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All horses appear in post position order

FIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $67,000; alw; 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Idle American(L),122

CNakatani

3-2-2

P Kelly

5-2

2 Camp Topridge(L),116

R Maragh

2-1-2

B Brown

15-1

3 Megalithic(L),122

SHusbnds

12-4-3

Pringle

20-1

4 Mr. Vantastic(L),122

D Cohen

2-3-3

Barker

8-1

5 Sky Colors(L),116

J Pezua

5-1-2

J Ortiz

15-1

6 Jonrah(L),116

J Espinoza

5-4-1

Rice

10-1

7 Chilton(L),116

JCastellan

1-6-5

B Brown

15-1

8 Fox Rules(L),116

CVelasquz

9-6-10

Ferraro

4-1

9 Saxophone Len(L),116

J Alvarado

3-1-3

Hushion

5-1

10 Warrior Up(L),122

R Silvera

9-7-5

Ubillo

12-1

11 Key Victory(L),122

CMontalv

6-3-5

Hertler

30-1

12 Toninthirteen(L),116

M Luzzi

6-1-2

Hushion

15-1

13 Gamblin Fever(L),122

J Pezua

9-7-7

Odintz

30-1

14 Quietism(L),122

NoRider

4-4-4

Baker

12-1

15 Crescent's Mon(L),122

C Lopez

3-2-12

Schsber

10-1

16 Our Eli(L),122

D Cohen

1-2-5

B Brown

6-1

SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $70,000; mdn; 3up(f)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

2 Quillette(M),118

R Maragh

x-x-x

Ribaudo

10-1

3 Riboletti(L),124

D Cohen

2-5-2

McLaghln

3-1

4 Silverette(L),118

CNakatani

2-2-x

Romans

6-5

5 NinetyDegrees(M),118

J Alvarado

x-x-x

Bush

15-1

6 Stunning Lady(L),118

JCastellan

3-x-x

Hennig

8-1

1 a-Evening Garden ,118

M Luzzi

x-x-x

JJerkens

10-1

7 My LuckyShoes(L),124

E Trujillo

3-2-3

Breen

15-1

8 South Shore(M),118

JVelazquz

x-x-x

McGgeyII

8-1

1 a-Resonating ,113

SCamchJr

x-x-x

JJerkens

10-1

THIRD-1 mile; $75,000; mdn; 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Mr.BeerGoggls(L),111

W Garcia

4-3-3

Persaud

30-1

2 Desert Storm(L),118

J Alvarado

3-3-3

Mott

3-1

3 Crepuscolo(L),124

CVelasquz

4-7-x

Rodrgez

20-1

4 GuyanaStarDwj(L),113

SCamchJr

2-2-2

Shivmngl

5-1

5 Al Aqsa(L),118

JVelazquz

4-6-x

McLaghln

8-1

6 Quorum(L),118

D Cohen

7-2-3

SHernne

15-1

7 Car Talk(M),118

R Maragh

7-x-x

Albertrn

15-1

8 Light of Truth(L),118

J Bravo

3-6-x

Serpe

12-1

9 RumTumTuggr(L),118

JCastellan

4-x-x

C Brown

4-1

10 Spin Out(L),118

CNakatani

2-4-x

Zito

7-2

FOURTH-6 1/2 fur; $60,000; mdn; 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Anaphylaxis(L),119

SCamchJr

2-3-5

Hizo

20-1

2 CaptainGodngh(L),124

R Silvera

7-3-4

G Brown

6-1

3 Robert's Breach(L),118

JCastellan

2-x-x

R Dutrow

7-2

4 Street Swagg(M),118

J Davis

2-10-x

Lostritto

5-1

5 Contknckrbckr(L),118

E Trujillo

7-x-x

Domino

20-1

6 Five Freedoms(M),118

M Luzzi

x-x-x

Badgett

20-1

7 M P Joe ,117

W Garcia

x-x-x

Chin

50-1

8 Ecstatic Cat(L),124

M Studart

4-2-x

Serey

10-1

9 Patriottown(L),118

R Maragh

4-x-x

B Brown

8-1

10 Readthebyline(L),118

JVelazquz

2-2-2

Schsberg

4-1

11 SayMr.Sandmn(L),124

CVelasquz

2-5-4

Englehart

8-1

12 Easy Street(L),118

J Alvarado

3-x-x

Bush

8-1

13 Keyaly(L),124

A Lezcano

2-3-4

DiSanto

50-1

FIFTH-1 1/16 miles(T); $65,000; mdn; 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Mia Poppy(L),118

J Alvarado

5-2-3

Schettino

5-1

2 Two Richards(L),118

J Espinoza

4-2-9

DeMola

30-1

3 Snacks(L),118

CVelasquz

5-x-x

Rice

12-1

4 Ampersand(L),118

CNakatani

5-9-2

Violette

7-2

5 Dreamalot(L),124

A Smith

7-5-7

P Kelly

6-1

6 Papa Tom(L),118

SHusbnds

5-12-10

Ubillo

30-1

7 Seljuk(L),124

D Carr

8-x-x

B Brown

30-1

8 Knock Quietly(L),124

D Cohen

5-5-3

Schwartz

8-1

9 JohnnyBeautifl(L),118

R Maragh

3-6-3

Rodrgez

12-1

10 Irish Etiquette(L),118

R Curatolo

6-8-13

CO'Bren

50-1

11 Mike and Rob(L),118

JCastellan

6-2-4

Weaver

3-1

12 Limani(L),118

JVelazquz

8-4-6

Donk

10-1

13 Rockheaded(L),118

JCastellan

3-x-x

Levine

5-1

14 Frisky Cat(L),118

C Lopez

6-10-x

P Kelly

15-1

15 Suilleabhain(L),118

J Espinoza

11-x-x

Kimmel

20-1

16 Native Breeze(L),117

W Garcia

9-8-7

Hooper

50-1

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FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $40,000; clm($40,000); 4up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

4 Via Verde(L),121

RBejrn

11-1-5

8-5

5 Shrug(L),121

GGomz

9-3-4

2-1

1 HonourFamily(L121

ADlgdll

8-2-5

6-1

2 ScofieldBrrcksL121

MSmth

3-2-2

7-2

3 Domonation(L),119

JRosari

6-1-3

5-2

SECOND-6 fur; $19,000; clm($20,000); 4up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

5 WarrnsJzzWlkL122

RBejrn

2-2-5

4-5

3 Lily's Tiz(L),122

AQnnz

7-7-3

9-2

1 Pride Hunter(L),122

B Blanc

9-8-x

5-1

2 Winforlin(L),122

ABison

8-6-9

12-1

4 JulepsandRossL122

EMldnd

x-x-x

12-1

6 WarrensChnDllL122

OFigur

6-11-6

8-1

7 OurNewDancerL122

JSteinr

10-6-4

12-1

8 YouvegtthtrghtL122

K Stra

4-7-8

6-1

THIRD-6 1/2 fur(T); $58,000; alw; 3YO(f)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

2 Starry Skies(L),118

GGomz

1-x-x

3-1

1 HidingnplnsghtL118

DFlores

1-3-2

7-2

3 LadyFairbanksL118

JTalam

1-3-3

8-1

4 Clodhopper(M),115

EFlores

1-1-4

8-1

5 Vegas Babe(L),118

AQnnz

1-x-x

9-2

6 Vukovar(L),118

MGarci

4-6-6

20-1

7 Belle Passe(L),118

JRosari

1-2-x

7-2

8 Mia Isabel(L),118

KKriggr

1-2-7

12-1

9 Lovestealer(L),118

MPedrz

1-2-2

6-1

FOURTH-6 fur; $56,000; mdn; 3YO(f)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

7 SplendidFortunL121

JTalam

2-x-x

8-5

5 Propero(L),121

JRosari

x-x-x

3-1

1 What a Lily(L),121

DFlores

x-x-x

8-1

2 SmoothasUsulL121

EMldnd

x-x-x

8-1

3 Perpetua(L),116

EFlores

6-x-x

8-1

4 InstantRoyaltyL121

GGomz

4-x-x

6-1

6 SweetResults(L)121

MGtrrz

x-x-x

8-1

8 Dime Piece(L),121

MSmth

x-x-x

12-1

9 QuietSunshineL121

MPedrz

x-x-x

12-1

FIFTH-6 1/2 fur(T); $56,000; mdn; 3up(f)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

8 UnbridldAmbtnL117

MSmth

2-x-x

8-5

10 Comin Easy(L),117

KKriggr

x-x-x

4-1

1 SwiftAnticiptnL117

ABison

8-x-x

20-1

2 BigMamasDrvnL124

RGdgm

7-5-9

30-1

3 StupndsPrncssL119

EFlores

3-3-3

5-1

4 MyYammyHetL117

EMldnd

4-8-x

8-1

5 GoldentochfGnL124

JVldvJr

4-6-4

8-1

6 Gypsy Friday(L),117

FLencld

6-3-8

7-2

7 RosesforJoni(L),117

MPedrz

8-7-3

15-1

9 JmsGoldnLgcyL124

HBerris

8-4-5

30-1

SIXTH-6 fur; $60,000; alw; 4up(f)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

1 AmericanLady(L119

MGarci

8-1-2

6-5

6 MildlyOffensivL119

RBejrn

2-4-4

5-2

2 MissRadiance(L119

GGomz

3-1-2

6-1

3 DawnieMacho(L119

JRosari

2-7-3

10-1

4 VeloceCanzonL121

JTalam

6-1-1

10-1

5 HeyI'mSobaa(L)119

AQnnz

1-8-1

30-1

7 JustenufappealL119

DFlores

9-5-1

8-1

8 ChukchiSunrisL119

KKriggr

1-1-3

5-1

SEVENTH-1 1/8 milesT; $58,000; alw; 4upf

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

5 LetsGoCheynnL119

JTalam

3-1-2

3-1

6 Caelis(L),119

GGomz

2-2-10

5-2

1 Triveni(L),119

JRosari

5-10-10

9-2

2 Meltarib(L),116

EFlores

4-1-2

9-2

3 Born Lucky(L),119

RBejrn

4-9-4

8-1

4 RicktyrcktyrssL119

AQnnz

10-1-2

12-1

7 Heidi Maria(L),119

MSmth

3-3-1

7-2

8 Oulaoulala(L),119

JSteinr

1-4-x

15-1

EIGHTH-1 mile; $17,000; clm($8,000); 4up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

7 WildRevenge(L)121

K Stra

6-1-9

7-2

6 Hammurabi(L),121

JRosari

4-2-4

4-1

1 Lana's Smile(L),116

EFlores

5-2-1

5-1

2 It'sSuperman(L)121

OFigur

3-10-4

20-1

4 Devils Afleet(L),121

ABison

1-2-9

6-1

5 ManChestrMnL121

B Blanc

3-5-4

6-1

10 All My Chips(L),121

ADlgdll

6-4-1

15-1

11 Maker(L),121

KKriggr

6-3-2

12-1

12 FormulaGold(L),121

RBejrn

3-4-2

5-1

13 WarrensCncptL121

MLinrs

4-6-3

30-1

4upPN Horse, PN Horse, fur, Horse

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — During Doral week last month, Phil Mickelson was dining with some friends at Joe’s Stone Crab, the iconic seafood restaurant in Miami’s South Beach, when he raised a glass of red wine and proposed a toast.

“This,’’ Mickelson announced as he looked at Keegan Bradley sitting to his right, “is to Keegan for buying dinner tonight.’’

It was a classic Mickelson tweak, chiding Bradley for the money he had just won from Bradley during their Masters practice round together earlier that week at Augusta National.

Bradley, whom Mickelson has taken under his wing, quickly noted he probably would be buying dinner the next night, too, considering how much he’s lost to his mentor.

By the time the Masters ends this week, though, Bradley, the St. John’s grad and reigning PGA champion, might find his practice round losses to Mickelson quite worthwhile if he’s able to win a Green Jacket in his first try.

Only one player has won the Masters in his first try — Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979.

Regardless of his experience at Augusta, Bradley fits the description of a player who should have success here. He’s a long hitter with a high ball flight who is fearless. And he’s already won a major.

“I know how hard it’s going to be to win this week,’’ Bradley said. “I know Fuzzy Zoeller did it. I know I’m sure going to try. I know this course suits me better than any on Tour. The key is not putting too much pressure on myself.’’

Bradley noted that experience surely gives top players like Mickelson and Tiger Woods an edge.

“Tiger has played in this tournament 18 times,” Bradley said, “ so he’s played in this tournament not that much less time than I’ve been alive (he’s 25).’’

Bradley, who said he thinks some “first-time ignorance’’ might help him this week, played another practice round with Mickelson on Tuesday and found himself observing more than playing.

“I found myself just kind of watching Phil, what he was doing kind of off to the side, seeing how he prepared for this tournament,’’ Bradley said. “It was an inspiration to see a guy who is that successful, preparing so hard for this tournament that he’s won three times. It’s an inspiration for me to hopefully get to that level.’’

Bradley wears his St. John’s love on his sleeve, saying his experience in Queens helped him prepare for these big moments by making him tougher and hungrier.

“It’s a specific kind of player that goes to St. John’s — maybe a guy that got overlooked and has a little chip on his shoulder,’’ he said. “It’s almost a mentality, living in areas like Queens. It becomes a part of you. That’s why [we] are just very hard workers and want to succeed.’’

Success for Bradley this week will be a Masters victory and a toast to Mickelson by buying him dinner with part of a winner’s check. Their Green Jackets can serve as dinner jackets.

mark.cannizzaro@nypost.com

Keegan Bradley, AUGUSTA, Ga., Fuzzy Zoeller, Bradley, Mickelson

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Steve Serby

NEW ORLEANS — No one wants to believe John Calipari, because there is a monkey on the back of every man who has failed to win The Big One.

And John Calipari hasn’t won The Big One.

And if Calipari thinks finishing second is good enough, then he’s coaching the wrong team in the wrong place.

On the eve of The Kentucky-Kansas Big One, he sounded like the anti-Vince Lombardi: Winning isn’t everything and it isn’t the only thing.

Except in Lexington, Ky., for better or for worse, it is.

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He has the best players and the better team, and almost every time John Wooden had the best players and the better team he won The Big One.

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ONE TO GO: Kentucky coach John Calipari, who says he’s not worried about his legacy, will turn to Player of the Year Anthony Davis to help him get that elusive title.

Calipari is not Wooden, because no one is. But Calipari should have won The Big One four years ago with Memphis but blew a nine-point lead with 2:12 left in regulation and lost to Bill Self and Kansas in overtime.

So Calipari was asked: Is there immense pressure on you?

“Nah, I was dancin’ in the breakfast room this morning, I’m fine,” Calipari said. “This isn’t about me. I’m good. My whole thing is how do I get my team to play at their best? How do we combat what Kansas is gonna do to us? That’s my whole thought process, and when this thing’s all over, we’ll look at it.”

Then Calipari interrupted the questioner as soon as he heard the word legacy.

“I’m not worried about it,” Calipari said. “If my legacy is decided on one game? It won’t be me deciding it, it’ll be everybody else. ... I’m just trying to coach a game and do the best job I can for these kids.”

A little later, there was this question: Is it possible that winning would mean more to you than your (NBA-bound) marquee players?

“It means a lot to my family and my friends and people that care about me. ... I’m telling you, I’m not worried about it,” Calipari said. “And here’s why: If I do right by these kids, if I make sure it’s about players first, if I make sure everything I do demanding that they do the right things, that they create good habits, demanding that they understand that you have to sacrifice for each other, it’s about us. ... They will drag us where we want to go.

“Now, whether it’s [tonight] or some other time ... I believe it’ll happen, but maybe it won’t. Now let me ask you something — what if it doesn’t and we’re knocking at the door all these times, and 50 of these kids go on to their professional careers, the others graduate and do well in the real world, but these 50 that go on to the NBA? We just changed 50 lives of families that cycles have changed. Now if I look back on that and I’m disappointed because I didn’t win that game ... then I’m not being truthful to them. It was more about me than them. Early in my career? Yeah. I’m old now. Now it starts changing. It’s not about me, it’s about everybody else.”

He talked about his immigrant grandparents coming through Ellis Island and how blessed he is to coach at Kentucky.

“Yeah, you know, it’d be nice,” Calipari said. “But my friends and family are praying. ... I’m not. If I keep doing right by the kids, good things will happen for all of us.”

The last time he got to The Big One, he didn’t call timeout to set his defense after Derrick Rose sank the second of two free throws with 10 seconds left and Kansas’ Mario Chalmers hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to force overtime.

“I have never looked at that tape,” Calipari said. “That tape was flung out the door of the bus as we were going to the plane. So I have never looked at that tape, nor will I.”

The plan was to foul Chalmers at midcourt.

“At the end of the day we had a nine-point lead, I gotta figure something out — go shoot the free throws myself, do something — to get us out of that gym,” Calipari said, “and I didn’t.”

Good for him that he cares about his kids. Most coaches do. In Ruppville, they are looking for more tonight than a duel between Coach Self and Coach Selfless.

They are salivating for John Calipari to Win The Big One. And no matter what he says, he is too.

steve.serby@nypost.com

John Calipari, Calipari, John Calipari, Kentucky coach John Calipari, The Big One, The Big One, Kansas, John Wooden

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This 50th victory of the season that propelled the Rangers into first place overall in the NHL while reducing the magic number to three to clinch the Eastern title was notable not for these achievements but rather for the customary methodical approach with which it was achieved.

There were no bells and whistles attached to last night’s 4-1 triumph over the Canadiens, only a reflection of the blue-collar mentality that has been the foundation of these Blueshirts, who have four games to go before the season ends a week from today and then, they hope, miles to travel into the middle of June.

Anthony J. Causi

GARDEN PARTY: The Rangers celebrate Michael Del Zotto’s goal in the third period of last night’s 4-1 victory over the Canadiens at the Garden.

But that’s for later. The Presidents’ Trophy, the race for which they lead by one point plus the tiebreak over the Blues, is for later. The conference title and first seed in the East for which they hold a five-point lead over the Penguins, is not for now either.

“I think the 50 wins reflect our consistency, which I think has been our best attribute,” Michael Del Zotto said following the first two-goal game of his career. “We’ve been a no-excuses team right from the start, we’ve just gone about our business no matter what’s been going on around us, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do these final four games.

“We’re not counting down to the first seed. We just want to take care of our game and peak going into the playoffs.”

The power play went 2-for-4 after going 2-for-5 in Winnipeg, marking the first time this season the unit recorded multiple goals in consecutive games. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist was concise and in control throughout in his eighth straight start, blanking the Canadiens for the first 57:31.

“We’re moving with and without the puck on the PP,” said Marian Gaborik, who gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 8:56 of the first on an even-strength goal, his seventh in the last 11 matches and 39th overall. “We’re not stationary, we’re constantly exchanging, which is making it a lot tougher for the PK.”

Brad Richards, who had a goal and two assists and has recorded 19 (7-12) points in the last 13 games, blew a 40-foot power-play drive through Carey Price’s five-hole just 30 seconds into a second period during which the world’s fastest game came to a standstill with 11 faceoffs in the final 7:11, eight of which were in the Rangers’ defensive zone.

The third was a bit more entertaining with Del Zotto getting a pair, the first early on the power play, the next at even-strength after joining the rush as the late man.

“The last couple of games were the best I’ve felt with the puck in a long time,” Del Zotto said. “Maybe it’s just confidence. I can’t really explain it.”

The root of the Rangers’ success is easy to explain. It lays in commitment to an ethos best personified by Ryan Callahan, who before the game received the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, named for the NYPD officer who was shot and injured in the call of duty in Nov. 1988.

“It’s a huge honor,” said Callahan, who joined Adam Graves as the only player to win the award, voted on by fans, three times.

“I think a lot of guys in this room could have won the award. Right through the lineup, everybody sacrifices themselves,” the captain said. “We dipped a little bit, but I think we’re getting that confidence back.

“We’re starting to play the way we need to play, and you can see it and feel it in the room. We’re getting that bit of swagger back.”

larry.brooks@nypost.com

Michael Del Zotto, Rangers, Rangers, Del Zotto, Canadiens online, Goalie Henrik Lundqvist, Marian Gaborik

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Phil Maldari tossed six innings of two-hit ball as Poly Prep blanked Catholic school foe Monsignor Farrell, 1-0, in its season opener Thursday in Bay Ridge. Andrew Zapata tossed the seventh for the save and Matt Coposio had two hits and scored the game’s lone run.

“Phil was great, he threw 65 pitches over six innings,” Poly Prep coach Matt Roventini said of the junior. “He threw strike after strike. He didn’t struggle anywhere. One guy reached second base. …. We didn’t hit a ton, but it’s early in the season and it’s cold. We did what we’ve doing in the past, we pitched and played defense behind it.”

The Blue Devils (1-0), ranked second in New York City by The Post, will host defending CHSAA champion Xaverian on Saturday at 11 a.m,.

Berkeley Carroll 11, Stuyvesant 1: Max Jens had two hits and four RBIs, Anthony Spina drove in two runs and Ian Miller fanned four in six innings of work for Berkeley Carroll (1-0), which broke open the game with a five-run fourth inning and faces Regis on Friday at 4:15 p.m.

PSAL

New Utrecht 8, EBC/Bushwick 0: Chris Hodgens fanned 12 in seven brilliant innings of two-hit ball, Frank Bergen, Vincent Palmiotto and Matt Alvarado each scored twice and Hodgens, Andrew Nathan and Jeremy Crespo drove in one run apiece for New Utrecht (3-0) in Brooklyn A West. EBC/Bushwick is 0-1 in Brooklyn A East.

zbraziller@nypost.com

Monsignor Farrell, Poly Prep, Matt Coposio, Andrew Zapata, Matt Roventini, Chris Hodgens, Matt Alvarado, Blue Devils, innings, Frank Bergen, Berkeley Carroll

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FIRST-1 mile; pace; $8,500; cond.

1

NFrgnXchng(GBrnnn)

3.80

2.40

2.40

8

Yep (B Sears)

2.80

2.30

3

Clem (R Schnittker)

5.10

* Exacta (1-8) $11.40 * Triple (1-8-3) $104.50

SECOND-1 mile; trot; $11,000; cl.

5

ILookSpecl(GBrennn)

2.60

2.10

2.10

6

Rodeo Red (C Manzi)

4.70

3.80

2

Magic Spice (M MacDonald)

4.70

* Exacta (5-6) $14.60 * Triple (5-6-2) $81.00 * Daily double (1-5) $7.80
Winner picked by Bill Smith

THIRD-1 mile; pace; $11,000; cl.

2

Big Bambu (J Bartlett)

8.00

3.50

2.50

4

IslandRedemption(CManzi)

2.40

2.10

1

Mr Fit (G Brennan)

2.30

* Exacta (2-4) $21.20 * Triple (2-4-1) $49.00 * Superfecta (2-4-1-5) $210.50Scr: Totally Fresh.

FOURTH-1 mile; pace; $12,500; Sagamore

4

AvenueHnover(DDub)

3.40

2.30

2.10

1

Braden (J Bartlett)

2.70

2.10

2

China King (G Brennan)

3.10

* Exacta (4-1) $7.10 * Triple (4-1-2) $16.00 * Pick 3 (5-2-4) $38.80
Winner picked by Bill Smith

FIFTH-1 mile; pace; $12,500; Sagamore

2

CamBZpper(JBartlett)

2.90

2.10

2.10

1

UpfrontElljyEd(MMcDonld)

2.60

2.10

6

Woodmere Ultimate (B Sears)

2.70

* Exacta (2-1) $6.00 * Triple (2-1-6) $20.40 * Superfecta (2-1-6-8) $86.50
Exacta picked by Bill SmithScr: Ask Directions.

SIXTH-1 mile; pace; $12,500; Sagamore

7

Crznwthdbgdg(JBrtltt)

5.50

3.90

2.20

3

Not This Time (P Lachance)

17.80

10.20

4

Remissionofsins (L Stalbaum)

8.70

* Exacta (7-3) $146.50 * Triple (7-3-4) $973.00 * Pick 4 (2-4-2,7-5,7) $84.00Scr: Alexpanderthegreat.
Winner picked by Bill Smith

SEVENTH-1 mile; pace; $12,500; Sagamore

4

ShowtmShrk(GBrnnn)

6.70

4.00

4.50

1

A-LurentHnover(EGoodell)

5.50

4.30

6

Cheyenne Jeffrey (D Dube)

7.80

* Exacta (4-1) $28.60 * Triple (4-1-6) $192.00 * Pick 3 (2,7-5,7-4) $28.60
Winner picked by Bill Smith

EIGHTH-1 mile; pace; $11,000; cl.

2

WckedNRude(SSmth)

6.40

4.10

2.90

3

Steuben N (J Stratton)

15.00

5.90

1

Activator (E Goodell)

2.10

* Exacta (2-3) $96.50 * Triple (2-3-1) $222.00 * Superfecta (2-3-1-5) $1,285.00

NINTH-1 mile; pace; $12,000; cond.

2

TigerWillams(CManz)

11.00

3.50

2.50

5

Magnus Deo (B Sears)

2.50

2.10

4

Big Time Rocks (E Goodell)

2.60

* Exacta (2-5) $43.80 * Triple (2-5-4) $76.50

TENTH-1 mile; pace; $12,000; cl.

1

FroggyTurnr(EGoodll)

4.00

2.80

2.20

7

Indian Giver N (J Gregory)

15.60

6.10

2

Don't Let Down (J Pantaleano)

7.30

* Exacta (1-7) $46.40 * Triple (1-7-2) $726.00 * Superfecta (1-7-2-8) $5,434.00 * Pick 3 (2-2-1) $114.50 * Pick 4 (4-2-2-1) $384.50
Winner picked by Bill Smith

ELEVENTH-1 mile; pace; $14,000; cl.

3

FoxVllyTrbl(LStlbum)

6.60

3.00

2.40

8

Kevlar Hanover (GBrennan)

3.30

2.60

2

Lake Shark (D Dube)

3.30

* Exacta (3-8) $16.20 * Triple (3-8-2) $67.00Scr: Jetty.

TWELFTH-1 mile; pace; $11,000; cond.

4

Wllthryug(MMcDnld)

12.40

8.30

6.20

7

TriggerFinger(JPantaleano)

38.00

24.00

3

Taylorlane Cruiser (J Bartlett)

10.80

* Exacta (4-7) $275.50 * Triple (4-7-3) $1,559.00 * Superfecta (4-7-3-6) $6,427.00 * Late double (3-4) $44.80

Total Handle-$853,550.

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The little-team-that-could storyline is over. Academy of American Studies might be a tiny school, but it has grown into a boys volleyball powerhouse after a trip to the PSAL championship match and has some of the best players in the city, many of whom competed on the club level in the offseason.

“We know we’re good,” coach Josh Yang said. “We have to grasp that hunger again. I think they feel like they’re gonna go back to it. Last year we rode the underdog story and we really were. But now we have like superstars on the team. I don’t want that to go to their head either.”

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Academy of American Studies coach Josh Yang is hoping last year's high-profile season doesn't get to his players' heads.

As good of a season as the Eagles had in 2011, they fell short of their goal: the program’s first city title. Yang has hammered that point home early and hopes it’s getting through to his players.

“As good as last year was, it could be better,” the coach said. “I hope they don’t get complacent. I don’t want it to be a what-could-have-been season. All the skills are there.”

Indeed, Academy of American Studies is arguably the favorite to win it all this year. The Eagles return the most dynamic outside hitter in New York City, junior Michal Kasza, and 6-foot-6 junior Conrad Zajkowski will move into the middle this year from the right side.

The talent doesn’t end there, either. Kasza’s sophomore brother Piotr is the team’s second-year starting setter and has gained polish. Ricky Myint was an all-city caliber libero last year, but has moved over – for the time being – to the other outside hitter spot. Yang said he could return to libero if he isn’t completely pleased with the team’s defense.

All four of those players competed over the winter with the new AllStarr boys club team. None of them, though, have the experience of being a leader. That was the job of graduated senior Nino Hot in 2011. Michal Kasza and Myint are quiet by nature.

“We had so much to prove last year,” Yang said. “Nino was such a good leader. This year we’re searching for leadership and just little things at the beginning of the season. … Every year is a new year. We have to go through the beginning. Last year was special for us just because of the team camaraderie.”

Academy of American Studies will also be looking to junior Denis Begzic to take over the opposite role. As good as the Eagles were last year, and have a chance to be this season, Myint is still the only regular senior on the roster.

The future is bright at the small Long Island City school, but Yang is only worried about the present. Because of the size of Academy of American Studies and the team’s new high profile, his players, he said, have taken on celebrity personas among classmates. He doesn’t want that to affect the goal: a city title.

“It’s at a different level,” Yang said. “I think they kind of understand that. … I hope they understand how good they are and not take it for granted.”

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Iona Prep is hell bent on avenging last season. The Gaels were swept in three games against rival Fordham Prep, including the NYCHSAA Class AA boys lacrosse final.

“We don’t have to motivate these kids this year,” Iona coach Rick Trizano said. “There is a feeling in our locker room, there is a feeling on the field -- really a nasty feeling. Very little the coaches need to do to motivate these kids.”

Despite the graduation of attack John Castellano (Curry College) and midfielder Ben Borselino (Western New England), the Gaels bring back plenty of scholarship players on offense. Shane Fee, a 6-foot-3, 160-pound attack, is headed to Bucknell and fellow attack Luke Wooters is a Nazareth commit. They will be joined by the coach’s son Billy.

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Philip Logerfo will try to lead Iona Prep to a CHSAA 'AA' state title tihs season.

“He’s really got all the tools,” the coach said of Fee.

Iona’s one concern will be its depth at midfield led by Scranton-bound senior Phil Logerfo. He will be joined by JV MVP Michael McHugh and Mike Florio, who will be looked to for more offensive production. Sophomore Michael Orefice has a chance to be one of the league’s top faceoff specialists.

“We haven’t had a [true] faceoff guy in three years,” Trizanio said.

The unit with the most stability will be the defense with the entire unit returning. Ross Schnitzer, a Loyola recruit, is joined by senior Tim Hefferon and senior goalie Steve Bonalle. They have the Gaels thinking about reclaiming bragging rights, their league title and state crown.

“Our goal is to win it all,” Trizano said.

Stepinac took its lumps as a ‘AA’ team last year going 0-19 and returned to the ‘A’ under the direction of first-year coach James Goldman, who was an assistant last year.

“There is no one who is going to show us anything we haven’t seen,” Goldman said. “When you play a Chaminade and St. Anthony’s team where seniors are committed D-I, you are not going to see that in the 'A' league. But don’t get me wrong, we are fighting for our spots just like everybody else.”

The Crusaders return 12 players from that team including three-year starter at midfield Nick Shaw, a super athlete who can do a little of everything. Junior midfielder Andrew Murray is expected to be the team’s top goal scoring threat and Vincent O’Toole is Stepinac’s best feeder. Dom Vallario will also see time at attack.

“He’s got a cannon for a shot,” Goldman said of Murray. “We are expecting a lot of goals from him.”

Stepinac is expected to have a versatile defense, including returning goalie Bob DiNapoli. Senior Angelo Narcise is a physical defender and Michael Rooney is the team’s top take-away guy.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A voice pierced the silence from outside the ropes at the fourth green yesterday at Bay Hill, just as Tiger Woods buried a 14-foot birdie putt to take a three-shot lead to the fifth tee.

“Yeah, Tiger,’’ a fan bellowed. “We got the old Tiger today, baby.’’

Yes, the old Tiger indeed was back yesterday. The old Tiger was around all week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

The Tiger who’s now won this tournament seven times in his career heads to Augusta in two weeks on a quest to win his fifth Masters and will be a prohibitive favorite to win his 15th major championship.

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Tiger Woods waves his hat to the crowd after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Now that Woods has ended his career-long winless drought with his first PGA Tour victory since September 2009, spanning 30 months and 27 PGA Tour events, the question is this: What does this do for Woods and where does it take him from here?

This win liberates Woods, lifts a massive burden off his shoulders and scrutiny from his psyche. It will propel him to at least one major championship victory this year, likely beginning with the Masters.

Woods’ caddie, Joe LaCava, agreed, saying, “He’s very jacked to be playing well again and be healthy,” LaCava said. “He probably wishes the Masters was tomorrow.’’

Woods could be like a home-run hitter in baseball who, after breaking out of a slump, goes on a home-run barrage, or a hockey goal scorer who breaks out of a drought with a couple hat tricks.

LaCava said he sensed something big about to happen on Saturday night when Woods beat balls until darkness fell on the practice range.

“I saw a calmness [Saturday] night on the range,’’ LaCava said. “You could almost sense he knew he was going to play well. You could sense he was calm and felt good about everything and he knew he was playing well.’’

LaCava felt so strongly about it that he called his wife on Saturday night and told her, “This guy is very calm and I think he knows he’s going to win tomorrow.’’

You would not think a 14-time major champion would have any questions to answer with his game, but Woods did, mostly for himself.

“I think even a guy like that still needs to win to gain confidence,’’ LaCava said. “It proves to him that all the hard work is paying off and he can still get it done. I don’t think he ever doubted himself, but it’s nice to get it done so you have that confidence. This has been coming.’’

Woods is dialed in right now and that’s a dangerous thing for his competitors to have to deal with — particularly at Augusta. This win will do nothing but increase Woods’ hunger to win, because he’s finally gotten a taste after so long without.

Throughout his comeback — from the public implosion of his personal life to overcoming knee and Achilles injuries to reconstructing his swing under the guidance of Sean Foley — Woods has preached patience and talked repeatedly about the “process.’’

Well, after yesterday’s resounding result, the process looks well on its way.

This win makes Woods’ run at Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championships seem quite a bit more realistic today than it seemed yesterday.

“I think he really nailed home his comeback,’’ said Graeme McDowell, the player whom Woods staved off yesterday. “Great to have a front-row seat watching maybe the greatest of all time doing what he does best: winning golf tournaments. It’s great to have him back winning golf tournaments.’’

LaCava, who’s been with Woods since the fall after more than 20 years with Fred Couples, stood next to Woods’ bag outside the scorer’s trailer a few minutes after the last putt fell on 18 assessing what he’d just witnessed the last four days.

“One win doesn’t mean you’re back back, but he beat the field by five.

“Is he back? I’d say yes he’s back. He’s definitely back.’’

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