![]() ![]() It reignited the debate as to whether the Triple Crown should be changed from its current configuration of the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby being held on the first Saturday in May, the 1 3/16-mile Preakness two weeks later, then the 1 1/2-mile Belmont three weeks after the Preakness. Rich Strike’s Preakness absence rubbed many people the wrong way. The moment it was announced shortly after the Kentucky Derby that Rich Strike would not be running in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 21, any chance of there being a 2022 Triple Crown winner went down the drain. The Belmont, which serves as the Triple Crown’s final jewel, has attracted a field of eight. We the People has been pegged as the 2-1 favorite on the Belmont Stakes morning line. Nevertheless, he is only the third choice at 7-2 on David Aragona’s morning line for the 154th running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, which will be run Saturday (June 11) at Belmont Park. On May 7, Rich Strike won the big enchilada in American racing, the Grade I Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. “I see Rich Strike as a massive bet against in the Belmont Stakes,” New York racing analyst Andy Serling said recently. And I don’t think it would’ve been given the time of day without the enormous impact of the video.” Most people seem to believe that Rich Strike, he of the astonishing Kentucky Derby victory at odds of 80-1, is going to turn out to be an equine one-hit wonder. “The song has a super catchy riff, but it is a song that you have to hear a few times. In America, however they are the band with the cool animated video and the singer with the insanely high range.” “I have no doubt that the video made the song a hit,” said keyboardist Magne Furuholmen. They even played at the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994. “Over there - and especially in their native Norway - A-ha scored hit after hit and were massively popular. “Tell anybody in Europe that A-ha are one-hit wonders and they’ll look at you like you’re crazy,” Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene wrote. According to a poll conducted by Rolling Stone magazine last year, the readers selected “Take on Me” by Aha (I love that song and the accompanying video) as their favorite so-called one-hit wonder. ![]()
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