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...will try to win the third, the Belmont, and if they do, Silver Charm will become the 12th horse, and the first gray, to win the Triple Crown--a feat last accomplished by Affirmed in 1978. "It hasn't sunk in yet," Baffert said the other day on the backstretch at Churchill Downs, where Silver Charm was relaxing before his 1 1/2-mile race with destiny. "Me, Bobby Baffert, going for the Triple Crown? Damn, the Triple Crown...
...shot, outran Arazi the French wonder horse and the rest of a field of 16 in a dogged stretch run to take the classic at Churchill Downs. Arazi folded after a spurt coming out of the backstretch and finished eighth, ending the myth that he represented a quantum leap in horseflesh...
...hours in front of a VCR, trying to learn the secret of Blair's near flawless technique, and in the process developed an awe of her rival's abilities. Skating three pairs ahead of Bonnie, Ye got off to her trademark slow start in the 500. Then on the backstretch as she accelerated, Ye claims she was obstructed on the lane changeover by the Soviet skater against whom she was paired. Ye nonetheless finished strongly, and her clocking of 40.51 was flashing in first place on the electronic timer when Blair set the toe of her left blade into...
Blair wins races in the first 100 m, and she was .24 sec. ahead of Ye's pace when the edges of her blades bit into the first turn. On the backstretch, an army of Blair's supporters were in full cry as she passed. "I didn't hear them," she said. When she broke the electronic finish line, Blair was .18 sec. front of Ye and had the gold. Asked about the jockeying for position and the refusal of race officials to allow her a rerun, Ye blinked and graciously said, "It is a pity...
High on the wall facing the triple jump runway (or the backstretch, if you're of the running mindset) at the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Center is a large HEPS spelled out in red tape...