

October 24, 2008

When John Beebe heard Lawrence Higgins had been killed, he was devastated. Beebe was friends with the Odessa horseman for at least 10 years. They knew each other from betting – Beebe works at a Maryland racetrack, and Higgins bet there. Beebe said he even had visited Higgins in Florida. ...more

October 22, 2008

The lack of an arrest in the slaying of horseman Lawrence Higgins In odessa has made things worrisome in his neighborhood, the gated community of Citrus Green II in Odessa. ...more

October 16, 2008

The slaying of prominent Odessa horseman Lawrence P. Higgins doesn't appear to have come as the result of a robbery, deputies said today. ...more

October 13, 2008

The homicide of a prominent Odessa horseman has shocked friends in the thoroughbred industry, but investigators remained silent Saturday about the circumstances surrounding his death a day after his body was discovered. ...more

October 12, 2008

TAMPA - As the horse-racing community reels from news of the homicide of a prominent Odessa horseman, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies revealed nothing new today in the death of the 61-year-old racehorse owner and former lawyer. ...more

October 11, 2008

KENTUCKY - Jockey Kent Desormeaux still can't figure out what went wrong in Big Brown's last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes. ...more

June 15, 2008