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I'll Have Another scratched from Belmont Stakes Jun 8th 2012, 15:43 I'll Have Another — the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner — will not run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O'Neill said Friday during an appearance on the "Dan Patrick Show."  O'Neill said the horse has a "little problem" in his left hind leg. I'll Have Another was set to attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The horse was listed as the odds-on favorite at 4-5 in Wednesday's morning line. Asked by Patrick if I'll Have Another had ran his last race, O'Neill replied: "If I had to wager ... yes." The New York Racing Association will hold a 1 p.m. news conference to release additional information. Dennis O'Neill, brother of the horse's trainer, said I'll Have Another galloped Friday morning and after a veterinary scan, the tendon seemed "kind of tender." "The horse is sound and happy, but it's not worth it," Dennis O'Neill told The Associated Press. Triple Crowns have historically come in waves. While Affirmed was the last horse to win the vaunted Triple Crown, its historic run followed a similar feat the previous year by Seattle Slew. Secretariat pulled off horse racing's hat trick in 1973. There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s and three in the 1930s.

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