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Horse of year’s last chance

Published: October 24 2008 21:59 | Last updated: October 24 2008 21:59

Majority owner Jess Jackson put it quite succinctly over Curlin’s appearance in the Breeders’ Cup: “I want to give the fans a chance to see him one more time. Fans need heroes.” No time more so than in the economically gruesome present do we need a horse who can give us a brief whiff of exhilaration riding on the coat-tails of his glory.

Curlin is something special – voted Horse of the Year, the burly, rugged dirt-racer won last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic in near track record time and surged clear of the field in impressive fashion to take this year’s Dubai World Cup.

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