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From Roger Mooney in the Tampa Tribune: All manager Joe Maddon would say about this afternoon's pregame guest is that it will be another member of the animal kingdom. Maddon, who brought in a DJ on Saturday and a magician Sunday, walked around ...

The drought for America in the Dubai World Cup came to an end March 30 when champion Animal Kingdom galloped clear in the homestretch for a spectacular score at Meydan Racecourse.

Derek Cianfrance's new movie, The Place Beyond the Pines, is a winding local epic about two generations of men failing at life in the rural-suburban sprawl of Schenectady, New York. Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and their screen sons are at the cente...

Team Valor International's Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, drew post 12 of 13 when the field was drawn March 27 for the $10 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates to be run March 30 at Meydan.

Champions Animal Kingdom, Royal Delta, and Trinniberg lead an eight-horse American delegation set to fly to the United Arab Emirates, leaving Florida at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 19, for races on the $27 million Dubai World Cup program March 30.

Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap was billed as a clash of titans, and so it proved when Phipps Stables' homebred Point of Entry engaged 2011 Kentucky Derby-winning champion Animal Kingdom in a rousing stretch duel.

It's rather unusual to find a past Kentucky Derby winner racing in early February -- especially on turf.

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will start for the first time since his thrilling runner-up finish in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Mile when he takes on top turf contender Point of Entry and four others in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap

Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, is on track to make his 2013 debut in the Feb. 9 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap after an easy Dec. 11 half-mile work at Palm Meadows Training Center.

From Best Horse (Wise Dan) to Best Person To Write Nothing But Nice Things About (former John Gotti driver Carlo Vaccarezza) and everything in between, Bill Finley breaks down the 2012 Breeders' Cup.

Morton Fink's Wise Dan squarely but himself in the mix for a variety of championships this year with a superior course-record victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.

Breeders' Cup Classic favorite Game On Dude, defending Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner Royal Delta, 2011 Kentucky Derby hero Animal Kingdom and grass course stars Wise Dan and Point of Entry lead the marquee among the 171 horses.

Animal Kingdom completed his major training for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile by working five furlongs in 1:02 3/5 around the dogs on a firm turf course Friday morning at Keeneland.

Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, returned to Keeneland Oct. 22 from his home base at Fair Hill, Md., to continue preparations for a Nov. 3 run at the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park.

Animal Kingdom is expected to return in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park, Team Valor International announced Oct. 2.

The formal dismissal of Tyrann Mathieu from LSU's roster will forever damage the legacy of "The Honey Badger," at least on the collegiate level. No one disputes this. However, another question remains less clear (and perhaps less self-examined): How ...