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...post, is probably the craziest part of it all. There won't be a Triple Crown winner this year, and tomorrow's Belmont Stakes, the oldest, last, and longest of the three races resolves itself into one question: which horse will make it two out of three-- Proud Clarion, who beat Damascus in the third-fastest Derby in history, or Damascus, who beat Proud Clarion in the second-fastest Preakness...
...decided to call it for Damascus. His Preakness was beautiful. Approaching the stretch turn, he was second to last and then, according to the official chart, "circled the field with a mighty rush" and "established a commanding lead." Coming from the invariably monosyllabic chart writer, that is poetry. Proud Clarion, despite a less than perfect ride by jockey Bobby Ussery, also started to make a good move in the stretch, and for a split second it looked like it might be the Derby all over again. But he tired and his stride shortened, while Damascus, without the whip through...
...strength left for an impressive duel in the stretch with Proud Clarion, and observers said later that if top jockey Bill Hartack, who wanted the mount, had been on Barbs Delight, it might have gone the other way. Hartack will have the horse, and one-sixteenth of a mile less to go, in the Preakness...
Beyond ability, which Proud Clarion proved he has, a horse needs a lot of plain racing luck to weave his way around a field and come from behind. Luck was with him in Kentucky, as it may or may not be tomorrow at Pimlico. But a horse out in front is a horse out of trouble, if he can manage to stay there. I think Barbs Delight...
...Preakness Wire 1. Barbs Delight 2. Proud Clarion 3. In Reality (the sleeper) 4. Damascus 5. Reason to Hail (longshot special) 6. Ask the Fare 7. Great Power 8. Favorable Turn