A lone bird finds himself in focus as the Jim Dandy field turns for home at Saratoga.
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Ramon Dominguez won 6 races on a Saratoga card twice during the 2012 meet.
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Alpha was an imposing sight in the days leading up to the Travers.
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Alpha and Golden Ticket provided a thrilling and historic Travers by arriving at the wire simultaneously.
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The field for the 2012 Travers departs on their 1 1/4 journey.
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The athleticism of Rajiv Maragh was in full display as he managed to stay aboard Birdrun, who stumbled badly leaving the gate for the Brooklyn.
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Claimer-turned-multiple graded stakes winner Caixa Eletronica relaxes at Saratoga.
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Augie mingles with the Belmont Stakes Day crowd.
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Cubist is perfectly framed on her way to winning the Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Hurdle Stakes.
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A brief snow flurry helped send the G1 Gazelle fied on their way.
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Dreaming of Julia checks out the camera before taking the G1 Frizette.
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Yankees star Mariano Rivera visited Saratoga and stopped for a chat with Richard Migliore.
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Rajiv Maragh got in the Social Media Day spirit.
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It's never hard to tell what day is hat day at Saratoga!
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The finish line is best known as the destination for horses, but apparently it's a great lunch spot for hawks, too.
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Handsome Dullahan strolls down the horsepath at Belmont Park.
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One of the most popular wins of the year was the one by Emma's Encore in the G1 Prioress. A heartfelt round of applause followed her legendary trainer, Allen Jerkens, as he made he way to the winners' circle.
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Mario Gutierrez didn't get a chance to try for the Triple Crown aboard his Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I'll Have Another, but he did get a great view of Manhattan. Here he is at the top of the Empire State Building.
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Five Sixteen gets a hug.
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Ramon Dominguez takes a look over at Flat Out after dropping his whip in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. It would be Flat Out's second straight win in the prestigious race.
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Future Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned hams it up days before winning the G1 Whitney.
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Fort Larned cools off following his Whitney win.
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Golden Ticket practices for his winners' circle shot days before his historic Travers dead heat.
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The most accomplished pony in racing, Lava Man, accompanied his star pupil, I'll Have Another, in the weeks between the Preakness and Belmont.
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I'll Have Another gallops in solitude at Belmont Park.
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Team I'll Have Another locks arms behind their star as they unexpectedly accompany him to a Belmont Stakes Day retirement ceremony, rather than the race itself.
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Popular It's Tricky investigates all visitors for treats, preferably dandelion leaves.
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Jackson Bend out for a morning stroll on the Oklahoma track.
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Kauai Katie was sensational in New York for Stonestreet Farms. Check out her pricked ears as she rolls home in the G2 Matron at Belmont Park.
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Lava Man gets stretching help from a buddy after finishing his morning work.
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It's Tricky recovered admirably from her dramatic stumble in the G1 Personal Ensign. However, the win would go to Love and Pride, who started her year on the inner dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Mariano Rivera joins John Velazquez in celebrating the latter's induction to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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Mike Smith's admiration for Mucho Macho Man was clear following the pair's sizzling win in the Suburban at Belmont Park.
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Trainer Rudy Rodriguez gives My Happy Face a pat before her thrilling duel with Dreaming of Julia in the Frizette.
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Mystical Star demonstrates an effective tongue tie on her way to a G2 New York win.
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Paynter's courageous battle back from colitis and laminitis helped earn him the Vox Populi Award. It was his performance on the track that first turned heads though. Days after this gallop at Belmont Park he ran a terrific second in the Belmont Stakes in just his fifth lifetime start.
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NY-regular Maylan Studart with a young fan at the Ronald McDonald House.
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The jockeys are regular Belmont Stakes-week visitors to the Ronald McDonald House.
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Members of the New York Giants, New York Knicks, New England Patriots, etc. hang out with fellow professional athletes - the NY jockeys.
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I'll Have Another and his team at the press conference announcing his unfortunate retirement.
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John Velazquez, Dinny Phipps, and Shug McGaughey celebrate in the Saratoga Race Course winners' circle after Point of Entry's G1 Sword Dancer win.
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High energy Point of Entry shows off in the Saratoga Race Course paddock while schooling for the Sword Dancer.
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Questing, scintillating on the track at Saratoga Race Course, in a quieter moment.
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Young Irad Ortiz, Jr. celebrates after a brilliant win on his star mount, Questing.
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A pair of rainbows streak across the sky at Saratoga Race Course.
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Popular Mike Smike celebrates after guiding brilliant Royal Delta to a romping Beldame win.
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The first race of the 2012 Saratoga meet got off smoothly on a beautiful day.
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Shackleford leaps for joy after arriving at Saratoga.
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Shackleford greets Tammy Fox and Archie upon arriving to Saratoga.
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Miss Patricia and Ramon A. Dominguez take flight past the wire at Belmont Park.
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Spy in the Sky might not win any style points for his jump at Saratoga Race Course, but he won the race! It was the G1 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase Stakes.
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Mike Repole greets Stay Thirsty with a kiss following his career finale win in the G1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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The riders for the 2012 Belmont Stakes assemble.
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Ramon A. Dominguez after his second 6-win card of the Saratoga Race Course meet.
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Handsome Union Rags heads to the track to train in the days prior to his thrilling Belmont Stakes win.
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John Velazquez and Michael Matz celebrate with family after Union Rags took the Belmont Stakes.
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Paynter and Union Rags with synced strides as they reach for the wire at Belmont Park.
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The field for the Belmont Stakes is off and running.
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A dramatic sky matched Winter Memories as she took the G1 Diana.
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The Richard Migliore-led New Owners' Luncheon group braves the weather to present in the Aqueduct paddock.
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