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TOM CANAVAN Associated Press NEW YORK — Jena Antonucci turned a Triple Crown marred by thoroughbred deaths on the track and threatened by bad air quality from wildfires in Canada into a…

TOM CANAVAN Associated Press NEW YORK — Arcangelo took the lead at the top of the stretch and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, making Jena Antonucci the first female trainer to win the race…

TOM CANAVAN Associated Press This was supposed to be the year thoroughbred racing celebrated the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's magnificent Triple Crown triumph as the current crop of…

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press When the crowd roared to a fever pitch at the 2015 Belmont Stakes to celebrate American Pharoah becoming the first Triple Crown winner in nearly four decades, the…

BETH HARRIS Associated Press Forte is finally getting a crack at running in a Triple Crown race. The colt, who was scratched the day of the Kentucky Derby, is the early favorite for the Belmont…

BETH HARRIS Associated Press Dirt flying as horses race around the track. Fans cheering as their favorite thunders down the stretch, hooves pounding toward the finish line.That sight and sound…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two horses have died the past two days following injuries at Churchill Downs, the 11th and 12th fatalities over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby.Mare Kimberley Dream was euthanized…

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press BALTIMORE — Preakness favorite Mage took to the track Tuesday for his most significant workout since winning the Kentucky Derby as his team focused on finding their…

GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A raging thunderstorm that washed out activities Sunday morning at Churchill Downs symbolized the dark clouds hanging over the Triple Crown after a…

CLAIRE GALOFARO and GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the horses were loaded into the starting gate, Tedi Dietrich whispered a prayer."Lord, let the horses get all the way around…