Mo Donegal's Belmont Stakes win on Saturday proves owners don't have to spend 'millions and millions' to field a winner, co-owner Jerry Crawford says.
Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, adding more hardware to the trophy case of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and denying Rich Strike a second Triple Crown jewel.
Co-owner Jerry Crawford said the win proves owners don't have to spend"millions and millions" to field a winner."The sport is more accessible to folks than they may realize," he said after the race., who enjoyed a one-two finish with Mo Donegal and the filly Nest. He called the first-place finish"a dream that I have had for 40 years" as a New Yorker at his local track.
Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, who shocked the horse racing world by taking the Run for the RosesFive weeks ago, the colt shocked the horse racing world by taking the Run for the Rosesat Churchill Downs. Now jockey Sonny Leon and trainer Eric Reed have found the winner's circle again, this time in Elmont, New York, just outside of Queens.
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