Friday, June 8, 2012

Belmont

  • NEW YORK -- The Triple Crown curse lives. This time the horse didnt even make it to the starting gate.
  • (ESPN)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - All along, trainer Dale Romans said he had the horse to beat in the Belmont Stakes. Now he does.
  • (NBC Sports)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. -- Two men stood along the rail at Belmont Park on Wednesday morning and the red colt went galloping by, striding, reaching, eating up that sandy New York ground.
  • (ESPN)
  • In what was planned as a mile-and-a-half learning experience in his bid for a Triple Crown, jockey Mario Gutierrez placed seventh Friday in the Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park.
  • (Tucson Citizen)
  • NEW YORK -- At the King Umberto Italian restaurant, just steps from Belmont Park, owner Bietro Fuschetto was optimistic his place would be jammed with customers buying pizzas and heros Saturday.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • Triple Crown favorite Ill Have Another is out of the Belmont Stakes. Trainers pulled the horse on Friday. The news has shifted the odds for the rest of the field, which is now down to 11 horses without the one-time favorite.
  • (SB Nation)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. — Thoroughbred racing's 34-year wait for a Triple Crown champion will continue, with the struggling industry's latest hope for a superstar suffering a fairly common yet career-ending injury Friday.
  • (Washington Post)
  • The odds are definitely adjusted, but the same basic structure remains the same. Ravelos Boy, Five Sixteen and Guyana Star Dweej remain the races long shots. Dullahan and Union Rags are both top contenders.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • "Luck, a recent HBO series that some boosters and railbirds had hoped would revive interest in the sport, instead became a public-relations disaster and was quickly canceled.
  • (capitalnewyork.com)
  • With Ill Have Another out of the Belmont Stakes and aspirations of a Triple Crown gone, the odds for other horses winning have taken a big turn.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)

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