Looking back at American Pharoah's Triple Crown through pictures....
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Steve Haskin discusses Exaggerator's Belmont Park work, as well as his plays for the race. ...
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And the most unusual aspect of it is that everyone seems to be happy, which is not often the case when it comes to rabbits....
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Once upon a time, not long ago (actually, only three months ago), Twin Creeks Racing Stables had a hot prospect for the Kentucky Derby named Destin....
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These are just some of my Belmont Stakes memories. The Triple Crown trilogy is completed; flashbacks of a life on the racetrack to be savored and cherished....
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With Todd Pletcher scoring his 4,000th win today, I thought this would be a good time to reprint my recap of the 2007 Belmont Stakes victory by Rags to Riches, which I feel is still Pletcher's greatest training job. ...
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For 37 years, the gates to racing's pantheon have remained shut, rusted with time, leaving a number of fallen heroes strewn along its steps....
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There are Triple Crown winners and then there is everyone else. We'll see if he belongs in the pantheon of immortals or in the chapters with all those who came so close and had to settle as footnotes of history....
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American Pharoah leads the masses and his contenders are thriving, view Belmont images from Steve Haskin....
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Another important factor that goes into riding in the Belmont Stakes is when to move on your horse....
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Since Affirmed swept the Triple Crown in 1978, there have been a total of 13 horses who have won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Of those, 12 failed in the Belmont Stakes and one was scratched the day before the Belmont with an injury. ...
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Facts vs. Opinions with Steve Haskin as he weighs the task at hand for American Pharoah to become the 12th Triple Crown winner....
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Once again, racing fans, longing for that happy ending to their fairy tale, followed Alice down the rabbit hole in search of Wonderland, only to find nothing more than the harsh reality that is Thoroughbred racing....
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There are several elements to Steve Coburn's outburst following Saturday's Belmont Stakes....
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Everything seemed to sparkle and shine Friday morning....
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Steve looks at how the Belmont Stakes might develop, and shares photos from Tuesday and Wednesday....
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As much as his human opponents would love to see a Triple Crown, they still must go out and try their darndest to spoil the party....
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One would think that analyzing the pedigrees for the Belmont Stakes hopefuls would be fairly easy, considering the extreme distance of the race and the lack of true mile and a half horses. It should be pretty obvious who the stayers are and which horses are going into the race on the proverbial wing and a prayer....
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A couple of years ago, I wrote the back story of Mine That Bird's amazing Triple Crown journey. Now, with the motion picture '50-1' having its premiere in Albuquerque, N.M. Wednesday, March 19, I have added to it (and it is quite lengthy) in an effort to tell the entire story as I witnessed it....
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In remembering Summer Bird, I am reprinting my recap of his Belmont Stakes victory....
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Dozens of Aikenites have come out to watch Palace Malice train and even just graze during his current winter stay....
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If this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Preakness Stakes taught us anything it is that Thoroughbred racing has its own unique way of transporting the past into the present, recycling great achievements and sometimes surpassing them....
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Now that the post positions for the Belmont Stakes have been drawn, we at least can make an educated guess on how the race might be run. ...
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When you get right down to it, the Belmont Stakes is all about stamina; horses running a distance they likely will never run again. You can throw out speed figures and any other handicapping tool you use. They don’t apply here. At least most of the time....
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McLaughlin is relying strictly on pedigree in his belief that the regally bred son of A.P. Indy - Octave, by Unbridled's Song has some sort of chance of making an impact on the finish of the mile and a half race....
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