With 102,199 euphoric fans hoping to see California Chrome end a 36-year Triple Crown drought, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was in striking distance of the leaders turning for home in last Saturday’s 146th running of the Belmont Stakes.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/7/14
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It’s been a quick rise to stardom for jockey Rosie Napravnik, who continues to build on a tremendous career after winning aboard her first-ever mount, Ringofdiamonds, in 2005 at Pimlico Race Course.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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7/17/12
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The 144th running of the Belmont Stakes lost some luster with the stunning scratch of Triple Crown-hopeful I’ll Have Another, but the roar of Saturday’s crowd of 85,811 was nonetheless deafening as pacesetter Paynter turned for home leading a field of 11.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/9/12
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There will be no Triple Crown winner this year. I’ll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, on whom all eyes were trained for a possible win in the Belmont Stakes, injured a tendon and has been retired.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/8/12
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In the 34 years since Affirmed swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes to become the 11th Triple Crown winner in thoroughbred horseracing history, 11 horses have won the first two legs only to fall short at Belmont.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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6/4/12
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Everybody loves horses, right? That’s a fair statement. They are things of grace and beauty. They have been the subject of some epic movies.
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5/31/12
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Jockey Cornelio Velasquez was cool, calm and collected during the first race of 2012 at Belmont Park last Friday afternoon, waiting for just the right moment to ask Modern Child to make a move in the one-mile dirt event that kicked off the 56-day spring/summer meet.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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5/1/12
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An audit report released last week by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli suggests that the New York Racing Association — the state’s governing body of thoroughbred horse racing, which includes Belmont Park and the Aqueduct Racetrack — has been gambling on its financial future.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/30/12
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Once small investors in a large thoroughbred racehorse partnership, Vince Roth and Daniel Zanatta used their experience and knowledge to create a growing stable that’s both economical and fun.
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Tony Bellissimo
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8/10/11
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