Another Belmont Stakes Post
[Update: The filly won! Whoopee!]
One filly, Rags to Riches, will be running in the Belmont Stakes today. A filly hasn’t won the race in over a century. Rags to Riches is a daughter of A.P. Indy, who won the Belmont Stakes in 1992. A.P. Indy was sired by Seattle Slew. His dam was Morning Surprise, a daughter of Secretariat.
Rags to Riches is one of the favorites, after Curlin and Hard Spun. Hard Spun is a descendant of Man o’ War and War Admiral, through his grandma Pas de Nom. He is also a grandson of Northern Dancer (winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness) and a great-grandson of Alydar, famous for running second to Affirmed in all three races of the 1978 Triple Crown. Curlin is a great-great grandson of Northern Dancer, as is Rags to Riches on her ma’s side.
Update: Rags to Riches’s ancestry also goes back to Man o’ War, through her great-grandpa Buckpasser.
the native dancer line cannot be beat, northern was the most prolific of his. i like hard spun- he may be passed but he obviously does not like to be passed and will try to sprint twice
Comment by k — June 9, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
What an exciting race!
Comment by Bonnie — June 9, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
What a finish. Coming off the last turn to the finish line was as good as it gets.
I relly appreciated your previous post about the ‘73 Belmont.
Comment by Chief — June 9, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
“One filly, Rags to Riches, will be running in the Belmont Stakes today. A filly hasn’t won the race in over a century. Rags to Riches is a daughter of A.P. Indy, who won the Belmont Stakes in 1992. A.P. Indy was sired by Seattle Slew. His dam was Morning Surprise, a daughter of Secretariat.”
WOW!!! She won! SHE WON!!!
Secertatiat won again!!!
Comment by c u n d gulag — June 10, 2007 @ 6:19 am