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big turns to do different things and throw a race
xiaoweiwei 发表于 2013/1/23 20:10:00 |
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Sources tell TSN that Nicklas Lidstrom is ready to call it a career. Vernon Davis Jersey
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The Red Wings have scheduled a news conference for Thursday in Detroit
where the 42-year-old blueliner will announce his retirement.
You can watch it live now on TSN.ca, and listen live on TSN Radio 990.
Having spent the entirety of his 20-year NHL career in Detroit, Lidstrom
leaves the game with an impressive resume.
Lidstrom is a member of the exclusive "Triple-Gold" club, winning both
an Olympic gold medal (2006) and an IIHF World Championship (1991) with
Sweden in addition to the four Stanley Cups he won with the Red Wings.
The most dominant defenceman since the turn of the Century, Lidstrom won
seven Norris Trophies in ten seasons starting in 2001. Lidstrom has
been selected to play in 12 NHL All-Star Games and was named to the
leagues First All-Star Team 10 times between 1998 and 2011.
He became the first European player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy in
2002.
Taking over the Red Wings captaincy when long-time teammate
Steve Yzerman retired in 2006, he would lead the team to back-to-back
Cup Finals appearances in 2008 and 2009, becoming the first European
player to captain a Cup champion in 2008.
Lidstrom retires as the active NHL leader in regulation and playoff
games played as well as plus-minus. He sat second amongst active players
in playoff points and third in regular-season points.
Originally selected in the third round (53rd overall) by the Red Wings
in 1989, Lidstrom racked up 264 goals and 878 assists in 1,564 career
NHL games.
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McLouths bat never co-operated.
The Pirates designated McLouth for assignment on Friday and recalled
infielder Matt Hague in hopes of injecting some life into their listless
offence, which ranks last in the National League in batting average (. NaVorro Bowman Jersey
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Cole admitted bringing the game into disrepute when he reacted angrily
last Friday to an FA commission questioning the evidence he gave in
defending teammate John Terry against a charge of racially abusing an
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.J. -- The New York Jets have waived backup defensive lineman
Ropati Pitoitua, who became expendable after the team drafted
Quinton Coples last week.A nose. Thats all that separated Real Quiet
from racing immortality. He was beaten by the smallest of margins in the
1998 Belmont Stakes, the longest and toughest leg of thoroughbred
racings Triple Crown.
Affirmed was the last to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and
Belmont, 34 years ago. Since then, 11 horses have won the first two only
to come up short in the Belmont, felled by a safety pin picked up in a
stall, a stumble out of the gate or a jockeys judgment.
Now its Ill Have Anothers turn to try to become the 12th Triple Crown
winner.
The chestnut colt chased down pacesetter Bodemeister in the final 100
yards to win the Kentucky Derby on May 5. Two weeks later, he surged
past Bodemeister a few yards from the finish line in the Preakness to
win by a neck.
Bodemeister wont be back to challenge Ill Have Another in the Belmont.
But 10 other rivals are likely, including Derby also-rans Dullahan,
Optimizer and Union Rags. The others are horses that skipped one or both
of the first two legs, leaving them well-rested for the 1 1-2 mile run
around the deep, sandy dirt track.
"It aint like the old days where everyone used to run in all three,"
said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who is 1 for 13 in the Belmont.
"Its taxing on the horse to run in all three. If somebody is hiding
behind the bushes waiting to jump you when theyre all fresh, they can
beat you."
Smith will be aboard one of the fresh ones in next Saturdays Belmont.
Hell ride Paynter, who skipped the Derby and Preakness.
Nineteen times since 1944 horses have come to the Belmont with a chance
to win the Triple Crown.
Big Brown was the last horse to take a shot in 2008. But he bombed out
in the Belmont, mysteriously getting eased at the top of the stretch and
leaving nearly 95,000 fans stunned at the sight of the colt with the
bad feet failing to finish.
The final 1 1-2 miles on the Triple Crown trail can do a number on a
horse, trainer and jockey.
Sometimes, a horse finds trouble in his own stall.
On the morning of the 1979 Belmont, a safety pin was discovered embedded
in Spectacular Bids hoof. He didnt appear lame, so he ran in the race.
His teenage jockey, Ron Franklin, gunned the colt to the early lead
before he eventually faded to third.
Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998 and Smarty Jones in 2004 were
the only three since Affirmeds victory to lose by a length or less.
In Real Quiets case, he owned a five-length lead with a quarter-mile
left in the Belmont. Victory Gallop, second in the Derby and the
Preakness, moved up on Real Quiet and jockey Kent Desormeaux. The horses
crossed the wire in a photo finish, but Victory Gallop got his nose in
front. A stride past the finish line, Real Quiet had regained the lead.
"I thought he won it," said Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer who
had his hopes dashed with both Silver Charm and Real Quiet.
In 1997, Baffert watched from the stands as Silver Charm fought off Free
House for the lead with a quarter-mile to go and appeared to have clear
sailing to the wire.
Then Touch Gold made a move on the far outside. Steve Young Jersey.
Jockey Gary Stevens didnt see his rival and Silver Charm was beaten by
three-quarters of a length.
When the gates sprang open in the 2002 Belmont and War Emblem nearly
fell to his knees, Baffert knew his horse was doomed.
The winner was 70-1 shot Sarava. War Emblem came home in eighth, beaten
by 19 1-2 lengths.
Smarty Jones may have moved too soon. The small black colt had trouble
relaxing with horses on either side of him. So jockey Stewart Elliott
guided him into the lead entering the backstretch with a mile remaining.
Around the far turn, Smarty Jones led by nearly four lengths before
Birdstone came flying past him in the stretch and left Smarty with a
one-length defeat.
Birdstones trainer, Nick Zito, and owner, Marylou Whitney, both
apologized afterward for spoiling the Smarty Party.
There was nearly an asterisk Triple Crown.
In 1968, Forward Pass was credited with a win in the Derby after Dancers
Image was disqualified. Forward Pass went on to win the Preakness, but
finished second in the Belmont.
The Triple Crown is run on a compressed schedule, with the Kentucky
Derby, Preakness and Belmont just five weeks apart. A horse gets just
one chance to win them all since the Triple Crown is for 3-year-olds
only.
The Derby is a 1 1-4-mile free-for-all with a crowded field of 20
untested horses. At 1 3-16 miles, the Preakness is the shortest of the
three races and the one in which horses begin proving themselves.
The Belmont may be the trickiest of them all.
Nicknamed "The Test of the Champion," the race is uncharted territory
for 3-year-olds and their jockeys who have never gone that far in their
lives and likely wont again.
Its full of strategy, with jockeys making split-second decisions on
pace, placement and when to start their final run to the wire. Go too
soon and a colt could be gassed for the 1,097-foot stretch run. Wait too
long and risk letting the lead horses get away.
"Its very deceiving. The turns are so big, so wide and swooping," said
Smith, who once rode regularly at Americas biggest track. "Where the
half-mile pole is on a normal track, its the 3-4 pole at Belmont so it
can throw you off."
Ill Have Anothers jockey, Mario Gutierrez, has never ridden at Belmont.
Smith gives a slight edge to jockeys with experience at navigating the
sprawling track.
"You can use those big turns to do different things and throw a race
wide open depending on the pace," he said.
Sometimes, its the surface that derails potential Triple Crown history
makers.
The Belmont tripped up Funny Cide in 2003, when the gelding couldnt
handle a muddy track and finished third, five lengths behind Empire
Maker.
Riding tactics can play a part, too, since the Triple Crown contender
runs with a bulls-eye on his back.
"Theyre all going to try and beat him," Smith said. "If you have him in
your sights, youre certainly not going to let him out any sooner than
you would in any other race."
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