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...Horses for courses," the old saying goes. It was never truer than last week, when a big bay who fancies Aqueduct Race Track the way most horses fancy sugar cubes, won the Belmont Stakes-thus dashing Northern Dancer's hopes of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Citation...
Worst of the Three. But try and tell that to the fans. On race day, 61,215 of them-biggest crowd in the Belmont's 96 years-were in the stands, and Northern Dancer, at 4 to 5, was clearly the people's choice. Why not? The Canadian-bred colt had won the Derby and Preakness with ease. The only thing against him was history. At H mi., the Belmont is the longest of the Triple Crown races, and in the 15 years since Citation, odds-on favorites have lost seven times. Two, like the Dancer, were trying...
...BELMONT STAKES (CBS, 4:30-5 p.m.). The 96th running of the oldest U.S. racing classic, at Aqueduct, N.Y., in which all eyes will be on Northern Dancer, who, if he wins, will become the first triple-crown winner since...
Thimann also stressed that the Master should live in the House. He pointed out that some Masters don't live anywhere near their Houses and noted that the Oettingers will probably have to continue living in Belmont...
...battle." Hill Rise faded abruptly. Northern Dancer drew out to win by 21 lengths. The lucky little horse had done it again, $124,200 worth-running his lifetime bankroll to $519,000. Just one more victory, in next month's mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes, and he would become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948. Northern Dancer went back to his hay bale. And Bill Hartack went straight to the shower. "The Belmont," he said, "is just another horse race...