Word: belmonts
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...most striking visual representation of the Gap is the photograph of Secretariat crossing the finish line at the Belmont Stakes, 31(!) lengths ahead of the next horse. You can barely see the others--the fastest horses in the world, mind you--in the distance...
...Emblem now heads for the Belmont Stakes this week, trying to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. It's a great script, at least to anyone who isn't in the horse-racing game. Back at the barn, though, Baffert is getting a whiff of some sour oats from other trainers. The notion is that he "bought" the Derby for nearly $1 million, using his Middle Eastern ATM to pry War Emblem loose from a struggling Chicago businessman, since Reineman's company, Crown Steel Sales, was losing money. This, in a sport...
Controlled fury will be the key to Belmont, at a mile and a half the longest of the Triple Crown races by an eighth of a mile. Once again the speed horses such as Sunday Break and Perfect Drift will be gunning for War Emblem, hoping to grind him down. Bring it on, says Baffert. "Nothing that goes with him up front will be around...
After graduation from business school, he entered the consulting field and moved back to Belmont...
Hennessy, a native of Belmont and a consultant for Emergence Consulting, was heading to Los Angeles on a business trip...