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Belmont tests champions, humility

By Paul Moran
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, June 6, 2009

ELMONT, N.Y. -- We've seen this before. The 12-furlong main course at Belmont Park, the longest, widest dirt racetrack in the world, is unlike any other. Experience counts. Those who discount its importance at Belmont Park are doomed to lose. "I'm going to ride him with so much confidence. That's why I win races, because I ride horses with confidence" Calvin Borel said in the days leading up to Saturday's 141st Belmont Stakes. Confidence is an admirable quality. Overconfidence is the mother o ...

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