‘I’ll Have Another’ Scratched From Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (97.1 The Ticket/AP) - There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. The winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, I’ll Have Another, has been scratched from Saturday’s...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes: Kentucky Derby And Preakness Winners Set For A Rematch
By: Kevin Martin This Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in New York lacks a Triple Crown attempt but it does include the next best thing: a rematch between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winners....
View ArticleHow I’d Bet $100 On The Belmont Stakes
By: Kevin Martin Of the three Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes has been the place to cash big tickets. Of the thirteen winners this century, seven have paid over $25 to win. Orb and Oxbow, the...
View ArticleLongshot Palace Malice Wins Belmont Stakes
NEW YORK (AP) – Three different horses have captured each leg of this year’s Triple Crown. Longshot Palace Malice, under Mike Smith, relished the extra distance of the mile and a-half Belmont Stakes...
View Article11 Weirdest Names Of Horses That Won The Preakness
The field is set. The 139th running of the Preakness Stakes takes place this Saturday, May 17th. Fresh off the heels of a Kentucky Derby win, California Chrome, the favorite to win, will keep us glued...
View ArticleCalifornia Chrome Cleared To Wear Nasal Strip
RICK FREEMAN, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — California Chrome can breathe easy — he’s allowed to wear a nasal strip when he goes for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes. Belmont Park stewards...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes Preview: California Chrome Runs for Racing History
California Chrome will go to the post around 6:50 p.m. on Saturday as the deserving favorite in this year’s Belmont Stakes in New York. More importantly, he will attempt to become the twelfth Triple...
View ArticleCBS Local Sports’ 2014 Belmont Stakes Expert Picks
California Chrome is an early favorite to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion since 1978. The colt is heading to the No. 2 post on Saturday at Belmont Park under Victor...
View ArticleHow I’d Bet $100 On The Belmont Stakes
By: Kevin Martin Fans of horse racing, and casual fans of the sport, will be watching and rooting for California Chrome in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. A Triple Crown attempt is one of those few...
View ArticleSearching For The Triple Crown: Can American Pharoah End The Drought?
By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports 1978. That year, for those who follow horse racing, is well known as the last time we saw a horse take home all three legs of the Triple Crown. That year Affirmed held...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes Preview: American Pharoah Can Become 12th Triple Crown Winner
By Kevin Martin For the 14th time since the last Triple Crown winner in 1978, we enter Belmont Stakes week with another chance at the elusive sweep. On Saturday in New York, American Pharoah will...
View ArticleJustin Zayat: Triple Crown Win ‘Is Something Every Single Person Is Rooting For’
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports (Editor’s Note: Parts of this interview have been edited for brevity.) Since the turn of the century we’ve seen six Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners try and fail to...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Belmont Stakes
David Heim The Belmont Stakes, held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, is the third race of the Triple Crown in professional horse racing. The mile and a half race is held every year in June, and in...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes: How I’d Bet $100
By Kevin Martin With a possible Triple Crown winner poised to run in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, horse racing fans face a dilemma. Most racing fans will root for American Pharoah to become the twelfth...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes: The Scene Leading Up To The Race
By Ryan Mayer CBS Local Sports Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you’re probably aware that American Pharoah makes his bid for the Triple Crown today out at Belmont Park in...
View ArticleAmerican Pharoah Wins Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown
BETH HARRIS, AP Racing Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At long last, the Triple Crown drought is over. American Pharoah led all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5 ½ lengths on Saturday, becoming the first...
View ArticleAmerican Pharoah Ends The Drought Wins Triple Crown
By Kevin Martin Finally! After thirty-seven years and twelve attempts ended in the Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah has done what many thought might never happen again. On Saturday evening, he joined...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes Preview: Exaggerator Faces A Talented Field Of Twelve
By Kevin Martin A few hours after the conclusion of this year’s Preakness Stakes, it seemed likely that we’d see a re-match in the Belmont Stakes between Exaggerator, the Preakness winner, and the...
View ArticleHow I’d Bet $100 On The Belmont Stakes
By Kevin Martin While there won’t be a rematch of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victors in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, it will have the Preakness winner Exaggerator against a solid field...
View ArticleBelmont Stakes: Creator Makes It Rain, Exaggerator Finishes 11th
It took Creator six races before he finally won his first career race. Four races after he made his first trip to the winner’s circle, he has entered racing history by winning the 148th edition of the...
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