ELMONT, N.Y. — Twenty-two years ago, when Bob Baffert was a naïve newcomer to this Triple Crown thing, his horse Cavonnier lost the Kentucky Derby in a photo finish. An hour after finishing second in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Justify defied all the odds on his way to achieving Triple Crown immortality. The late bloomer won the Belmont Stakes by 1¾ lengths on Saturday, giving the sport its 13th Triple Crown ...
Heading into Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., the story is obviously Justify, the 33rd horse to come to the Belmont after having won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.