Bet Against Journalism in Belmont Stakes: David Papadopoulos
Journalism, ridden by Umberto Rispoli, second right, during the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 17.
Photographer: Charles Toler/CALSP/AP
If you missed the Preakness Stakes, call up the NBC replay.
I’ve been watching thoroughbreds run for a long, long time. I’d never seen one do what Journalism did that day. With a quarter mile to go, he squeezed his big frame through an impossibly narrow hole and then, after careening off rivals and losing all momentum, unleashed a sudden, frantic rally to nail the leader in the shadow of the finish line.