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Treasure
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06-26-2002
| Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 9:27 am
Even with no Triple Crown possibility, this could be a historic race. Rags To Riches is the latest of just a few fillies to run in the Belmont. Only two fillies have ever won the Belmont. The last one was Tanya in 1905. She is also doing well in the betting. Top three in the odds are Curlin, Hard Spun, and Rags To Riches at the moment.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 3:20 pm
SHE WON!!! THE FILLY WON!! Rags To Riches won the Belmont stakes by a nose over Curlin. What terrific duel down the stretch to the wire. It was marvelous!!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 5:16 pm
I saw it, Treasure and agree with you!
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 9:07 pm
It was a great race to watch. So thrilled the filly won.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 9:25 pm
This is truly a day that will go into racing history. The first time the Belmont Stakes was run, 139 years ago, it was won by a filly. The next time a filly won it was in 1905. In that time period the Belmont Stakes was not run at 1.5 miles. Rags To Riches is the first filly to win the Belmont at this distance. That is an exceptional accomplishment. She and Curlin truly looked each other in the eye and fought for the lead all the way down the stretch to the wire. Neither was willing to quite. That takes heart and guts. And she was the best today by just a nose.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, July 28, 2007 - 3:17 pm
This is so weird I came in the sports section for the first time in a long time, and you have a thread for the Belmont Stakes. Why is this weird you ask? I just got through laughing my ass off at dinner telling Colossus something he did while napping around noon. I was clicking channels while he was snoozing next to me, and I happened on one of the Discovery Channels that for some reason was featuring a romping herd of Himalayan llamas, all decked out in their mountain flowers and streamers and such, maybe Buddhist style or whatever. Anyway, they were running for the camera with their flowers and streamers trailing. Colossus opened one eye at just that moment and he said "oh, is it the Belmont Stakes?" And went right back to sleep. OK, maybe you had to be there. We don't watch horseracing or anything, it just came out of nowhere and I've been laughing about it ever since.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:00 am
My favorite youtube video is any that show Secretariat winning the 1973 Belmont.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 4:52 pm
Ketchuplover, I remember watching that race on TV. I was on the edge of my chair and could not believe what I was seeing. I had been cheering for Secretariat on into the stretch run. Then I just went silent and watched him in utter amazement! The way he opened up his lead on those other horses was unbelievable. THIRTY ONE LENGTHS!!! It will be a very long time before...and IF....we ever see another race like that one.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 10:54 am
Goddessatlaw: I don't watch horse racing either and clicked on this thread by mistake but just had to tell you that was the funniest thing I've read in a long time. It's the type of story that I'm going to remember out of the blue 10 years from now and get a smile and laugh from, lol. Thanks!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, September 07, 2007 - 3:47 pm
Calamity, you're welcome. I'm still laughing about it, and my mom is laughing even harder. She won't ever be able to watch a horserace without thinking about it LOL. Colossus was embarrassed when I told him about it, but even he laughs about it now.
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