It's a girl thing. The filly battled Preakness winner Curlin down the stretch in the Belmont Stakes.
Photo: Mike Corrado
Bounce Theory: Rags to Riches stumbles coming out of the gate of the June 9 Belmont Stakes.
Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN
She bounces back well…then goes on to beat the boys.
Photo: Barbara D. Livingston
Sam Shepard (right) portrayed trainer Frank Whiteley in the movie ''Ruffian'' which aired June 9 on ABC.
Photo: ESPN
On June 9 All Pro wide receiver Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals sprinted one-sixteenth of a mile in 11.1 seconds to defeat Thoroughbred racehorse Restore the Roar and retired jockey Patricia Cooksey on the River Downs turf course.
Runaway Groom, who beat the year's three U.S. classic winners in the 1982 Travers Stakes (gr. I), was euthanized June 8 at Dr. Tom Simon's Vinery near Lexington because of the infirmities of old age.
Photo: Barbara D. Livingston
A test of heart and soul: Rags To Riches defeats Curlin by a head after a demanding stretch duel in the Belmont.
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