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Originally published in the June 1, 1975, edition of New York Newsday. Reprinted here with the author's permission.…
Last weekend's Preakness Stakes winner and Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome got some good news today: The horse's nasal strip, previously forbidden at the Belmont, has been approved. Not that there was any doubt. [ESPN] Read more