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Ortiz's brother Irad won the I, �.�- I� would go into the break "It's a lot of fun,"Van
race last year with Creator. - ,
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he could handle it,"Ortiz , 111WW-.-. r Laeys made up for an ear- and playing one more game,
said. .,,' . her miss when he failed to but I didn't know it would
Tapwrit finished sixth 6 ' spot an open tight end down be that much fun to come r
in the Kentucky Derby and , the middle of the field. out and compete with these
snipped the Preakness.Five !/ With time winding down, guys."
of the last nine Belmont
winners have followed that 1 �ti
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"We felt like with the i iI d
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and$5 at 5-1 odds.The ridden by Mike Smith, onto the final turn when race." r-�; "
3-year-old gray colt was who won five stakes on the Ortiz first asked Tapwrit for That's when Tapwrit took Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00
n Saturday 9:00-4:30
purchased for$1.2 million, undercard. his run. up the chase in earnest.It ty Sunday 12:30-4:30
making him the most expen- "It actually wasn't our It took a while for Tap- was a two-horse race to the b Phone:620-463-2888 ••°_
sive horse in the field. plan to be on the lead,"said writ to find his best gear. finish line,with Tapwrit =
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Irish War Cry returned Graham Motion,who trains Up front,Irish War Cry gaining the lead in the final -Planters-Statues-Jayhawks-
$4.70 and$3.90 as the 5-2 Irish War Cry. "We kind of put away Meantime and furlong.
favorite.Patch,the one-eyed hoped that somebody else appeared a likely winner at
horse trained by Pletcher, would go for it,but he had the top of Belmont's long
i was another 5 3/4 lengths to go to Plan B." stretch.
back in third and paid$6.50 Tapwrit,meanwhile,set- "At the eighth pole,I
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to show tied in third,right behind thought was might be home
The$1.5 million race the dueling leaders.They free,"Motion said,"but it's
took several hits before the maintained that positioning the Belmont.It's a toughr(ix21)17 '
starting gate opened. /. ;'
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