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McPeek Won't Top This Trainer Ken McPeek is living large after his 70-to-1 longshot, Sarava, won the Belmont Stakes. Almost a Champion Medaglia d'Oro, so disappointing to so many in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, had run the race of his life in the Belmont Stakes only to be beaten by 70-1 long shot Sarava. • Notebook: A Racing Fan's Dream A Pleasant Surprise Even Sarava's own trainer, Kenneth McPeek, was surprised by the outcome of Saturday's race. In the News
Once More, With Feeling: With 'Emblem,' Baffert Eyes Triple Crown, Vindication (Post, June 8, 2002)
Dominguez Falls, Gets Up To Race Again (Post, June 8, 2002) The Dream Lives On: Odds Were Against War Emblem's Existence (Post, June 7, 2002) War Emblem in Post 10 for Belmont (Post, June 6, 2002) The Quest For a Crown (Post, June 4, 2002) When It Comes to Variety, Horse Racing Bets Are Off (Post, May 29, 2002) 'Emblem' Is Measured For Racing's Crown (Post, June 7, 2002)
Washington Post columnist Andrew Beyer writes that America's star 3-year-old thoroughbred, War Emblem, was unlucky to stumble at the start of the Belmont Stakes, but that did not cause him to lose to the 70-to-1 Sarava.
No one will ever know exactly what happened to War Emblem in the first tenth of a second of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon, when his chances for racing immortality were dashed, writes Thomas Boswell. © 2002-2005 The Washington Post Company |
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