Richard Rosenblatt, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - In this May 19, 2016, file photo, Nyquist is attended to by hot walker Fernel "Lefty" Serrano, after a workout for the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. The trainer of Nyquist says the Kentucky Derby winner is sick and won't run in the Belmont Stakes on June 11. Doug O'Neill said Tuesday, May 24, 2016, that Nyquist is "out because of sickness." (AP Photo/Garry Jones, File)

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist out of Belmont Stakes

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressMay 24, 2016

By RICHARD ROSENBLATTAssociated PressNEW YORK — So much for a rematch in the Belmont Stakes.Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist won’t run in the final leg of the Triple Crown after developing a fever and having an elevated white blood cell count, trainer…

Exaggerator, right, with Kent Desormeaux aboard wins the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Baltimore. Cherry Wine, left, with Corey Lanerie aboard places second. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Exaggerator wins Preakness; Nyquist third

by Richard Rosenblatt AP Racing WriterMay 21, 2016

Preakness entrant Collected, ridden by exercise rider George Alvarez, runs at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Friday, May 20, 2016. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 21. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Derby winner Nyquist ready for Preakness, even a rainy one

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressMay 20, 2016

Nyquist is attended to by hot walker Fernel "Lefty" Serrano, after a workout, Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Baltimore. The 141th Preakness Horse Race will be held Saturday. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

Preakness 2016: Everyone loves Nyquist, even his rivals

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressMay 20, 2016

Trainer Keith Desormeaux walks Preakness Stakes hopeful Exaggerator in the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Baltimore following a morning jog. The 141st Preakness Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, May 21. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

Preakness 2016: Exaggerator back for another try at Nyquist

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressMay 19, 2016

Uncle Mo owner Mike Repole, right, and trainer Todd Pletcher talk at a news conference at Churchill Downs Friday, May 6, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. Uncle Mo was scratched from the 137th Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Repole in Derby chase with Outwork, son of top sire Uncle Mo

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressMay 5, 2016

FILE - In this Sunday, April 21, 2013 file photo, Trainer Chad Brown talks about his Kentucky Derby hopeful Normandy Invasion outside Barn 42 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Chad Brown had a pretty good run the first time he took a horse to the Kentucky Derby three years ago. When he likely returns in four weeks, one of the nation's top trainers could have not one, but as many as three horses in the starting gate, Thursday, April 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Garry Jones, File)

Chad Brown has 2 shots to win Wood, 1 with favorite Shagaf

by Richard Rosenblatt Associated PressApril 7, 2016