Oh boy, what a week.

Both CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens semifinals were classics with Archbishop Molloy topping Fontbonne Hall 1-0 in eight innings and St. Francis Prep scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to come back and beat Mary Louis. Preston however was the story of the weekend. The Panthers beat Notre Dame Academy and defending champion Moore Catholic to reach their first CHSAA Archdiocesan final since 2004. St. John Villa moves into the rankings at No. 8 after beating Cardinal Spellman.

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1. St. Joseph by the Sea (14-0) (Last week: 1)

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Danielle Cervasio and St. Franc s Prep earned a thrilling win over Mary Louis last week.

The Vikings will get a chance to regain the CHSAA Archdiocesan crown after dispensing of St. Barnabas in the quarterfinals and St. John Villa in the semis. Jackie Cautela struck out 10 and Alannah Dawson drove in two in the five-inning win over the Bears on Sunday.

Next: @ No.3 Preston, CHSAA Archdiocesan final (May 22, 5 p.m.)

2. Preston (15-1) (4)

The Panthers freshmen played well beyond their years in a 4-1 win over Moore Catholic in the Archdiocesan semifinal. Julianna Orrico was superb in the circle and Danielle Kibler delivered the big hit. It’s Preston’s first appearance in the final since 2004.

Next: No. 1 St. Joseph by the Sea, CHSAA Archdiocesan final (May 21, 5 p.m.)

3. Archbishop Molloy (11-2) (3)

Victoria Goldbach has been of the key cogs to the Stanners' run atop CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens and she again came up big. The senior struck out 13 and shut out Fontbonne in a 1-0 win in eight innings to send Molloy to the final. Kristen Ponticelli delivered the walk-off hit.

Next: No. 5 St. Francis Prep, CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens championship series (May 21, 5 p.m. @ Queens College)

4. Moore Catholic (9-5) (2)

The Archdiocesan title will not return to Moore Catholic. The Staten Island school's bats went quiet in a 4-1 loss to Preston in the diocesan semifinals in The Bronx. The Mavericks tried to rally late, but it was not meant to be for a team loaded with seniors.

Next: Season complete

5. St. Francis Prep (9-4) (5)

Coach Ann Marie Rich told catcher Jessica Menna all season long her slumping bat was going to be there when SFP needed it. The sophomore singled with two strikes and two outs to give her team a chance to rally for a thrilling win over Mary Louis in the semifinals to earn a rematch with Molloy.

Next: No. 3 Archbishop Molloy, CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens championship series (May 21, 5 p.m. @ Queens College)

6. Mary Louis (7-6) (6)

It was a feeling all too familiar for Mary Louis, getting its heart broken by rival St. Francis Prep in the diocesan quarterfinals. Brittany Nicoll singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, but TMLA couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the fame. This was still a fine season for the Hilltoppers.

Next: Season complete

7. Fontbonne Hall (6-8) (7)

It was a season of growth for the young Bonnies team. They showed they could compete with the best teams in the city and nearly ended Molloy’s season in a 1-0 loss in eight in the diocesan semifinals. This is not the last we have heard from this talented group.

Next: Season complete

8. St. John Villa (7-7) (NR)

The Bears were valiant in their seventh inning comeback to beat Spellman in the Archdiocesan semifinals. Ariana Trembone had a big day at the plate and Dorothy O’Neill drove in two. Villa however could not pull another upset of St. Joseph by the Sea in the semifinals.

Next: Season complete

9. Poly Prep (11-2)

The Blue Devils are one win away from defending the NYSAISAA title they have owned for the last six years in the championship game. On Sunday, they defeated Friends Seminary and Holy Child is on deck Monday in Bay Ridge.

Next: Holy Child, NYSAISAA semifinals (May 21, 4 p.m.)

10. Fieldston (11-2)

Fieldston and Horace Mann played last Monday, too, but there is much more at stake this time. The Eagles will try to advance to the NYSAISAA championship game after a magical regular season that saw them share the Ivy League title.

Next: Horace Mann, NYSAISAA semifinals (May 21, 4 p.m.)

On the bubble : Horace Mann (9-4), Cardinal Spellman (10-5), Riverdale (8-4), Notre Dame Academy (3-10), Bishop Kearney (13-1) and St. Edmund (12-2)

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Dasilva

Fountaine

Affrunti

Debbie L.

Vic C.

Consensus

1

Be The Queen

Oh Ramblin Rose

My Libertine

My Libertine

Be The Queen

Be The Queen

19

Come Sei Bella

Be The Queen

Be The Queen

Be The Queen

Oh Ramblin Rose

Oh Ramblin Rose

11

My Libertine

Lethal Lil Lady

Oh Ramblin Rose

Oh Ramblin Rose

Lethal Lil Lady

My Libertine

11

2

Michaels Trifecta

Golden Weekend

Michaels Trifecta

Light Sentence

Light Sentence

Light Sentence

16

Big Dealer

Light Sentence

Light Sentence

Golden Weekend

Golden Weekend

Golden Weekend

12

Blame The Jockey

Showmanship

Golden Weekend

Showmanship

Showmanship

Michaels Trifecta

11

3

Winks Wish

Storybook Stuff

Catherines Grace

Catherines Grace

Catherines Grace

Catherines Grace

22

Catherines Grace

Catherines Grace

Miss Blue Nitro

Miss Blue Nitro

Miss Blue Nitro

Miss Blue Nitro

10

Storybook Stuff

Miss Blue Nitro

Storybook Stuff

Storybook Stuff

Storybook Stuff

Storybook Stuff

9

4

Doctor Dinero

Rylans Racer

Bona Fide

Bona Fide

Doctor Dinero

Doctor Dinero

19

Rylans Racer

Doctor Dinero

Doctor Dinero

Doctor Dinero

Rylans Racer

Rylans Racer

13

Payoff Pitch

City Genius

Rylans Racer

Rylans Racer

City Genius

Bona Fide

11

5

Sure Start

Sea Gaze

Cravin Caden

Cravin Caden

Macho Star

Macho Star

14

One Shot

Macho Star

Macho Star

Macho Star

Sea Gaze

Cravin Caden

11

Cravin Caden

One Shot

Sea Gaze

Sea Gaze

One Shot

Sea Gaze

10

6

Shoeless Joe

Kels Angel

Quiet Rally

Quiet Rally

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe

19

Socio Doro

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe

Kels Angel

Quiet Rally

13

Quiet Rally

Quiet Rally

Kels Angel

Kels Angel

Quiet Rally

Kels Angel

10

7

Fairness For All

Dads Lil Man

Myrasira

Call The Ball

Jersey Brother

Jersey Brother

15

Myrasira

Jersey Brother

Jersey Brother

Jersey Brother

Dads Lil Man

Dads Lil Man

10

Jersey Brother

Don't Fly Mad

Dads Lil Man

Dads Lil Man

Don't Fly Mad

Myrasira

8

8

Party Night

Vegas Joe

Party Night

Vegas Joe

A Plus Topper

A Plus Topper

17

A Plus Topper

A Plus Topper

A Plus Topper

A Plus Topper

Vegas Joe

Vegas Joe

14

Brucenmike

Brucenmike

Vegas Joe

Brucenmike

Brucenmike

Party Night

10

9

Reflecting Riva

What A Delight

Fan Out

Fan Out

Veiled

Veiled

14

Fan Out

Veiled

Veiled

Veiled

Danis Storm

Fan Out

13

Estradas Girl

Danis Storm

Danis Storm

Danis Storm

What A Delight

What A Delight

6

10

Marquet Dancer

Jessies Boy

Link Suances

Disticnt Honor

Marquet Dancer

Marquet Dancer

20

Jessies Boy

Marquet Dancer

Marquet Dancer

Marquet Dancer

Jessies Boy

Jessies Boy

13

Awesome Kisses

Awesome Kisses

Jessies Boy

Jessies Boy

Awesome Kisses

Link Suances

5

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BALTIMORE — It’s Triple Crown or bust for I’ll Have Another, the streaking chestnut colt from California who duplicated his surprise come-from-behind score in the Kentucky Derby with another thrilling victory in yesterday’s 137th Preakness Stakes.

Under another perfectly judged ride by Preakness rookie Mario Gutierrez, the son of Flower Alley closed relentlessly through the stretch to nail front-running Bodemeister in the shadow of the wire, winning by a neck in 1:55.94 for the 1 3⁄16 miles before a record crowd of 121,309 on a sun-drenched day at Pimlico.

Unbeaten in four starts this year, I’ll Have Another now heads for the June 9 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, looking to become the first winner of the coveted Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. The last horse to go for the sweep was Big Brown in 2008.

“Now the pressure is going to intensify,” said I’ll Have Another’s owner, Paul Reddam. “A lot of horses have been in this position and it didn’t happen for them. We’re only two-thirds there. So we’ve got to be cool. If it happens, it happens.”

Bodemeister, favored at 8-5 in the Preakness after setting the pace and finishing second in the Derby, once again gunned to the lead under Mike Smith. This time, however, he set a much more reasonable pace (the first half-mile in 47.68 seconds as opposed to 45.39 in the Derby), chased by Creative Cause, with I’ll Have Another tracking them outside.

As they turned for home, Bodemeister shook loose to open a commanding lead. But I’ll Have Another rallied wide off the far turn and kept on coming for his historic victory, paying $8.40 as the second choice in a field of 11 3-year-olds. The exacta returned $18.60.

“What a ride!” winning trainer Doug O’Neill said. “I’m just numb. When I saw Mario get him in stride in mid-stretch, I just had faith he was going to get there.”

“It was kind of surreal,” said O’Neill’s brother Dennis, who picked out I’ll Have Another and purchased him for a bargain-basement $35,000. “Going into today, I thought he was a really good horse. After today, he proved he’s a great horse.”

For Reddam, the Preakness was a nail-biter.

“Going into the clubhouse turn, we were wide, and I said ‘uh-oh,’” he said. “The horse on the lead was running strong. I could see coming out of the [far] turn that it was going to be a dogfight between I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister. We had some ground to make up, and the other horses was not stopping.

“I wasn’t sure we would get there, but I knew that our horse had a lot of heart and a lot of fight. It wasn’t until about 20 yards from the wire that I thought we were going to win.”

Gutierrez, who patiently saved his best for the stretch run instead of pushing Bodemeister early, said, “My horse had a tremendous kick at the end. He’s an amazing horse, and I’m happy to be riding him.”

Bodemeister’s trainer Bob Baffert, a five-time Preakness winner, thought he had the race won again.

“When he turned for home, I really thought he was going to do it,” Baffert said. “He just got a little late at the end.

“The winner is a good horse. He’ll get the respect now that he deserves. It’s good for the sport.”

Following I’ll Have Another’s Derby victory, the media spotlight fell on O’Neill, and he has come under some harsh criticism for past racing violations. The scrutiny only figures to intensify leading up to the Belmont Stakes.

“We know we play by the rules,” O’Neill said. “It’s all about the horse. Any attention on me, I’ll just deflect and focus on the Belmont. With a little bit of luck, we could have an unbelievable time in three weeks.”

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For Cablevision boss Jim Dolan, life isn’t all hockey pucks and basketballs.

As if the agita caused by the performance of the Dolan-owned New York Rangers and Knicks weren’t enough for the executive, Wall Street has been thrashing Cablevision shares lately — driving the price down 25 percent this month and more than 50 percent over the past year.

Investors are fleeing the Bethpage, NY, company because of uneasiness with its new management, because discounted pricing is cutting margins and because the company recently said it would increase spending on technology.

Shares closed yesterday at $11.09, down 0.3 percent, after touching a new 52-week low of $11.01 in mid-afternoon.

Dolan is at the center of the storm after taking direct control of the company in mid-December when his longtime lieutenant — Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge — bolted for rival Charter Communications.

Since then, many of the firm’s senior executives have quit or been eased out in favor of a new regime.

The turnover in the executive suite more than offset the hard-earned gains the company made in the last quarter, beating Street estimates by signing 7,000 new video subscribers and an additional 42,000 broadband customers.

Also spooking investors was Cablevision’s “year of investment” story line.

“[Last quarter] we explained that 2012 would be a year of investment, in terms of both capital spending and operating execution,” CEO Dolan said on a May 3 conference call with analysts.

“It’s a highly levered company with uncertain cash flow,” said Rich Greenfield of BTIG, a critic of the company. “The entire management team is in the process of changing over, investors are concerned about their ability to improve prospects. They are spending a lot to resurrect growth, the question is will it work?”

Cablevision has spent $140 million since mid-2011 to improve broadband speeds and has 35,000 WiFi access points in the New York area.

Not everyone on Wall Street is down on the massive spending spree or the management changes.

“There were reasons for loss of investor interest,” said Miller Tabak & Co. analyst David Joyce. “Lots of executives leaving, they didn’t raise prices and they spent a lot on the network. But if you look at 2013, there’ll be some nice growth. Enough is enough, the stock is still worth in the mid-twenties.”

Joyce upgraded the stock yesterday to a buy.

Indeed the pressure to compete with Verizon FiOS on price may be easing. Analysts were disappointed that Cablevision did not increase prices in its latest quarter. That’s a course Dolan might correct soon.

Verizon’s top financial officer, Fran Shammo, told investors at a conference this week to expect “across the board increases” for FiOS over the next two quarters.

Rich Tullo, research director with Albert Fried, told The Post, “I think the stock is ridiculously cheap.” Tullo pointed to Cablevision’s upcoming sale of its money-losing cinema chain, Clearview.

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Some say good, some say bad, but there’s very little question that the Rangers power play has scored some big goals in recent games.

As they head into Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Devils this afternoon at the Prudential Center, the series tied one game apiece, the Rangers’ man-advantage is 3-for-8 in this series.

Yet, here is coach John Tortorella:

“I don’t know, I think it’s been pretty crappy at times,” Tortorella said yesterday. “We’ve found a way to score a couple of goals. I think on a couple of them, in front of the net.”

Two of those have come from Chris Kreider, who had one deflect off him while in front of the net in Game 2’s 3-2 loss, and one he ripped inside the far post in the third period of Game 1’s 3-0 win.

“I think we’re shooting the puck more, our entry has been a lot better,” captain Ryan Callahan said. “I think we got it in the zone and set it up more than we did in the regular season. It’s just a matter of getting a bounce here or there and getting the pucks to go in the net.”

The Rangers power play was ranked 23rd in the regular season at a 15.7 percent success rate. With them struggling to score 5-on-5 in the postseason, it’s been the power play that has kept them afloat.

“The power play’s a funny thing,” Tortorella said. “Sometimes even when there are some struggles, you find a way. Sometimes when you move the puck very well and it’s working well, you don’t score. So we’ve scored a couple. Obviously, we’ve got to come in behind that with some five-on-five [goals].”

* Brandon Dubinsky skated with the team for the first time since he injured his right leg/ankle in Game 7 of the opening-round series against the Senators. He wore a no-contact orange jersey, and by the time the team starting running drills, he was off the ice.

“He’s able to get on the ice,” Tortorella said. “Other than that, there’s no update.”

* Rangers-killer J.P. Parise said he was “extremely disappointed with how my comments were portrayed in Newsday,” where he was quoted as saying son Zach would be a good fit with the Rangers next season.

The elder Parise, who scored that 1975 overtme goal that eliminated the Rangers and launched the Islanders’ climb to dynasty, said he does not speak to Zach about his upcoming unrestricted free agency, and does not speak for him, either.

****

After Devils goalie Martin Brodeur took a shot at the playing conditions at the Garden, saying the ice is bad and boards lead to inconsistent bounces, he hedged a bit yesterday.

“You know, it’s tough at this time of the year to get great ice,” Brodeur said. “My comments were not towards Madison Square Garden, it’s more towards I have to pay attention. The question was asked how hard it was to play that game, and for me it was because of all the bad bounces everywhere. And I think it makes it hard to play the game, especially for a goalie.”

* The Rangers’ lines were changed a bit, with Mike Rupp getting moved up to skate with Brian Boyle and Artem Anisimov, while the fourth line was Brandon Prust, John Mitchell and Ruslan Fedotenko.

* Devils coach Pete DeBoer said he was optimistic about defenseman Henrik Tallinder (thromboplebitis, a swelling of a vein caused by a blood clot) and Jacob Josefson (collarbone) playing sometime soon. Both practiced with the team yesterday.

“My gut is I think they’ll be available at some point in the series,” DeBoer said.

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David Karp has focused on expanding Tumblr Inc.'s network of free bloggers for the past five years.

Today, 55 million of them are posting text, photos and videos on the site. Even Beyoncé and Jay-Z turned to Tumblr's blogging platform earlier this year to release the first photos of their newborn to the public.

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Tumblr founder David Karp plans to start selling ads and sponsorships.

But now, both Mr. Karp, a 25-year-old New Yorker, and his company are heading into a risky new phase: making the site profitable. For the first time, he is making plans to sell advertising and sponsorships to Tumblr's network of bloggers and their followers.

It's also a big switch from product development: In the past, Mr. Karp has been critical of Internet advertising, even saying that traditional online ads turn his stomach.

Meanwhile, his long-time mentor is moving on. John Maloney, Tumblr's New York-based president since 2008, is leaving the firm this month.

The departure will result in some significant changes because, according to Mr. Karp, Mr. Maloney has put "everything in order" at Tumblr, from paying the bills to wooing investors, hiring staff and steering day-to-day operations.

Mr. Karp says he has never worked for—let alone run—a company of Tumblr's size. He got his start in the tech world at the age of 15, when Mr. Maloney hired him to write computer code for Urbanbaby.com, a parenting Web site.

Mr. Karp later used his share of the proceeds from Urbanbaby.com's sale in 2007 to start a Web consulting firm where Tumblr was initially a side project.

Tumblr, which was named after Web posts known as tumblelogs, now has 105 employees. It was valued at $800 million last fall, when it raised $85 million in a funding round led by Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners.

Mr. Karp spoke to The Wall Street Journal about how he started the company and where he's headed with it next. Edited excerpts:

WSJ: How did you get the idea for Tumblr?

Mr. Karp: In 2006, the idea of having an identity online that was totally yours was the thing. But the established tools were geared to writers, and I wasn't a writer. I needed tools to share little glimpses of the stuff that I was working on, looking at, reading, watching. That was the impetus for Tumblr.

WSJ: What made it take off?

Mr. Karp: Six months in, we introduced the ability to follow blogs. Twitter had formalized the follower model. And we're like, make this a consumption thing, too, not just a content-management system. That changed everything.

WSJ: What's wrong with online ads, in your eyes?

Mr. Karp: The video ads that we're hit with are always in the form of pre-roll, the video reel you get at the front of an online video. So they're delivered at the most frustrating moment possible. And everything else, I think, is strikingly uncreative.

We've seen brands show up and use our tools very creatively. Our promotional tools are built around elevating that stuff up to the top more quickly. We were already promoting a lot of this content.

Now, 5% of the time we're not the ones pulling those levers. The advertisers will now have the opportunity to buy a chunk of that attention.

WSJ: How do you think your bloggers will react to Tumblr with ads?

Mr. Karp: Our ambitions are to keep Tumblr true to what it is. And to us, that's a platform for creativity.

We want lots of ways to promote yourself on Tumblr when you've got something great. You can hustle and do it organically, or you can feed a little money into the system to jump start it.

The next extensions of that are being able to make it stand out even more, having it featured in front of users who aren't following you yet.

WSJ: How do you expect things to be different without your mentor at your side?

Mr. Karp: John had been sticking around to look out for me, keeping the bike steady as we learned how to ride. He saw the path for Tumblr being to build a really great and experienced leadership team. And that's what he's spent the last year doing.

Before that, it was basically me with my head down over in the product team. If anything else came in, I would say, "John can take this, I don't want to deal with this."

Write to Angus Loten at angus.loten@wsj.com

A version of this article appeared May 17, 2012, on page B6 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Can Tumblr Turn a Profit?.

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While network and ad execs will kick off their annual “upfront” negotiations over commercial time this week, the action is already heating up in one arena: football.

After striking rich deals to renew their rights to televise NFL games, the football networks — CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC — are looking to hike prices. And with live entertainment ratings down across the board, marketers may have little choice but to turn to sports and pay top dollar.

Already CBS is getting Madison Avenue to pony up $4 million for a single 30-second spot in the Super Bowl, up from the $3.5 million NBC commanded for this year’s game.

“CBS is active in the Super Bowl market and getting some deals written,” said one source.

NBC is asking $1 million for its new property — a Thanksgiving Day game that will prove popular with advertisers eager to target Black Friday shoppers.

Regular season NFL spots sell for around $350,000 for 30 seconds in prime time.

Advertisers spend an estimated $3 billion on televised football games, according to Kantar Media.

The networks are aiming for football price increases — measured in CPMs, or the cost to reach a thousand viewers — in the high-single digits. By comparison, prices in the market for entertainment programming are expected to rise in the mid-single digit range.

“NFL CPM [increases] are going to be in the 5 to 10 percent range,” said Gary Carr, executive director of national broadcast at Manhattan media-buying shop TargetCast. “I think people who want NFL — the cars, the beers, the telecoms — need it.”

In December, NBC, Fox and CBS agreed to pay around $3 billion to continue with the NFL — 60 percent more than their previous contracts that run through 2013.

Sellers argue that football is hard to beat with its huge ratings and DVR-proof programming.

On the flip side, ad buyers preparing to haggle over football time say there are several reasons to cap increases. For one, the sports market will be flooded with additional football opportunities. In addition to NBC’s debut Thanksgiving game, the NFL’s own network boasts five new games in the fourth quarter.

“It is not my problem and not my marketer’s problem and not commensurate with how our budgets go up,” said one ad buyer of the networks’ efforts to pass along the price of NFL games.

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The nation’s leading handicappers, including Post ace John DaSilva, will chime in on whether I’ll Have Another can repeat his Kentucky Derby magic in the Preakness at historic Gallagher’s Steak House today.

The Preakness Power Lunch seminar starts at noon and is priced at $65.

DaSilva will be joined by Sirius Radio’s Dave Johnson, Sports Illustrated’s Gene Menez, radio/television personality Marc Malusus, Daily Racing Form’s Lonnie Goldfeder, and “Gallagher’s Guru” John Cirillo, who gave out the Derby winner, cold exacta and triple.

Reservations are recommended by calling 212-245-5336. Gallagher’s is located at 228 West 52nd Street.

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Post Time: 12:50 p.m.

FIRST-6f; $13,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)

CEE’S HOLLIE drops in class after second in debut. HERE’S KIKI second versus cheaper at Penn National. GRAYZIN SOUND fourth in last start for a tag.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

2 DoubleHarbor(L118

PCottJr

6-x-x

3-1

3 Here's Kiki(L),124

JPizarr

2-7-10

8-1

1 aCrimsonsGoldL124

CLopez

9-2-2

9-2

4 GrayzinSound(L124

S Uske

5-4-4

6-1

5 Lil Miss Buck(L),111

K Coa

6-4-3

20-1

6 Cee's Hollie(L),118

ASerpa

2-5-x

1-1

1A a-Tuffy Too(M),113

AAyuso

x-x-x

9-2

7 Inner Joy(L),108

MDiFir

6-9-5

20-1

SECOND-1m; $18,000; cl($5,000); 3up

FAMOUS PATRIOT drops in class after fourth in last two starts. BOLD INTENTION finished third on turf at Tampa Bay. AWESOME REVIEW chased pace and tired most recent.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

1 BelieveinWest(L119

F Ortiz

9-6-5

20-1

2 Dixie Band(L),121

JRoccJr

1-4-1

7-2

3 Andysun(L),119

PLopez

8-6-1

4-1

4 AwesomeRevwL119

PCottJr

6-6-1

8-1

5 FamousPatriotL119

J Bravo

4-4-8

3-1

6 ThepossesftrmL119

ASerpa

7-9-8

15-1

7 PrivateMarqueL109

MDiFir

5-3-1

12-1

8 BoldIntention(L)119

KCrmc

3-5-5

5-2

THIRD-5 1/2f; $20,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up

GREYFRIARS cuts back in distance for local debut after finishing third. ANTONACCI drops in class after tiring in recent starts. KANGAROO KID drops in class for dirt debut.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

1 Antonacci(L),118

ETrujill

9-5-7

7-2

2 KangarooKid(L),109

K Coa

9-x-x

12-1

3 OntheThrone(L)118

PLopez

2-2-3

5-2

4 Chai Wallah(L),118

KCrmc

2-10-x

4-1

5 Greyfriars(L),116

VSantg

3-7-9

5-1

6 Tripendicular(L)118

ASerpa

2-2-4

2-1

FOURTH-6f; $13,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up

ROCKSTAR RICHIE drops in class for local debut. STORMY JOE JOE was a beaten favorite in both career starts. DERG MASTER drops in class for seasonal debut.

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Odds

1 Lane Drifter(L),118

KCrmc

9-9-x

8-1

2 StormyJoeJoe(L124

PLopez

2-6-x

5-2

3 Pop's Dolly(L),124

NMngl

8-10-6

20-1

4 RockstarRichieL118

ETrujill

6-4-5

2-1

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PFrags

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12-1

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7-2

7 Stray Belles(L),124

ASerpa

7-4-6

6-1

8 Derg Master(L),111

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4-6-3

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9 Daring Saint(L),119

AAyuso

7-11-10

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FIFTH-6f; $17,000; cl($7,500); 3up

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ASerpa

12-9-4

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NMngl

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6-6-7

20-1

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ETrujill

3-1-x

8-5

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PFrags

7-8-5

12-1

6 Dewest(L),121

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2-4-10

8-1

7 Herculon(L),121

VSantg

5-4-9

20-1

8 Distinctly(L),121

R Moya

7-5-4

3-1

SIXTH-1 1/16m(T); $20,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up

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The Knicks may be done playing, but they are not done boasting.

One by one, the Knicks’ Big Three predicted bigger things next season and Amar’e Stoudemire spoke highly of the prowess of their three stars.

One day after the Knicks were bounced in the first round of the playoffs by Miami in a 4-1 landslide, Stoudemire was unbowed. He said the trifecta of himself, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler is as good an NBA threesome as there is.

“I think as players with Carmelo and myself and Tyson, as a foundation trio, you can’t ask for a better lineup than that in the NBA,’’ Stoudemire said Thursday after his exit interview. “We have obviously LeBron [James], Dwyane [Wade] and Chris Bosh. You have your [Russell] Westbrook and [Kevin] Durant. And you may even have your Kobe, Bynum, Gasol. But we’re right there at the top of the bunch with the trio.’’

Anthony J. Causi

BIG THREE, BIG TALK: Knicks power forward Amar’e Stoudemire said he, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler (pictured) are as good as any trio in the NBA.

VOTE: KNICKS NEXT YEAR

They had better be. The Knicks are over the salary cap because of the trio’s long-term contracts and they have little ability to add a significant free agent. Even their $5 million mid-level exception — once being reserved for Steve Nash — is likely slated for Jeremy Lin, as interim coach Mike Woodson said the young point guard was “absolutely’’ returning. The Knicks will try to add a veteran point guard — and there are a slew of them on the market — for the veteran’s minimum. Andre Miller is a free agent but would have to be convinced the Knicks are a championship-caliber team.

Woodson himself will return, as sources told The Post that owner James Dolan already has informed him he will come back, though Woodson is looking for a new agent to hammer out contract terms.

Stoudemire attributes the Knicks’ two straight playoff flameouts to the roster tumult last season and this season’s coaching change and frenzied lockout schedule.

“It definitely can work,’’ Stoudemire said. “I feel like we’ve only been together for a year now. We had half a year last year [after the trade] and this was like a half a season for us together. It can work for sure. It’s just a matter of us having a consistent year. Obviously last year was a blockbuster trade that changed the whole team. This year was a coaching change. It’s been up and down. You can’t point the finger at Carmelo and myself for not co-existing because it’s been up-and-down years for us since we’ve both been here.

“Next season, I can’t stress enough, building from training camp, it’s going to be great for us.”

The Knicks finished 18-6 under Woodson in the regular season, but most of the surge occurred with Stoudemire out with a back injury. Their record with Anthony and Stoudemire in the lineup in their two seasons, including the playoffs, is 32-41.

“I get tired of hearing that,’’ Anthony said. “I get tired of hearing ‘Can it work?’ Will it work? We’ll figure it out. I don’t think it’s something that difficult to figure out.’’

It was hard to make a final judgment on the trio’s potential for a deep playoff run because of the unprecedented amount of injuries and illnesses in the Miami series, particularly at point guard with Lin, Baron Davis and Iman Shumpert all suffering knee injuries.

Still, Woodson said his Big Three has to improve, specifying he wants Stoudemire to develop a legit post game and Chander, also. He wants Anthony in better shape and with the mindset of making teammates better. Woodson said it’s too early to decide that the Stoudemire-Anthony-Chandler trio will never win a title.

“This group hasn’t been assembled that long,’’ Woodson said. “We try to compare our top three to their Miami three. They’ve been together two years. They’ve experienced the Finals together. That speaks volumes. Let’s give this team a chance in terms of being together. Experience a full camp together. Being able to push other guys to get better. Then I’ll take my chances.”

Woodson, who could get a three-year deal, knows the Knicks don’t have a long window. Chandler and Stoudemire have played 10 seasons, Anthony finishing his ninth.

“You got a short window,’’ Woodson said. “My clock is ticking just like a lot of our players’ clock is ticking. We don’t have a lot of time.’’

“We’re definitely close despite everything we’ve been through this year,’’ Anthony said. “We still were a couple of games back from winning our division. That’s one of our goals coming into next season. That’s our first goal.’’

Anthony and Chandler are expected to be teammates this summer on Team USA in the London Olympics in July and August.

“We’ll spend a lot of time together training,’’ Chandler said. “That’s more time on the floor together. When you get the opportunity to play alongside against the best players in the world everyday in practice, with an incredible coaching staff, it does nothing but makes you better. Myself and Melo, we’ll bring that back to the Knicks next season.’’

marc.berman@nypost.com

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