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It was back to business Sunday morning for New Jersey-based trainer Kelly Breen, who shocked the Belmont Stakes with 24-1 long shot Ruler On Ice on Saturday, his first career Grade 1 victory.
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Jockey Javier Castellano sent C. S. Silk right to the lead and onto a 12-1 upset of the Grade 1, $400,000 Foxwoods Just a Game for fillies and mares on the Belmont Stakes undercard Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park.
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Ruler On Ice, dismissed at 24-1, sat a perfect trip under a patient Jose Valdivia, Jr., taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off another longshot, Stay Thirsty, to win Saturday’s 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
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A crowd of 55,779 wagered $10,098,573 on Belmont Stakes Day races, a 32.9 percent increase over $7,598,840 in 2010.
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Eleven months after nearly knocking off champion Gio Ponti in the Grade 1 Man o’ War, 7-year-old Mission Approved returned to turn the trick Saturday, wiring the field at odds of 21-1 to take the Grade 1, $400,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park.
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Justin Phillip emerged victorious from an early three-way scramble for the lead and never looked back on his way to a 3 ¼-length victory over J Js Lucky Train in Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Woody Stephens Presented by VisitNassauCounty.com at Belmont Park.
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George Hall, winning owner of Ruler On Ice (No. 3):“The funny thing about this horse is that Jose would always come back and say he was goofing off, but he wasn’t really tired. After the Tesio, we figured, what better race to come back than the Belmont.
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Trappe Shot burst through an opening along the rail straightening for home and onto an 8 ½-length victory over This Ones for Phil in Saturday’s 33rd running of the Grade 2 True North Handicap Presented by Emirates Airline at Belmont Park.
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