Sunday, June 10, 2012

Union rags

  • ELMONT, N.Y. -- Michael Matz and Phyllis Wyeth had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)
  • NEW YORK — Union Rags picked up where I'll Have Another left off, coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • ELMONT, N.Y. -- Even in the face of his most disheartening bobbles, the company line from Union Rags camp rarely wavered.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • Going into the Kentucky Derby, trainer Michael Matz believed he had a horse capable of sweeping the Triple Crown. He had to wait until Saturday for Union Rags to validate his opinion.
  • (Newsday)
  • NEW YORK (AP) Union Rags picked up where Ill Have Another left off - coming from behind to catch at Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race. In Saturdays Belmont Stakes, it was even a photo finish.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • ELMONT, N.Y.
  • (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  • ELMONT -- Paynter stayed where he was, a few feet off the rail, charging toward the finish. Everyone whose heart had been broken by Union Rags before must have had the same thought: He's not going to squeeze through.
  • (Post-Star)
  • NEW YORK -- Union Rags picked up where Ill Have Another left off -- coming from behind to catch a Bob Baffert-trained horse at the finish in a Triple Crown race. In Saturdays Belmont Stakes, it was even a photo finish.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • NEW YORK (Reuters) - Union Rags, patiently ridden by his new rider John Velazquez, won the $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday with a late burst up the rails. The three-year-old colt clinched the final leg of U.S.
  • (CNBC)

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