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Today's racing menu will feature four races, two from Delaware Park and two from Hawthorne.

Today we also feature an article from guest contributor Carlo Campanella about the upcoming Kentucky Derby Field in the Dog Pound below.

Sunday's Results: Aqueduct Race #2 Best Bet Winner #4 (Venus Rosewater) $6.70. Exacta Best Bet with second pick (4-1) $16.20. 

Aqueduct Race #4 Exacta second pick with top pick (5-8) $32.00.

Aqueduct Race #8 Top Pick winner #1 (Market Psychology) $4.40.

And Then There Were Six…
By Carlo Campanella

The legends made it look so easy back in the 1970's. Secretariat started it by sweeping the 1973 Triple Crown with amazing ease. It doesn't matter if you're an avid horse player or experienced making horse racing picks, every sports fan can recall the image of "Big Red" romping down Belmont's stretch to win the final leg of the Triple Crown by 31-lengths. Just four short years later in 1977, another legend, Seattle Slew claimed the crown. While race fans were still debating which of those two Champions was the better thoroughbred, Affirmed turned back Alydar in three consecutive battles in 1978. Those legends treated us to three Triple Crown winners during a six-year span, including back-to-back winners!

Fast forward to 2008. It's been 30 years since Affirmed won the Triple Crown, but many have come close...very close. In fact, since 1997 six 3-year-olds have won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, only to fail as favorites in the Belmont Stakes. Even though we've had to wait three decades for our next champ, it's been worth the wait, as it's a settling feeling that we don't have to mention the names of Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones in the same breath as Secretariat and Slew. After failing to win the Belmont Stakes, none of these six experienced racing success expected of a Triple Crown Champion, or made much of an impact in the breeding shed.

There are no more prep races, only morning works- and dreams- as we wait to see if a new star emerges from this crop of 3-year-olds as the horses "jockey" for early position and horse players begin to formulate their Kentucky Derby Picks.

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DELAWARE PARK Race #SIX (3:00 PM Eastern)

(# 3) SEEKING FLIGHT - Trainer Tony Dutrow has a strong hand here as he saddles a pair that race as separate interests and both look capable of winning. We'll go on top with the one who has raced most recently. Set the pace in last at Philadelphia Park and tired late to finish third. Trainer's go-to rider Jeremy Rose also picks this one.

(# 1) No More Green - Son of "Cape Town" ran well last fall in his three efforts going long. Improved his overall performance in each start. Has the rail, is working sharply and may return running.

(# 4) Ocho Caballos - It's been a long time since he raced. Debuted at this track last July and hasn't faced the starter since. In a top barn (Mike Trombetta) he'll need to be sharp off the break trying a distance foreign to him.