Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Belmont Stakes 2012

  • As a fan of horse racing, I have spent the past month churning through hundreds of articles discussing the three legs of the Triple Crown.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • NEW YORK (AP) — The retirement of Ill Have Another on the eve of the Belmont Stakes is a big hit for the New York Racing Association and NBC. Both had been hoping for a Triple Crown bonanza.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The anticlimactic Belmont Stakes will take place today without Ill Have Another. Here are the odds and the names that you need to know for the remaining contenders. The odds were current as of the time of this columns publication.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • ELMONT, N.Y.
  • (Daily Racing Form)
  • On Saturday evening, television viewers saw the 2012 Belmont Stakes results on NBC.  With Ill Have Another scratched from the lineup of contenders, it would give way to a new winner for the third leg of the Triple Crown, held in New York.
  • (Examiner)
  • The 2012 Belmont Stakes featured a spectacular finish with Union Rags snatching victory from Paynter at the line, and it looked oddly familiar.
  • (SBNation.com)
  • ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Who won the Belmont Stakes today? Union Rags became the Belmont Stakes 2012 winner today in stunning final results. Union Rags' win followed a week in which I'll Have Another was retired after a career ending injury.
  • (LALATE news)
  • NBC no doubt took a major ratings blow when Ill Have Another was scratched from the 2012 Belmont Stakes, leaving the race without a potential Triple Crown winner.
  • (SB Nation)
  • Coming into the 2012 Belmont Stakes, the attention of the racing world was focused upon Ill Have Another and the prospects of the first Triple Crown since 1978.
  • (SB Nation)

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