SMARTY JONES FAILS TO WIN TRIPLE CROWN

Edgar Prado, riding Birdstone, reacts after winning the 136th running of the Belmont Stakes and beats Triple Crown hopeful Smarty Jones who finishes in second with jockey Stewart Elliott at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. June 5, 2004. Only eleven horses have earned the Triple Crown, Affirmed being the last horse to do so in 1978. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)