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 NEW YORK (AP) - A fantastic filly has put some pizazz back in the Belmont Stakes and shaken up the field as well. Rags to Riches will take on the boys in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont on Saturday in an attempt to become the first filly to win the race in 102 years and give trainer Todd Pletcher his first win in a Triple Crown race.
"This is something to get excited about," Pletcher said Tuesday outside his barn at Belmont Park. "From a historical perspective, it would place her at the highest level."
Without Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense running, the Belmont was shaping up as a far-from-glamorous matchup between Preakness winner Curlin and Derby runner-up Hard Spun, with a half-dozen also-rans thrown in.
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