Saturday, June 9, 2012

Union rags

  • NEW YORK -- Union Rags picked up 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 even a photo finish.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • NEW YORK — Union Rags nipped Paynter at the wire in a photo finish Saturday to win the Belmont Stakes, beating a field without Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another, who was retired with an injury the day before.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. -- Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth were alternately looking at the small monitor to their right and down the long Belmont Park stretch beyond the finish line to their left. The colt that had been raised at Point Lookout, Pa.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • BELMONT, N.Y. - They didnt get to see the Triple Crown chance, but the crowd of 85,811 that crammed its way into Belmont Park on Saturday was witness to the next best thing. A victory by the local hero.
  • (Regina Leader-Post)
  • Before the Triple Crown, the hype around Union Rags wasn't just about the talent of the horse, but about his trainer's previous charge as well.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • The field turns the corner and head into the tunnel in order, one through twelve, no gap for the missing eleven, they move quickly, proudly, solidly, heads high, knowing that this is their moment, their time to do what they have been training for.
  • (Staten Island Advance)
  • NEW YORK (AP) In the moments before the Kentucky Derby, trainer Michael Matz thought it would be his horse attempting to win the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Over 85,000 fans came to watch the race tonight but over 100,000 were expected.
  • (myfoxny.com)
  • When Ill Have Another scratched from the 2012 Belmont Stakes, it took the wind out of fans longing for a Triple Crown Champion.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. — Certainty has no place in thoroughbred racing, especially for a hardened professional clocker.
  • (PennLive.com)

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