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Winning Belmont not as simple as 1-2-3.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Clark Spencer
MIAMI _ While it has been 25 years since a horse won the Triple Crown and 30 since Secretariat hightailed it to glory, one Hall of Fame trainer said there's no reason to think Funny Cide can't end the drought as long as he fits the basic criteria.
``It just takes one helluva horse to win all three races,'' said Scotty Schulhofer, who never trained a Triple Crown winner but spoiled one's bid when Lemon Drop Kid upstaged Charismatic in the 1999 Belmont Stakes.
It's as simple as that.
Ah, but if only it was.
Funny Cide, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, needs only to clear the final hurdle _ Saturday's Belmont Stakes in New York _ to have his name carved alongside the 11 horses that have achieved the feat, starting with Sir Barton in 1919 and ending with Affirmed in 1978.
But eight horses since Affirmed have come within sniffing distance of a sweep only to fall short in the finale. Spectacular Bid (1979), Pleasant Colony ('81), Alysheba ('87), Sunday Silence ('89), Silver Charm ('97), Real Quiet ('98), Charismatic ('99) and War Emblem (2002) stumbled at the threshold of thoroughbred stardom.
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