Fast Break

HORSE RACING

Curlin sets money record

Curlin became the first horse in North America to top $10 million in career earnings, winning the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Saturday at sloppy Belmont Park.

Curlin, the 2-5 favorite, beat Wanderin Boy by three-quarters of a length with Merchant Marine third.

The $450,000 winner’s purse pushed Curlin’s career bankroll to $10,246,800. Cigar held the old mark of $9,999,815, which stood for 12 years.

“I’m sure this record will be broken someday, but it will take a hell of a horse to do it,” winning jockey Robbie Albarado said.

The next $3 million could come with a victory in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Oct. 25 Santa Anita.

Baseball

There’s another N.Y. park closing

By the way, Shea Stadium is closing, too.

Yankee Stadium’s nostalgic goodbye garnered enormous attention across town, but hardly anyone seems affected by the New York Mets moving into a new ballpark next season as well.

Opponents haven’t exactly been toting tools to the mound so they can scoop up souvenir dirt, the sort of scene that became familiar at Yankee Stadium this year.

History in The House That Ruth Built means Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle.

In Queens, it includes “Fat Jack” Fisher and Felix Millan.

But don’t forget, this was where Tom Seaver pitched the Miracle Mets to a World Series title in 1969.

Where the ball went through Buckner’s legs, The Beatles changed rock ‘n’ roll and Joe Willie Namath took the Jets to the Super Bowl.

The Mets’ intimate new digs will be $800 million Citi Field, under construction in the Shea Stadium parking lot.

College Football

Top 25 results

(2) Oklahoma35

(24) TCU10

(8) Alabama41

(3) Georgia30

Mississippi31

(4) Florida30

(5) LSU34

Mississippi State24

(7) Texas 52

Arkansas10

Michigan27

(9) Wisconsin25

(12) Penn State38

(22) Illinois24

No. 13 South Florida41

N.C. State10

(14) Ohio State34

Minnesota21

(15) Auburn14

Tennessee12

Navy24

(16) Wake Forest17

(17) Utah37

Weber State21

Maryland20

(20) Clemson17

Houston41

(23) East Carolina24

(25) Fresno State36

UCLA31