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MAYBE AMERICAN PROMISE SHOULD GET ANOTHER JOCKEY

  Lots of stuff: Finally, we got an explanation (of sorts) of what happened  to  American Promise , winner of the Virginia Derby  (record time), in last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby when  the big Chestnut sired by  Justified  was a disappointing  16 th  in a 19-horse field … Replay of the 151 st  Derby  showed American Promise, starting in the No. 5 position,  was running third when jockey  NIK JUAREZ  tried – and  failed – to go for the lead between frontrunners  Citizen  Bull  and  Neoequos  … never to be a factor again. "It was a dogfight,” Juarez told reporters later. “We had  Citizen Bull, who broke outward [and] two horses to my  inside were impeded. I had to make a trip for American  Promise the best way I could. Luckily, getting into the  first turn was where we wanted to be, and he was able to  avoid most of the trouble [but] there are many variables  i...
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WILL NEW RANGERS' COACH BE GOOD FOR FREE-AGENT JONES?

  The New York Rangers (officially) will introduce   MIKE SULLIVAN  as their new coach tomorrow  morning. He supposedly is big on puck-moving,  quick-skating defensemen … which should be good  news for  ZAC JONES , the native Richmonder who  checks the boxes yet spent most of the last two  seasons more healthy scratch than active player … In  fact, the left-handed defenseman from Glen Allen is  arguably the team’s best passer among a backline  corps that, for the most part, has had all kinds of  trouble getting out of its own end … Meanwhile,  Jones is a restricted free agent which means he’s still  at mercy of management … which must offer a new  contract, trade or release him. The latter is out of the  question. Otherwise, after allowing Jones’ agent to  find a new address for his client, why did the  Rangers demand a third-round draft choice as the  minimum return? For a player who app...
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NHL RANGERS GET THEIR MAN... NOT TORTORELLA

  Here, there … mostly everywhere … Four days after he was discarded by the Pittsburgh  Penguins the New York Rangers hired  MIKE  SULLIVAN  to succeed  PETER LAVIOLETTE  as  coach … proving, if nothing else, 2024-25 wasn’t a total  loss for the Broadway Blueshirts, after all … The two- time Stanley Cup champion had been No. 1 on NY  general manager  CHRIS DRURY ’s wish list as far back  as 2021 when he made his first of two previous hires and  had to settle on  GERARD GALLANT  … who lasted  two seasons before Laviolette survived two more. Rumors that former Ranger coach  JOHN  TORTORELLA  (fired by the Flyers) would join  Sulllivan as member of his new staff proved incorrect.  They had worked together (along with assistant GM  Drury) earlier this year on the American team that was  runnerup in the 4-Nations tournamemt. A meeting with  NICK SABAN  has   Presi...
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BOY, IT SURE LOOKED LIKE AMERICAN PROMISE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START

  For its Kentucky Derby open house Saturday, Colonial  Downs gave away pin-on buttons “I’m Betting on   American Promise .” At least we had  something  to show  for the suddenly, terribly-failed winner of the Virginia  Derby … who finished 16 th  among 19 starters in the 151 st  Run for the Roses. Big BOO to NBC for not re-playing the entire race, start  to finish. Or were we mistaken that the big Chestnut was  going for the lead only to be sandwiched between 12/1  Citizen Bull and 38/1 Neoequos about halfway of the 1  1/4-mile race? There was contact, and from there  American Promise advanced in the wrong direction,  never to be in contention again. Big BOO II to the network’s crack legion of experts …  for not mentioning it … assuming, of course, they even  noticed. Or cared … It was, after all, only American  Promise, trained by Hall of Fame  D. WAYNE LUCAS ,  89 ... the son of Justif...
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