True tragedy strikes Belmont Park as I'll Have Another withdraws

AP NEW YORK — Redeemed rolled to a front-running victory Friday, beating Eldaafer by 10 lengths in the $200000 Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park. The Brooklyn is one of the few major dirt races run at the same 1 1/2-mile distance as Saturday's BelmontBy THE NEW YORK TIMES The Rail's contributors welcome our guest picker, Melissa Francis, the host of the Fox Business Network show “MONEY with Melissa Francis.” As a childhood actress she played Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on “Little House on the Prairie”I'll Have Another will not be the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years

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