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05/28/2015

Belmont Park Notes 5/28

The Truth or Else, who had picked up 11 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby earlier this year, is coming out of a 1 ½-length allowance victory over the local track on May 22, which, according to McPeek, was a major deciding factor heading into the B

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05/28/2015

TRIPLE CROWN HOPEFULS LEAD NOMINEES TO LOS ALAMITOS DERBY

The Derby, which was won last year by Shared Belief, will be decided on Saturday, July 4 over a mile and an eighth and is the racing highlight of the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred Summer Festival. The meet opens on July 2 and runs through July 13. First post

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05/27/2015

Belmont Park Notes: Wednesday, May 27

"He worked great," said trainer Dale Romans. "He went by himself, which he doesn't usually do but we're going for the endurance at this point. I thought it was a great work." With assistant trainer and exercise rider Tammy Fox aboard, Keen Ice breezed six

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05/27/2015

KEEN ICE BREEZES FOR BELMONT SHOWDOWN WITH AMERICAN PHAROAH

Keen Ice was the only horse on track during the special 8:30-8:45 a.m. ET training period for Churchill Downs-based Belmont Stakes contenders. Tammy Fox was aboard and guided the son of Curlin through 1/8-mile fractions of :12.40, :24.40, :36.20, :48.60 a

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05/26/2015

AMERICAN PHAROAH BREEZES HALF-MILE IN :48 FOR BELMONT STAKES

“I’m really happy with what he did.” Garcia said. “He came back like [it was] nothing. He loves to run. He’s getting more mature and I think right now he’s starting to realize what’s going on and he likes it.” Even though Victor Espinoza h

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05/26/2015

Belmont Park Notes 5/26

The probable field shrank by one when trainer Tom Amoss elected to point War Story to the Ohio Derby, but American Pharoah will still have to defeat the biggest field of any Triple Crown winner if he is to become the first since Affirmed in 1978. No horse

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05/24/2015

Belmont Park Notes 5/24

"He had a good long gallop all the way around the track yesterday and today under [exercise rider and apprentice jockey] Cortez Walker, who's from Hattiesburg, Mississippi," said Stewart, who arrived in New York late Saturday evening to supervise the rest

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05/22/2015

Mandatory Payout of Rainbow 6 Produces $36,652.54 Payoff

The Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot is paid out only when there is a single ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 per

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05/22/2015

Belmont Park Notes 5/22

Carpe Diem returned to the worktab for the first time since his 10th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Under Hall of Famer John Velazquez, the chestnut son of Giant's Causeway worked early on the main track in company with Grade 2 Peter Pan victor Madef

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05/22/2015

Barn Notes: American Pharoah Gallops at Churchill Downs

“It went nice, didn’t seem like he was tired or anything,” said Alvarez, a native of Tijuana, Mexico. “He came back pretty much the same [after Derby]. So far, no difference.” Alvarez says one of the biggest qualities that American Pharoah has i

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