Saturday, June 9, 2012

Belmont

  • NEW YORK -- Union Rags picked up right where Ill Have Another left off, coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race. In Saturdays Belmont Stakes, it was another photo finish decided by a neck.
  • (ESPN)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. – Mario Gutierrez sat on the horse one last time, stroking his mane as the applause came down in cavernous Belmont Park. He was out of uniform, wearing a tie, dress shirt and slacks – not jockey silks. He did not smile.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • NEW YORK (AP) — Trainer Dominic Schettino will try to give himself a lucrative 46th birthday present on Saturday: a victory in the $1 million Belmont Stakes.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • At Belmont Park on Saturday morning, four friends met in the same spot and at the same time on Belmont Stakes day as they have for years.
  • (New York Times)
  • Instead, the Belmont Stakes was merely a horse race.
  • (New York Times)
  • UPDATE: Giant Ryan, who went down in a preliminary race to Saturdays Belmont Stakes, will undergo surgery in an attempt to save him.
  • (USA Today)
  • I think he showed a lot of gameness today. Believe me, its sure a lot nicer walking back after the races than it was in the Kentucky Derby, Ill tell you that. He came up to both races very, very good.
  • (Bloodhorse.com)
  • 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)
  • NEW YORK—Bob Baffert sure knows how to lose thrillers. It happened again Saturday, when Union Rags nipped the trainers front-running Paynter at the wire and won the Belmont Stakes.
  • (Sporting News)

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