Byline: Tim Wilkin
Jun. 10--ELMONT -- It's been a tough spring for trainer Todd Pletcher. He entered five horses in the Kentucky Derby. None of them hit the board.
He started two more in the Preakness. His Triple Crown record for futility was growing to embarrassing proportions for the three-time defending Eclipse Award winning trainer.
Going into Saturday's 139th Belmont Stakes, Pletcher's resume in America's biggest races was horrible. Twenty-eight starters. Zero wins.
It's OK today. The filly bailed him out.
Rags to Riches made history on an overcast spring afternoon on Long Island when she became the first filly in 102 years to win the Belmont.
Ridden by John Velazquez, Rags …
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