WHERE WAS I? SPECIAL EDITION: FROM BELMONT TO BROADWAY AND BEYOND!

So far Debbie and I are neck and neck, thanks to a certain filly named Rags to Riches--the first female to win the Belmont in more than 100 years! The race itself turned out to be neck and neck too in the final stretch, with Curlin surging slightly ahead at times but not being able to sustain a winning pace. Street Sense was completely out of the running, having been pulled out well in advance of the race--but you might see him at Saratoga come August.

So now we await tonight's two Tony events--the Broadway awards as well as The Sopranos. Feel free to add your picks here by 4:44 pm Broadway time today.

ON THE WAY TO BELMONT

If you didn't catch the Kentucky Derby, here's a chance to see Street Sense's impressive surge to victory from the nineteenth position in a field of twenty. It could be that the other horses weren't so great, but Street Sense's rail-hugging, well-timed performance with jockey Calvin "Bo-rail" Borel is still an essay in horseracing.

Here's the initial NBC footage, which didn't account for the possibility of a dramatic come-from-behind charge.



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And here's another angle on the race from NBC, which broadcasts the Preakness this Saturday. After that comes the Belmont, here in New York City.



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