For better or worse, Kentucky Derby winners rarely get forgotten.
But given Tuesday’s announcement that the Belmont will lead off the Triple Crown on June 20 — with its distance reduced to 1⅛ miles — this year’s winner is guaranteed to be remembered for a long, long time.
If the NBA is able to resume and hold a playoffs at a single site without fans, will there be an asterisk next to this year’s champion? Of course. Same thing for baseball and hockey.
Jazil didn’t return to the track until the following January, lost all three races, and retired with a career record of two wins from 11 starts. His post-racing highlight was siring a Venezuelan horse of the year before dying at age 11.What looked like a showdown between Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Preakness winner Shackleford devolved into a huge upset as both the favorites sputtered in the stretch and 24-1 longshot Ruler on Ice emerged as the victor on a sloppy track.
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