[12/26/08] Bob Black Jack wins the Malibu Stakes (Gr. 1) wire-to-wire.

[12/20/08] Pioneerof the Nile (#5) gallops out after a nose win over I Want Revenge in the G1 [Hollywood] Futurity.

Both horses went on to be the stars of the 2009 Triple Crown Trail.

[12/20/08] G1 [Hollywood] Futurity - Zayat Stables' Pioneerof the Nile (1st).

[12/20/08] The cute Jenny Craig silks.

[12/13/08] The eerie dusk sky before the last race at Hollywood Park.

[11/30/08] The moist air produces a warm glow in the Hollywood Park paddock before the last race.

[11/30/08] Colors of the Hollywood Park autumn meet.

[11/30/08] Court Vision and Ramon Dominguez after winning the G1 Hollywood Derby.

[11/30/08] Multiple G1-winner Precious Kitten after the final race of her career, the G1 Matriarch at Hollywood Park.

[11/30/08] G1 Matriarch - G1 Del Mar Oaks-winner Magical Fantasy (4th).

[10/25/08] Muny and David Flores win the $150,000 G2 Oak Tree Derby.

[10/25/08] Into Mischief and Victor Espinoza win the $100,000 added Damascus Stakes.

[10/25/08] Curlin (yellow) takes the lead in the $5 million G1 Breeders' Cup Classic, but Raven's Pass (green) runs him down.

[10/25/08] Breeders' Cup Classic - Duke of Marmalade (9th).

[10/25/08] Midnight Lute gobbles up ground to win his second $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Garrett Gomez gets his third win of the day en route to winning the Bill Shoemaker Award for the second year in a row.

[10/25/08] The two female rebels who didn't run on Breeders' Cup "Ladies' Day," Goldikova and Precious Kitten first by

They finished first and fourth, respectively, in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile.

[10/25/08] Albertus Maximus and Garrett Gomez win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

[10/25/08] Muhannak and Patrick Smullen win the inaugural $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon.

[10/24/08] Zenyatta uses her groom Mario Espinoza as a scratching post.

[10/24/08] Zenyatta and hotwalker Carmen Zamora after the Breeders' Cup.

[10/24/08] Zenyatta passes the Godolphin duo to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (aka Distaff).

[10/24/08] Zenyatta cruises in last place first time past the stands in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (aka Distaff).

[10/24/08] Zenyatta and her idiosyncratic goosestep.

[10/24/08] Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf - Mauralakana (6th).

[10/24/08] Stardom Bound wins the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

[10/24/08] Ventura wins the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

[10/23/08] Tiago hits the track two days before the Breeders' Cup Classic.

[10/22/08] Zenyatta, black & white. Schooling.

[10/22/08] Zenyatta schools with groom Mario Espinoza a day before winning the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

[10/22/08] Midshipman schools a couple days prior to winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

[10/22/08] Star European miler Henrythenavigator, preparing for the Breeders' Cup Classic..

[10/21/08] Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf entrant Wait A While with pony.

[10/21/08] Frosted Pro-Ride

[10/20/08] Big horse Midnight Lute and small rider Janell Gros.

The big black giraffe won the Breeders' Cup Sprint five days later.

[10/20/08] Mine That Bird, Chantal Sutherland up, in the lead up to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, in which he finished last.

He shocked everyone by winning the Kentucky Derby six months later.

[10/19/08] An exercise rider hugs Breeders' Cup contender Spring House during workouts.

[10/19/08] Breeders' Cup Sprint entrant Fatal Bullet.

[10/18/08] Julie Krone happily reunites with her daughter Lorelei after riding in the Living Legends race for retired jockeys.

It was the first race Julie rode in since giving birth to Lorelei. Lorelei was visibly relieved to have mommy back safe and sound!

[10/18/08] Canadian jockey Sandy Hawley after winning the Living Legends race on Tribal Chief.

[10/18/08] Sandy Hawley wins the Living Legends race for retired jockeys in a front-running romp on Tribal Chief.

[10/13/08] Curlin, Carlos Rosas up, with asst. trainer Scott Blasi on Pancho the pony, after Curlin's afternoon workout.

[10/12/08] Casino Drive in the post parade of his prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic, an allowance race.

[10/12/08] Trainer John Shirreffs was part of the Casino Drive paparazzi.

[10/12/08] Marshmallow nose.

[10/06/08] Indian Blessing - she be small but mighty.

[10/06/08] Curlin gets his first Santa Anita Pro-Ride workout in a slow 52:80 for four furlongs.

[10/05/08] Seabiscuit keeps a watchful eye over Santa Anita.

[10/05/08] $5,268,706-earner Lava Man came from retirement to lead the post parade for the California Cup Classic.

[10/05/08] Atka before the Cal. Cup Juvenile Fillies race.

[09/28/08] Street Hero's face is hosed off after he won the G1 Norfolk Stakes for 2-year-olds.

[09/28/08] Magnificience before running third in the Pine Tree Lane Stakes.

[09/27/08] Mike Smith celebrates aboard Stardom Bound after a win in the G1 Oak Leaf Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

[09/27/08] Garrett Gomez explains his second-place ride on Hystericalady in the G1 Lady's Secret to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

[09/27/08] Red Giant (purple silks) sets a NEW WORLD RECORD for 1-1/4 miles of 1:57:16 in the G1 Clement L. Hirsch.

Out Of Control is second.

[09/21/08] $125,000 Ralph M. Hinds Hcp. - Booyah (1st) is seeing green with his unique blinkers.

[09/21/08] The Freehouse eye.

$125,000 Ralph M. Hinds Hcp. - Freesgood (by Freehouse) (2nd).

[09/21/08] Superstar racing mule Bar JF Hot Ticket wins the 1st running of the Fairplex Park Mule Invitational Hcp. at 1-9 odds.

[09/20/08] Trevor Denman wasn't exagerrating when he said Konizaris was "cornering beautifully" in Fairplex race 13!

[09/20/08] The beginning of Fairplex race 13 - in a glowing cloud of dust.

[09/19/08] Fairplex Park race 6 - 1-3/8 miles, three revolutions of the track.

The top is first time by, middle is second time by, and bottom is the final stretch. #4 Trato wins, and early leader #9 Grandpa Roy was last.