No Preakness in 2011??

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Originally Posted by pointman

The Belmont Stakes was run at Aqueduct from 1963 to 1967, a very different configuration than Belmont, which in no way diminished the series.

Keep your inconvenient facts to yourself, buster.

I am reminded of a quote--attributed to either De Gaul or Clemenceau, no one can quite decide which--when he was told someone was "indispensable".

"The graveyards are filled with indispensable men."

And so it is with supposedly immortal sporting traditions.