Cide Swiped: No Crown For 'Funny' Funny Cide (far right) finished third behind Empire Maker. Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide fell short of becoming horse racing's 12th Triple Crown winner on Saturday, succumbing to Empire Maker in the 135th Belmont Stakes. The victory was the first in a Triple Crown race for trainer Bobby Frankel and the second Belmont win for jockey Jerry Bailey. Finley: Good, not great | Santos grateful | Results McNamara: A 'Funny' fizzle after Belmont | Good ratings Tagg: 'I've had worse disappointments' | Fun for owners Haskell next for Funny Cide Funny Cide will race next in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 3, almost two months after failing to win the Triple Crown. McNamara: More gained than lost Time to forget the back stories, because only raw emotion and the quest for immortality mattered when the gates opened and Funny Cide tried to make history. Funny Cide still a winner in Sackets Harbor Even though the chestnut gelding didn't win the Triple Crown, this is a one-horse town for sure. Cronley: Blind Cided at the Belmont Jay's more than a little disappointed with Funny Cide's performance in Belmont 135. Race announcer plans to keep it simple For weeks, Tom Durkin has been writing phrases on index cards and speaking them into a tape recorder, trying to find the words that will capture the drama of the Belmont Stakes. Funny Cide tries for the home fans The New York-bred gelding will try to become the 12th Triple Crown winner Saturday afternoon before a hometown crowd at Belmont Park. Funny Cide's burden is to revive racing Funny Cide has more than Jose Santos riding on his back in the Belmont Stakes. Finley: Dynever the missing piece of the puzzle? Handicapping is relatively easy when a race pits known commodities, horses like Funny Cide and Empire Maker. But Saturday's race actually presents a fascinating handicapping puzzle -- Dynever. Funny Cide, a gelding, still feels the love Whether or not he wins the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and becomes the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, Funny Cide already has captured the imagination of the racing world. Best Minister out of Belmont Best Minister, winner of the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico in his last start, was withdrawn from consideration for the Belmont Stakes Wednesday morning. McNamara: Belmont analysis Eddie Mac gives you his view on the field for this Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes. 1983 Kentucky Derby winner Sunny's Halo dead Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye rode Sunny's Halo to a two-length victory in the 1983 Kentucky Derby, making him and 1964 champion Northern Dancer the only Canadian-breds to win the race. Santos makes a long ride to the cusp of history The jockey who began riding as a boy in Chile, is aboard Funny Cide and on the brink of giving racing its first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. Finley: Funny Cide blazes in workout Fast workouts are most often an indication of sharpness and that a horse is thriving, amazing considering what Funny Cide has already done over the last month. McNamara: Can 'Empire' strike back? Eddie Mac thinks trainer Bobby Frankel, jockey Jerry Bailey and beaten Derby favorite Empire Maker can spoil Funny Cide's chance at a Triple Crown. Wild and Wicked won't run in Belmont Wild and Wicked will skip the third leg of the Triple Crown on June 7 and prepare for the $300,000 Ohio Derby on June 21 at Thistledown, trainer Ken McPeek said Saturday Empire Maker, Dynever have final Belmont works Kentucky Derby runner-up Empire Maker and Lone Star Derby winner Dynever completed their preparations for next Saturday's Belmont Stakes by putting in workouts Saturday morning over a fast Belmont Park main track. A lifetime of Triple Crowns Famed television announcer Jack Whitaker began following horse racing in 1935, the year Omaha became only the third Triple Crown winner. Triple Crown form? Funny Cide sharp in workout Funny Cide turned in a sharp workout Wednesday morning over a muddy track at Belmont Park. MORE COVERAGE

Kentucky Derby May 7, 2005 Track Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. Distance 1 1/4 miles Record 1:59 2/5 Secretariat, 1973 Purse $2 Million Winner Giacomo Preakness Stakes May 21, 2005 Track Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Md. Distance 1 3/16 miles Record 1:53 2/5 Tank's Prospect, 1985 Louis Quatorze, 1996 Purse $1 Million Winner Afleet Alex Belmont Stakes June 11, 2005 Track Belmont Park Elmont, N.Y. Distance 1 1/2 miles Record 2:24 Secretariat, 1973 Purse $1 Million Winner Afleet Alex

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