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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
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The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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APRags to Riches almost lost her chance at the start, stumbling out of the No. 7 post as the gates opened. But Velazquez and the filly quickly regained their cool and caught up to the pack. Meanwhile, long-shots C P West and Slew’s Tizzy were setting a slow pace. By the time the field hit the far turn, Rags to Riches and Curlin was getting ready to give it all they had. The filly got the early jump and never gave in.
“Curlin is a competitor, he’s got a lot of fight in him,” Asmussen said. “To the last jump, I thought he’d win and I thought he’d come back.”
Not only Rags to Riches the undisputed queen of racing, she’s also a head above the boys. Pletcher said the filly may try to beat the boys this summer, in either the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park or the Travers at Saratoga. He also mentioned two filly races as possibilities, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Alabama.
Velazquez got to ride Rags to Riches because her regular rider, Garrett Gomez, had committed to Hard Spun and was unable to change.
While there was no Triple Crown on the line for the third year in a row, the races produced some sensational performances. Street Sense made a daring run up the rail to win the Derby, then was edged at the wire by Curlin in the Preakness. Rags to Riches finished off the series with a championship performance in the “Test of the Champion.”
Rags to Riches earned $600,000 to boost her bankroll to $1,292,528 for owners Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, who bought the filly for $1.9 million at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
After finishing fourth in her only race as a 2-year-old, Rags to Riches is unbeaten in five starts this year, the first four with Garrett Gomez, who was unable to ride the filly in the Belmont because he had committed to Hard Spun.
Perhaps her three-quarter length win in the Las Virgenes was her most impressive as she raced five-wide around the first turn and four-wide around the second turn but still managed to win. The race was similar to the way she ran in the Belmont.
Then it was on to 5½-length win in the Santa Anita Oaks and a 4¼-length win in the Kentucky Oaks.
And now, a Belmont champion.
“It was really giving me goose bumps thinking about the crowd, getting so pumped up about the filly running against the colts,” Velazquez said. “In the race, people were yelling and screaming. It was a great thing to see the crowd enjoying the races. Afterwards, it was even better.”
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
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