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A big, talented gray horse named Delightful Kiss, who is among the favorites at the Breeders’ Cup Marathon, gives Pete Anderson a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

The primary reason Giuseppe Iadisernia’s horse will compete in the $1 million event Sunday at Del Mar is that it does not fall on the Sabbath he observes.

Deweycheatumnhowe became the first undefeated horse to win the $1.5 million Hambletonian, a race first contested in 1926.

Much has happened in the seven weeks since the Belmont Stakes when Big Brown’s bid for the Triple Crown fizzled.

Art Official set a world record for 3-year-old pacers, and narrowly upset the previously undefeated Somebeachsomewhere in a thrilling Meadowlands Pace.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Big Brown’s co-owner Michael Iavarone rejected the notion Monday that his colt was suffering from steroid withdrawal when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.

Big Brown was considered such a stone-cold lock to become the 12th Triple Crown champion. But in the aftermath of his loss at the Belmont Stakes, the second-guessing was rampant.

For the second time in four years, trainer Nick Zito engineered the derailing of a Triple Crown bid when his Da’ Tara defeated Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes.

Big Brown was supposed to run off with the Belmont Stakes and be anointed as the 12th Triple Crown champion. But Da’ Tara, a seemingly impossible 38-1 long shot, prevailed.

Kent Desormeaux has twice ridden horses to the verge of the Triple Crown. First Real Quiet, now Big Brown — two horses, two Belmont Stakes, two very different losses.