All of this “curse” talk around Happy Valley might seem a little over the top, but the area, let alone the racetrack, has a record of strange incidents dating back to early colonial settlement.

For the fourth successive Happy Valley meeting ... Racing at the city track has been cursed lately and last night’s worries included a biased track where the usual pluses at the barrier draw ...

“That organization's cursed," Daniels said. "Every year there's something new. I’m happy I’m not there anymore…I had like four or five ankle injuries down there as well. There's something ...