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Horses 9, 1 and 1 finish first on Sept. 11

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Visitors walk around the Memorial Pools as the 9/11 Memorial opens to the public one day after the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 at Ground Zero in New York City on September 12, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
Visitors walk around the Memorial Pools as the 9/11 Memorial opens to the public one day after the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 at Ground Zero in New York City on September 12, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo 
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Published: Sept. 13, 2011 at 2:29 PM

ELMONT, N.Y., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The Belmont Park racetrack in New York state said the first three winners on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks bore the numbers 9, 1 and 1.

The Elmont track, which served as a staging area for workers and emergency vehicles in the days following the attacks, said horses bearing the numbers were the first three winners Sunday, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

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"The odds were probably about a million to one," said David Jacobson, the trainer at Drawing Away Stable, which owns the first two winners from Sunday.

"It's unimaginable. We were amazed."

The pick-three result paid $18.60 for a $2 bet, the racetrack said.

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