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Belmont Stakes

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Filly wins Preakness thriller
Rachel Alexandra holds off Derby winner Mine That Bird to become first female to win race since 1924.

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Preakness Overhead Cam
May 16: Watch Rachel Alexandra hold off Mine That Bird on the overhead cam.

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Filly & Mare Turf:

Just call Ouija Board the queen of the turf.

The 5-year-old European sensation unleashed an explosive rally in the stretch and won the $2.2 million Filly & Mare Turf by 2¼ lengths over Film Maker in her final race in America.

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Ouija Board also won the 2004 Filly & Mare Turf at Lone Star Park and finished second in last year’s edition at Belmont Park.

“I was very fortunate to have ridden her,” jockey Frankie Dettori said. “She’s the best filly in the world, without a doubt.”

Ouija Board’s 21-race career carried the mare based in England to major stakes around the world She will be retired at the end of the season after races in Japan and Hong Kong.

The 7-5 favorite in a field of 10 returned $4.80 to win. Sprint:

Thor’s Echo took the lead at the top of the stretch and pulled an upset in the $2.1 million Sprint, defeating another long shot, Friendly Island, by four lengths.

Henny Hughes, the 8-5 favorite, never fired and finished last in the 14-horse field.

Sent off at 15-1, the 4-year-old gelding Thor’s Echo paid $33.20 to win. The colt is trained by Doug O’Neill, who also handles Lava Man.

Mile:
Miesque’s Approval was headed for retirement late last year. Marty Wolfson talked owner Charlotte Weber out of it, and the 7-year-old horse won the biggest race of his career — the $2.1 million Mile.

Pulling away in the stretch, Miesque’s Approval beat Aragorn by 2¾ lengths at odds of 24-1, returning $50.60 to win.

With the horse in poor form and running in claiming races for trainer Bill Mott, Wolfson asked Weber for a chance to train Miesque’s Approval, and the horse has responded with five wins in seven starts this year.

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