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Belmont Park gets ready for big race

Originally published: June 2, 2012 7:32 PM
Updated: June 2, 2012 9:23 PM
By RIDGELY OCHS  ridgely.ochs@newsday.com

Doug O'Neill, trainer for Triple Crown hopeful I'll

Photo credit: Getty Images | Doug O'Neill, trainer for Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another, looks out to the racetrack during morning workouts at Belmont Park. (June 2, 2012)

From managers to cooks to landscapers, the prospect of a Triple Crown winner in the Belmont Stakes next Saturday has whipped employees at the 600-acre Elmont track complex into a hot trot.

Jerry Davis, in charge of admissions and parking at Belmont Park, has been hard at it since I'll Have Another won the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore on May 19.

"Pretty much as soon as I'll Have Another...

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