2007 is considered the best Triple Crown season in quite a while as Street Sense, Hard Spun and Curlin put on a show in the first 2 legs. Even though Street Sense skipped the Belmont it was still an exciting race as Rags to Riches beat Curlin and became the first filly in over 100 years to win the race. Today their trainers Steve Asmussen (Curlin) and Todd Pletcher (Rags) met up once again in the Belmont. Each had two horses, Steve had Creator and Gettysburg with the latter being a rabbit and Todd had Destin and Stradivari for Rags' owners. However this time, neither was the favorite as that went to Curlin's son Exaggerator who was coming off a win in the Preakness.
In the end, it came down to a photo finish between Creator and Destin. In the end it was the WinStar Farm silks that came out on top as Creator made it two Arkansas Derby winners in a row to win the Belmont. Destin was second and Lani was third. It was the first Belmont wins for Asmussen, rider Irad Ortiz Jr. and co-owner Bobby Flay (yes THAT Bobby Flay), while it's the second as an owner for WinStar (they also owned Drosselmeyer).
Exaggerator ran a poor race, while Lani showed that yes international horses can hang with the American ones on dirt during the Triple Crown (he improved his finishing position in all three races). And how about the Tampa Bay Derby who had their best showing in a Triple Crown since Street Sense. Finally Irad became a household name in racing circles by riding 3yo champion filly Questing who is by Hard Spun.
Other thoughts
Frosted had the best race of the day followed by Cavorting.
Flintshire is going to be a monster in the turf division.
The Older Females outside of Beholder are a mess.
Track records/near track records where name of the game today.
An okay Triple Crown... but not my favorite.
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