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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Yeah. Mine That Bird made a respectable bid at it.
Had Rachel Alexandra not run in the Preakness, he'd have nailed down the first two legs of the triple crown and looked a sure winner on the far turn of the Belmont Stakes.
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Just imagine if Afleet Alex had stumbled worse or gone down in the Preakness - Scrappy T would have been taken down and Giacomo (who finished 3rd) would have been trying for all the marbles in the Belmont.