6/5 (BEL 11th): 142nd Belmont Stakes

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Imagine if the horse had won... with the all the feel-good stories surrounding the horse no less.

Is it? I'm not so sure. Joe Tessitore also repeatedly referred to that whole business as a "fabulous story." Fabulous? The dude died. If anything it is a sad story. Perhaps it is a fabulous story for ESPN because they always want to have some 'pull at the heartstrings' angle, but that hardly makes it a "fabulous" story for anyone involved.

As for the race itself....it actually made me nostalgic for the Jazil-Bluegrass Cat-Sunriver race from a few years back....which is saying a lot.