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ASSOCIATED PRESS Jockey Jose Valdivia Jr. and Ruler on Ice pulled off the upset in the Belmont Stakes to spoil the rubber match between Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Preakness champ Shackleford.
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Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is the 2-1 favorite to claim the Belmont Stakes, the last race in the Triple Crown. Derby runner-up Nehro is the second choice a 4-1. (Associated Press)
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Preakness: Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom with David Nava aboard gets a morning work out at the Fair Hill Training Center on Monday, May 16, 2011 in Fair Hill, Md. Animal Kingdom and his trainer Graham Motion are preparing for the 136th Preakness Stakes race Saturday in Baltimore - and this is the horse Washington Times staff writer Stephen Whyno pegs as the favorite. (AP Photo/Jim Dietz)
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Preakness: Animal Kingdom is ridden by David Nava as he takes a trot inside a cool stable at Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. The Kentucky Derby winner is a 2-1 favorite to win the Preakness at Pimlico on Saturday. A victory would position the thoroughbred to make a run at the Triple Crown, which hasn't been won since Affirmed did it in 1978. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom with David Nava aboard gets a morning work out at the Fair Hill Training Center on Monday, May 16, 2011 in Fair Hill, Md. Animal Kingdom and his trainer Graham Motion are preparing for the 136th Preakness Stakes race Saturday in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jim Dietz)
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Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom with David Nava aboard gets a morning workout at the Fair Hill Training Center on Monday, May 16, 2011 in Fair Hill, Md. Animal Kingdom and his trainer Graham Motion are preparing for the 136th Preakness Stakes race Saturday in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jim Dietz)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Animal Kingdom trainer Graham Motion (right) celebrated with jockey John Velazquez after winning the Kentucky Derby on May 7. Animal Kingdom will go for his second win of the Triple Crown in the Preakness at Pimlico on Saturday.
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Exercise rider Carlos Correa takes Kentucky Derby entrant Dialed In for a workout before the 137th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom looks out from his stall following a trot around the track at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. The colt is there in preparation for the Preakness, which will be run May 21.
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John Velazquez rides Animal Kingdom to victory during the 137th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Jockey Robby Albarado guides Kentucky Derby hopeful Animal Kingdom through a workout on the Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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Uncle Mo owner Mike Repole, right, and trainer Todd Pletcher talk at a news conference at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. Uncle Mo was scratched from the 137th Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS A special exhibit at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville contains almost 550 items from Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, who won 8,833 races in his more than 40-year career.
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Groom Roman Trujillo, works on getting water off Kentucky Derby hopeful Midnight Interlude outside Barn 33 at Churchill Downs race track in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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ASSOCIAED PRESS Trainer Nick Zito, shown Sunday at Churchill Downs, is 0-for-4 in attempts to win the Kentucky Derby with Robert LaPenta, the owner of Dialed In. The closest they came was a runner-up finish last year with Ice Box.
