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I'll Have Another Scratched From Belmont

Posted: 12:35 PM Jun 8, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

I'll Have Another Scratched From Belmont

NEW YORK (AP) -- I'll Have Another's bid for the first Triple Crown in 34 years ended shockingly in the barn and not on the racetrack Friday , when the colt was scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes and retired from racing with a swollen tendon.

"It's been an incredible ride, an incredible run," trainer Doug O'Neill said. "It's a bummer. It's not tragic, but it's a huge disappointment."

I'll Have Another, who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes with stirring stretch drives, was the 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont and become the 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed in 1978.