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BALTIMORE -- It gets even harder from here on out for California Chrome. Adidas Eqt Norge . He won easily in his home state of California, he dazzled in the Kentucky Derby and he dug deep to win the Preakness on Saturday. Now comes the toughest test of all, the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. The chestnut colt with four white feet will attempt to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, something that hasnt been done since Affirmed in 1978. Since then, 12 horses have won the first two legs and failed to complete the sweep in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont; the last was Ill Have Another, who was scratched on the eve of the Belmont two years ago. "You have to have a very good horse to win these three races," said Art Sherman, the winning 77-year-old trainer. "Im hoping Ive got one right now." Maybe the horse with the modest pedigree and average Joe owners is the one. California Chrome defeated Ride On Curlin by 1 1/2 lengths in the Preakness, covering 1 3/16 miles in 1:54.84 on a sunny and cool day at Pimlico. Hes now won six straight races. The streak started with four in a row in California by a combined 24 1/4 lengths. Then California Chrome coasted home in the Derby by 1 3/4 lengths after opening up a big lead in the stretch. The margin dwindled in the Preakness as he fought off multiple challengers. California Chromes co-owner Steve Coburn shed tears after his colt crossed the finish line, dabbing them away with a blue-and-white bandanna. "I dont mean to be bold or cocky or arrogant," Coburn said. "I saw this baby when he was a day old, I told my wife, Carolyn, this horse is going to do something big. I dont know what it is, but were going to stay in the game to make sure this colt gets to be the best that he can be." Quite a statement from a guy with a one-horse stable. Coburn and partner Perry Martin bred an $8,000 mare to a $2,500 stallion to produce California Chrome. Based on the colts humble breeding, he probably shouldnt be on the verge of making history. His mother, named Love the Chase, won just one race. The owners were long shots to get this far, too. Coburn and Martin named their operation DAP Racing, which stands for Dumb Ass Partners. Their silks include an image of a donkey. Coburn and Perry who live on each side of the California-Nevada border get up early for their jobs -- Coburn working as a press operator and Martin running a lab that tests high-reliability equipment. "We just hope that this horse is letting America know that the little guy can win," Coburn said. Sent off as the overwhelming 1-2 favourite by a record crowd of 123,469, California Chrome bounced out of the gate running, with jockey Victor Espinoza moving the colt into the clear. Pablo Del Monte, a 34-1 shot, charged to the lead and was soon joined by filly Ria Antonia. Espinoza tucked California Chrome into third, an ideal spot behind the leaders. They stayed there until making their move approaching the final turn. "I had to move early today," Espinoza said. "I had to start moving at the half-mile pole, which is tough for a horse to start moving early and keep going all the way to the end. California Chrome proved he can move." California Chrome went for the lead, catching Pablo Del Monte while Social Inclusion joined the chase. Pablo Del Monte soon dropped back along the rail, and California Chrome sprinted away from Social Inclusion at the top of the stretch. But there was one more challenge to come. Ride On Curlin, next-to-last in the 10-horse field, ranged up and briefly appeared ready to overtake California Chrome. Once again showing his class, California Chrome denied the threat. "Its an awesome feeling," Espinoza said. "Today it was just a crazy race. I got more tired mentally than physically. I see another horse go to the front. I was going to sit second. ... I sit back, as soon as the other horse got clear of me, it worked out perfect." Social Inclusion was ridden by Luis Contreras, a jockey based at Torontos Woodbine Racetrack. California Chrome paid $3, $3 and $2.40. Ride On Curlin returned $5.60 and $3.80, while Social Inclusion was another 6 1/2 lengths back in third and paid $3.40 as the 5-1 second choice. General a Rod was fourth, followed by Ring Weekend, Pablo Del Monte, Dynamic Impact, Kid Cruz, Bayern and Ria Antonia. Dynamic Impact is trained by Mark Casse, who is also based at Woodbine. Espinoza will get another crack at trying to complete the Triple Crown, after missing with War Emblem in 2002. He finished eighth in the Belmont that year. "You have to be a super horse to win," the jockey said. "Hopefully, California Chrome comes back good, and hes the one that hopefully can do it." Bob Baffert trained War Emblem, one of his three Triple tries that ended in failure. He missed with Silver Charm in 1997 and again the following year with Real Quiet, who lost the Belmont by a nose. "California Chrome is something. Hes a cool customer," Baffert said after the race. "He does everything right. Hes fast enough to stay out of trouble." Nmd Sko Salg . The 24-year-old Pruneau played his CIS football with the Montreal Carabins. The six-foot, 200-pound Montreal native had 41 tackles, 3. Nmd_r1 Sko Hvit .com) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to play spoiler as the Los Angeles Kings will try to match their longest winning streak in over four years in Thursdays battle at Staples Center. http://www.nmdnorgesalg.com/ . Seager had another triple, a home run and a double in a rare feat not seen in more than 40 years, leading Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past the New York Yankees 10-2. "It was a weird play," Seager said of the triple in the fourth inning.VAL-DOR, Que. - Alec Jon Banville scored three times and Philippe Cadorette made 47 saves as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the host Val-dOr Foreurs 5-1 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau and Charles Poulin also scored for the Drakkar (26-12-4) while Felix Girard and Denis Gorbunov each tacked on two assists. Thomas Gobeil scored the lone goal for the Foreurs (27-16-1). Antoine Bibeau started in net for Val-dOr, but left the game in the third period after allowing four goals on 22 shots. Keven Bouchard replaced Bibeau and stopped five-of-six shots in 13 minutes of relief. --- ISLANDERS 4 CATARACTES 3 (SO) CHARLOTTETOWN -- Anthony Cortese scored the only goal of the shootout and Mason McDonald stopped 44 shots as the Islanders edged Shawinigan. Craig MacLauchlan had a goal and an assist for Charlottetown (17-21-5) and Daniel Sprong and Bradley Kennedy each scored once. Sebastien Gauthier scored once for the Cataractes (10-27-6) and assisted on goals by Gabriel Slight and Alexis DAoust. Shawinigans Storm Phaneuf made 28 saves in a losing cause. --- WILDCATS 5 MOOSEHEADS 1 HALIFAX -- JC Campagna and Christophe Lalonde had a pair of goals apiece as Moncton toppled the Mooseheads. Josh Puglsey also scored for the Wildcats (23-19-2), Ivan Barbashev had three assists and Campagna tacked on an assist for a three-point night. Darcy Ashley scored the lone goal for Halifax (26-16-1) while defenceman MacKenzie Weegar led his club with five shots on goal. Kevin Darveau turned aside 28-of-33 shots for the Mooseheads. --- SAGUENEENS 4 PHOENIX 3 (SO) CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Laurent Dauphin scored once in regulation and then the shootout winner as the Sagueneens slipped past Sherbrooke. Nikita Liamkin and Domenic Beauchemin also scored for Chicoutimi (22-21-1). The Phoenix (14-25-5) got goals from Jeremy Roy, Jean-Christophe Laflamme and Chase Harwell. Nmd_r2 Sko Norge. Julio Billia made 34 saves for the Sagueneens while Sherbrookes Maxime Lagace stopped 31 shots in a losing cause. --- OCEANIC 6 REMPARTS 3 QUEBEC CITY -- Samuel Courtemanche and Sebastien Sylvestre each had two goals and an assist as Rimouski doubled up the Remparts. Peter Trainor and Felix-Antoine Savage also scored for the Oceanic (26-11-7), who improved to 10-0-2 in their last 12 outings. Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist for Quebec (23-12-8), which lost in regulation for the first time in eight games, while Adam Erne and Zachery Moody scored once. Rimouskis Philippe Desrosiers made 32 saves for the win as Francois Brassard allowed six goals on 30 shots for the Remparts. --- SCREAMING EAGLES 4 ARMADA 3 BOISBRIAND, Que. -- Maxim Lazarev broke a 3-3 deadlock at 17:17 of the third period to lift Cape Breton over the Armada. Justin Hache and Cameron Darcy had a goal and an assist each for the Screaming Eagles (21-17-3) and Charles-Eric Legaire scored once. Christopher Clapperton, Nikita Jevpalovs and Frederic Bergeron scored for Blainville-Boisbriand (27-8-7) while Samuel Hodhod chipped in with two assists. Alex Bureau made 23 saves for Cape Breton. Etienne Marcoux stopped 24 shots for the Armada. --- TIGRES 1 OLYMPIQUES 0 GATINEAU, Que. -- Samuel Blais scored the games only goal at 8:46 of the third period as Victoriaville blanked the Olympiques. Blais goal came by way of power play for the Tigres (17-19-6) while goaltender Francois Tremblay stopped 35 shots for the shutout. Simon Tardif-Richard led all Gatineau (27-15-1) skater with five shots on goal. Anthony Brodeur kicked out 33-of-34 shots for the Olympiques, who had their three-game win streak halted. ' ' '