Trainer Doug O'Neill called an audible and sent Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another out for a final gallop in secrecy the day before the Belmont Stakes. O'Neill said the decision was made to bring his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to the track
Since 1978, there have been 11 horses to take the first two jewels of the Triple Crown, only to falter at the Belmont Stakes. I'll Have Another has a chance to make history — or become No. 12.
Can I'll Have Another become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978? The Rail's Melissa Hoppert thinks so, but her Times colleague Victor Mather thinks this will not be the year.
Trainer Doug O'Neill called an audible and sent Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another out for a final gallop in secrecy the day before the Belmont Stakes. O'Neill said the decision was made to bring his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to the track
But Doug O'Neill is far from the only trainer in Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a history of improperly medicated horses. The Associated Press reviewed the histories of all 11 trainers with horses in the race and found that 10 had at least one
