Teh One Who Knocks
06-08-2012, 04:14 PM
Fox News
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The legend of Affirmed lives on.
I’ll Have Another — the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner — will not run in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O’Neill said Friday during an appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show.” O’Neill said the horse has a “little problem” in his left hind leg.
I'll Have Another was set to attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The horse was listed as the odds-on favorite at 4-5 in Wednesday's morning line.
Asked by Patrick if I'll Have Another had ran his last race, O'Neill replied: "If I had to wager ... yes."
The New York Racing Association will hold a 1 p.m. news conference to release additional information.
Triple Crowns have historically come in waves. While Affirmed was the last horse to win the vaunted Triple Crown, its historic run followed a similar feat the previous year by Seattle Slew. Secretariat pulled off horse racing's hat trick in 1973. There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s and three in the 1930s.
http://i.imgur.com/dDjSg.jpg
The legend of Affirmed lives on.
I’ll Have Another — the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner — will not run in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O’Neill said Friday during an appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show.” O’Neill said the horse has a “little problem” in his left hind leg.
I'll Have Another was set to attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The horse was listed as the odds-on favorite at 4-5 in Wednesday's morning line.
Asked by Patrick if I'll Have Another had ran his last race, O'Neill replied: "If I had to wager ... yes."
The New York Racing Association will hold a 1 p.m. news conference to release additional information.
Triple Crowns have historically come in waves. While Affirmed was the last horse to win the vaunted Triple Crown, its historic run followed a similar feat the previous year by Seattle Slew. Secretariat pulled off horse racing's hat trick in 1973. There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s and three in the 1930s.