San Diego Union-Tribune
I'll Have Another (11) is walked through the paddock past a statue of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat prior to his retirement ceremony and the running of the Belmont Stakes horse race on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. N.
San Jose Mercury News
Purse $1 million-added 3-year-olds Stake Value Of Race $1 million. Value To Winner $600,000 Second $200,000 Third $100,000 Fourth $60,000 Fifth $30,000 Horse Wgt PP ¼ ½ 1M 1¼ Str...
Star Phoenix
They didn't get to see the Triple Crown chance, but the crowd of 85,811 that crammed its way into Belmont Park on Saturday was witness to the next best thing...Jockey John Velazquez, a seven-time riding champion at Belmont, guided Union Rags to...
Star Phoenix
As he watched Union Rags win Saturday's $1-million Belmont Stakes, Paul Reddam was still smiling through the pain. Sitting in his box in the Belmont Park seats next to his wife Zillah, Reddam put on his best face as those seated in the surrounding...
The Hartford Courant
This was not the winner's circle ceremony NBC so dearly wanted, of course. This was not the moment the horse racing industry so dearly needed. Before tendinitis was discovered in the horse's left foreleg on Friday, before the air was sucked out of...
Lexington Herald-Leader
NY Even in the face of his most disheartening bobbles, the company line from Union Rags' camp rarely wavered. In each of the bay colt's three career losses all in races where much was expected of him trainer Michael Matz and owner/breeder Phyllis...