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Baffert takes another shot at I’ll Have Another
NEW YORK (AP) – Long before Bob Baffert saddled Bodemeister in the Kentucky Derby, the Hall of Fame trainer was convinced another horse under his care had far more potential to succeed. Paynter, owned by Zayat Stables and named after … Continue reading
Brown looks for Belmont Stakes upset
NEW YORK (AP) – Chad Brown will try to emulate his mentor, the late Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, by ending a Triple Crown try on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes. Frankel won the 2003 Belmont with Empire Maker, … Continue reading
I’ll Have Another, from baby to the Belmont
NEW YORK (AP) – He was a horse with no name, a yearling in a sales ring at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., about 90 minutes from Churchill Downs, home of the most famous race in the universe, the Kentucky Derby. … Continue reading
Horse trainer ‘Drug’ O’Neill has plenty of company
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The affable man with the horse that may become the first Triple Crown winner in more than a generation can’t seem to outrun his unflattering nickname: “Drug” O’Neill. But Doug O’Neill is far from the only … Continue reading
Luck, breeding, distance make Triple try tough
NEW YORK (AP) – The Triple Crown. Three races in a five-week span at varying distances on different tracks. So tough only 11 horses have won it, none in 34 years, by far the longest gap ever. Now it’s your … Continue reading
I’ll Have Another tunes up for Triple Crown finale
NEW YORK (AP) – Triple Crown contender I’ll Have Another turned in another strong gallop as he prepares for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. On a sunny Thursday morning, the colt again went once around the oval, duplicating the 1 … Continue reading
Stevens has been on both sides of Triple try
NEW YORK (AP) – Three-quarters of a length from winning a Triple Crown one year, a scant nose from allowing someone else to win it the next. Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens has a better perspective when it comes … Continue reading
Hall and Breen back for another Belmont Stakes bid
NEW YORK (AP) – My Adonis, a late addition to the Belmont Stakes field, landed the outside slot when post positions were drawn on Wednesday. That didn’t bother trainer Kelly Breen or owner George Hall. They are used to the … Continue reading
Reddam puts study of knowledge to work in racing
NEW YORK (AP) – As a philosophy professor at California State University in Los Angeles, J. Paul Reddam dabbled in logic and epistemology, the study of knowledge. As a horse owner, Reddam put his specialties to good use, buying horses, … Continue reading
Countdown to Triple Crown: Triple try alibis
There have been 30 horses who came into the Belmont Stakes with a chance to win the Triple Crown. Eleven succeeded in sweeping the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont, and 19 came up short in the final leg. … Continue reading