In The July 04 Issue

Triple Crown: A great journey until the very end
Smarty Jones’s Triple Crown hopes vanish in the homestretch of the Belmont, while Birdstone emerges as a most ambivalent hero.
Story by Sean Clancy. Page 16

Region moves toward uniform medication rules
What’s legal, and what isn’t, will no longer vary at tracks within the Mid-Atlantic.
Story by Bill Finley. Page 22


Two-year-olds in training sale sets all-time records
Silver Deputy filly brings $450,000—the highestprice ever for a horse at auction in the region.
Page 24