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Lost in the Fog: A Courageous and Dazzling Sprinter

He came, like the fog in Carl Sandburg’s famous poem, silently. For a time he lingered, just long enough for his presence to be acknowledged. And then, like the fog, he moved on, all too soon, leaving everyone to wonder what might have been.

His name, of course, was Lost in the Fog.

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Key Takeaways from a Memorable 2024 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the 156th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets and other major action that was part of an enormously successful Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.

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Dornoch Pulls Off the Upset in Exciting Belmont Stakes at Saratoga

In a Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets sure to linger as a treasured memory for residents of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for generations to come, 17.70-1 longshot Dornoch pulled a stunning upset by fending off surging Mindframe by half a length Saturday before an electrified crowd at

Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Win and You’re In National Treasure Metropolitan Handicap Met Mile Flavien Prat Bob Baffert Cogburn Irad Ortiz Steve Asmussen Jaipur Stakes Randomized Chad Brown Joel Rosario Ogden Phipps Idiomatic horse racing Saratoga

National Treasure Dominates Met Mile, Joins Randomized and Cogburn in Earning Breeders’ Cup Berths

With an authoritative victory in a historic edition of the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap June 8 at Saratoga Race Course, National Treasure moved to the front of the class of the handicap division and gave his

The Sport’s Great Rivalries: Affirmed and Alydar

There are millions of words that can be used to describe the intense emotions rolled into a classic rivalry.

Yet there’s just one word, with only three letters, that stamps certain athletic battles as those rare confrontations that can withstand the test of time and grow even more legendary with each passing generation.

And.

It’s that simple.

Whenever you cannot name one participant without the reflexive action of adding that “and” for the second one, you know you have something truly special.

Yankees and Red Sox.

Celtics and Lakers.

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