Triple Crown: no easy task Eddie Woods' heart still sinks when he thinks of Big Brown in the 2008 Belmont Stakes. Luck, breeding, distance make Triple try tough NEW YORK (AP) The Triple Crown. Former Triple Crown winners rooting for I'll Have Another Unlike trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has never won a Triple Crown, past winners of the Triple Crown are rooting for I'll Have Another to be the 12th horse to win horseracing's most prestigious trophy. Canadian connection to Triple Crown But don't expect NBC to make too much of it in I'll Have Another's run for glory Triple Crown Souvenirs Hawked by Vegas as Pacquiao Draws Bettors Belmont Stakes betting may double at Las Vegas sports books from a year ago, buoyed by I'll Have Another's potential to be thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown winner in 34 years and Manny Pacquiao's world championship boxing match. Stevens has been on both sides of Triple try NEW YORK (AP) Three-quarters of a length from winning a Triple Crown one year, a scant nose from allowing someone else to win it the next. Countdown to Triple Crown: Triple try alibis FILE - In this Sept. 13, 1962, file photo, Carry Back yawns in his stall at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. When jockey Johnny Sellers asked the horse for more on what should have been a thrilling stretch run to victory, the horse "spit the bit" _ a racing term meaning he simply didn't feel like running anymore, resulting in a seventh-place finish behind 65-1 long shot Sherluck. 19 Triple Crown alibis There have been 30 horses who came into the Belmont Stakes with a chance to win the Triple Crown. Eleven succeeded in sweeping the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont, and 19 came up short in the final leg. Triple Crown: I'll Have Another going for history Triple Crown favorite I'll Have Another will attempt Saturday to do what 11 horses since 1978 have failed at, winning the Belmont after capturing the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. FACTBOX-Horseracing-Triple Crown winners Profiles of the 11 horses that have won U.S. racing's Triple Crown before this weekend's bid by I'll Have Another.
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