BELMONT STAKES NOTEBOOK : FREE HOUSE FALLS SHORT AGAIN.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Free House gave his owners and trainer another Triple Crown thrill. He couldn't give them that elusive victory. ``The one thing for sure is that he definitely belongs with these horses and he'll be back to run some big races for us,'' trainer Paco Gonzalez said after the Santa Anita Derby The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $750,000. winner finished third to Touch Gold and Silver Charm Silver Charm (born February 22 1994) is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short of the Triple Crown by placing second in the Belmont in the Belmont Stakes Belmont Stakes Oldest of the three U.S. horse races that constitute the Triple Crown. The Belmont originated in 1867 and is named after August Belmont (see Belmont family). The stakes is held in early June at Belmont Park, near Garden City, Long Island; the course is 1.5 mi (2,400 m). on Saturday. Gonzalez and owners Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan finished third in the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. , Preakness and Belmont with Mane Minister in 1991. They finished third in the Derby and second in the Preakness this year. ``Turning for home, I thought I couldn't lose,'' said Free House jockey Kent Desormeaux. Near miss: Silver Charm's three-quarter-length loss was the closest by a horse going for the Triple Crown. Such a gentle town: Gary Stevens, who has ridden a lot in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and knows the fans' tempers, got a pleasant surprise Saturday. ``If there was any consolation today, it was the Belmont fans,'' Silver Charm's jockey said. ``I knew, galloping back, there was going to be a warm round of booing, and that upset me because this horse didn't deserve that. But exactly the opposite happened.'' The fans wagered more tha $46.7 million on the card. Giant-killers: Chris McCarron and David Hofmans, rider and trainer of Touch Gold, also teamed up with Alphabet Soup to beat Cigar in the Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1ΒΌ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. . |
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