PHILADELPHIA — Add another chapter to the bizarro world of the Mets this season: They actually outsmarted the Phillies last night.

Just when it appeared as if the Mets might be up the creek without a paddle, they found Pete Orr, whose seventh-inning throwing error — after David Wright enticed a rundown — allowed the tying run to score in what became a 7-4 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

BOX SCORE

The Mets (17-13) just keep battling. After overcoming a two-run deficit against Roy Halladay in the sixth inning on Monday and winning the game in the ninth, they last night fell into a four-run hole against Joe Blanton before rallying for the lead in the seventh.

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Robert P. Stiller, Michael J. Mardy, interim chairman

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3 stars

1. Brad Richards

The Rangers alternate captain scored the game-tying goal with 6.6 seconds remaining in regulation and played a dominant 22:59 overall.

2. Marc Staal

The Rangers defenseman was strong on the puck all night and was rewarded when his overtime slap shot got through for the game-winner.

3. Henrik Lundqvist

The Rangers goalie didn’t have a great number of saves (16), but none were more important than when he stopped Nicklas Backstrom on a backhander with about seven minutes gone in the third period to keep the Rangers down just 2-1.

Key moment

Although the Rangers were able to sustain offensive pressure for most the game, they were still trailing 2-1 as regulation ticked down when the Capitals’ Joel Ward took a high-sticking penalty, drawing blood from Carl Hagelin. On the four-minute power play, Brad Richards tied it with 6.6 seconds remaining. Then, with 1:57 of power play carrying over into the extra period, Marc Staal got the game-winner 1:35 in.

To quote ...

“I don’t think we tied that many games late this year, but you have to believe ... I definitely think we deserved this win. We worked so hard.” — Henrik Lundqvist

Schedule

Game 1: Rangers 3, Capitals 1

Game 2: Capitals 3, Rangers 2

Game 3: Rangers 2, Capitals 1 (3 OT)

Game 4: Capitals 3, Rangers 2

Game 5: Rangers 3, Capitals 2 (OT)

Rangers lead series, 3-2

Tomorrow: at Capitals, 7:30

x-Saturday: at Rangers, TBD

x-if necessary

Rangers, Nicklas Backstrom, Marc Staal, Capitals, Brad Richards, Carl Hagelin

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All horses appear in post position order

FIRST-1m&70y; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Ferocious Won(L),124

K Frey

9-3-5

Sciacca

10-1

2 Celeritas Plus(L),124

H Rivera

5-1-6

Estrada

8-1

3 Luvyoutothemn(L),124

KCarmoch

2-5-2

Pino

2-1

4 Kudu(L),124

JHmpshrJr

4-4-1

Dandy

3-1

5 Laberinto(L),117

A Suarez

3-3-5

Smylie

5-1

6 Waking Up(L),124

M Rosario

1-3-7

Abrams

9-2

7 Deputyville(L),124

SBermudz

7-9-1

Betancrt

20-1

SECOND-1m; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Mr. Nice(L),108

A Suarez

2-3-4

Wyner

8-1

2 DecoratdAdmrl(L),115

E Rivera

6-8-7

Kissoon

20-1

3 Neon Tan(L),124

K Frey

2-2-2

RPreciad

3-1

4 Royal Affair(L),115

KCarmoch

10-3-6

Zito

2-1

5 Sudden Calm(L),124

FPnnngtn

6-x-x

A Dutrow

7-2

6 AJPrincemamb(L),115

RMontanz

6-4-8

Aro

5-1

7 MakerofthCrwn(L),115

M Rispoli

10-5-6

Rispoli

12-1

THIRD-5 1/2f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Papa Floyd(L),120

E Rivera

12-9-12

Snyder

30-1

2 Good Attitude(L),114

SBermudz

6-5-8

Betancrt

6-1

3 AwesomeKisss(L),117

C Esquilin

1-2-4

Aristone

12-1

4 Speeding Spike(L),120

J Rocco, Jr

7-8-1

Hobby

5-2

5 Pleasant Crown(L),120

P Castillo

6-6-6

Whylie

30-1

6 Mightyville(L),122

A Black

4-1-3

Vega

4-1

7 MarquetDancer(L),120

FPnnngtn

3-6-4

Auwrter

12-1

8 Captain Daddy(L),120

JHmpshrJr

4-3-7

Farro

7-2

9 Forest Hills Dr(L),120

KMcMngll

7-2-4

Montoy

12-1

10 Jessie's Boy(L),120

J Bisono

5-7-1

Estrada

5-1

FOURTH-6f; $45,000; mdn spcl wt; 3YO

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Nevada Kid(L),116

KCarmoch

x-x-x

Zito

2-1

2 Tardis(L),116

RMontanz

x-x-x

Coletti

8-1

3 Weave It to Me(L),124

RAlvardJr

5-5-x

Goldberg

4-1

4 JimmyWindows(L),116

JHmpshrJr

7-8-10

Tzortzks

12-1

5 SeriousAttitude(L),124

O Castillo

x-x-x

Nunez

10-1

6 Spin Zone(L),124

R Rosado

2-2-6

Servis

7-5

FIFTH-6 1/2f; $24,000;cl($12,500); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 D' Wild Affair(L),123

J Flores

2-1-5

Lake

7-2

2 Rhyad(L),123

L Hiraldo

3-4-1

Aristone

4-1

3 ChangeWeNed(L),123

JCaraballo

2-4-2

Mosco

6-1

4 Coffee Bar(L),116

LVillanuev

1-7-2

Guerrero

8-1

5 Starship Scott(L),123

C Orm

1-5-4

Taylor

10-1

6 Endymion(L),123

RMontanz

5-4-3

Synnefias

5-1

7 Acopandprodft(L),123

R Rosado

4-3-3

Calderon

5-2

8 Mr.Windjammr(L),123

J Burke

3-5-5

Auwrter

12-1

SIXTH-5 1/2f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Jack Reacher(L),120

JHmpshrJr

8-4-4

Rowan

20-1

2 Wet 'n Wild Cat(L),120

O Castillo

5-4-4

Brennan

6-1

3 Coast to Coast(L),113

LVillanuev

7-6-3

Hedus

10-1

4 Mr. Bad Guy(L),120

J Bisono

7-3-2

Maymo

7-2

5 Captain Twitch(L),120

J Torres

2-4-7

Krebs

12-1

6 Distinct Honor(L),112

A Castillo

5-6-3

LeBarron

9-2

7 MelissasGodBy(L),107

A Suarez

7-1-5

Allen

20-1

8 Judicious Cat(L),114

V Molina

5-1-6

Conrad

10-1

9 Kash Kow Kaz(L),120

RMontanz

4-2-1

Synnefis

10-1

10 Fine Cognac(L),120

L Hiraldo

5-2-3

Aristone

5-2

11 Futures Book(L),120

FMaysontt

9-12-1

Carvajal

30-1

SEVENTH-5 1/2f; $26,000; cl($16,000); 3up

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Taylor Island(L),112

J Santiago

9-1-9

McMahn

15-1

2 Link Suances(L),120

FPnnngtn

3-2-8

Lauro

4-1

3 Taconic Knight(L),109

LVillanuev

2-3-4

Guerrero

5-1

4 Gusto DiLimone(L),122

J Burke

1-2-5

Auwrter

15-1

5 Kat's Hope(L),120

RMontanz

6-3-1

RPrecid

12-1

6 One FrenchKiss(L),120

E Rivera

3-2-5

Lake

15-1

7 Lost Fortune(L),115

K Pellot

3-6-4

GPrecid

12-1

8 Frappe La Rue(L),120

KMcMngll

2-5-3

Farro

8-1

9 Catch Me Kaz(L),122

A Castillo

3-4-1

LeBarron

6-1

10 Pleasant Earth(L),120

J Flores

7-7-2

Reese

20-1

11 Fusethepprtnty(L),120

A Arroyo

2-4-7

Lynch

3-1

12 Smokin P K(L),118

GAlmodvr

1-3-4

Albright

20-1

EIGHTH-6f; $25,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

2 Sneakers(L),121

A Arroyo

1-2-2

S Klesaris

7-2

3 Brief Holiday(L),121

K Frey

9-1-5

Reed

15-1

4 Veiled(L),119

JHmpshrJr

1-4-1

Rowan

20-1

5 HowFarW'vCm(L),106

J Navarro

7-3-1

Komlo

6-1

6 Easy Ending(L),114

W Garcia

2-1-9

Rodrigez

3-1

7 Sweet Dispute(L),112

LVillanuev

4-2-4

Guerrer

12-1

8 Fuming(L),116

J Bisono

1-1-3

Guerrero

2-1

1 a-Empire Diva(L),114

K Pellot

3-2-2

GPreciad

5-1

1A a-Fourtenkrtprz(L),119

RAlvardJr

4-2-5

GPreciad

5-1

NINTH-1m; $30,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 Joyce's Angel(L),113

K Pellot

8-5-1

Coletti

12-1

2 Coast ofSangria(L),112

S Elliott

5-1-1

Farro

4-1

3 Preach Easy(L),110

K Frey

5-5-2

RPrecid

12-1

4 Victoria'sComt(L),110

N Petro

2-6-10

Petro

9-2

5 M's Angel(L),118

FPnnngtn

2-2-6

Hanford

5-2

6 DancingCmpss(L),118

J Flores

1-1-4

GPreciad

9-5

7 Littlebitwicked(L),118

JHmpshrJr

3-7-11

Dandy

10-1

TENTH-5 1/2f; $17,000; mdn cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)

PN Horse, Wt.

Jockey

Last 3

Trainer

Odds

1 QuietAmusmnt(L),109

ABowman

9-x-x

Day

20-1

2 Caldonia(L),116

RAlvardJr

5-7-3

Day

5-2

3 Cuvee Jones(L),116

A Arroyo

5-6-7

Lynch

6-1

4 Alyphillie(L),117

LVillanuev

3-8-2

Vasquez

12-1

5 AllWeAreSayng(L),124

JHmpshrJr

11-7-6

Helmetg

20-1

6 Saanti(M),124

C Orm

8-10-x

DJohnsn

15-1

7 NoMoreBubbles(L),119

K Pellot

6-x-x

McBride

6-1

8 CongressinlGrl(L),106

R Mejias

8-8-10

Kissoon

50-1

9 Discount Rate(L),116

J Santiago

4-4-x

McMahn

4-1

10 Artist's Vision(L),109

C Esquilin

x-x-x

Ryerson

8-1

11 Rebel Ways(L),116

R Moya

5-5-x

Sleeter

15-1

12 OhRamblinRose(L),116

K Frey

6-5-10

Sleeter

8-1

3upPN Horse, 3upPN Horse, PN Horse, cl, cl

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CHARLOTTE -- With the late-afternoon North Carolina sun beaming yesterday, the Wells Fargo Championship had just gone to a three-man playoff. The players still standing were Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and D.A. Points.

To put this moment into blunt perspective, Points, who spent most of the day atop the leaderboard boxing out all comers like a basketball power forward in the paint, was an annoying pebble in the tournament’s shoe.

No disrespect to Points, a 35-year-old journeyman, but the masses around the packed grounds at Quail Hollow and watching on TV wanted to see the tournament end one of two ways: Either with McIlroy reaffirming his standing as the best player in the world with a second win in three years at this event or with Fowler capturing his long-awaited first PGA Tour victory.

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ORANGE YOU GLAD? Rickie Fowler celebrates after making a birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.I

When it was over after one playoff hole, the 18th, and Fowler had emerged as the victor after a perfect tee shot followed by an even better approach shot to four feet followed by the winning birdie putt, even Points found himself caught up in the magnitude of the moment.

“It’s wonderful for the game of golf,’’ Points said. “I’m so happy for Rickie. I’m so happy for golf and the PGA Tour because he is honest-to-goodness a good kid and I really like being around him. He’s got tremendous talent. He deserves all the pub and he certainly deserves this win.’’

An hour before the tournament ended, McIlroy’s father, Gerry, stood outside ropes along the 16th fairway and basked in the drama that was unfolding between his 23-year-old son and the 23-year-old Fowler and said, “It’s good for you guys [reporters] to write about.’’

For Fowler, the win came in his 67th career PGA start and ended any talk of him being one of those overhyped style-over-substance athletes.

“It’s been a long wait, but well worth it,” said Fowler, resplendent in his Cheetos orange outfit from hat to shoes. “I definitely knew I was good enough, and it was just getting everything to come together and stay patient. Obviously there’s a lot of people that have doubted or said ‘you’ll never win,’ so it’s nice to kind of shut them up a little bit.’’

McIlroy, who with the runner-up finish regained his No. 1 world ranking from Luke Donald, who didn’t play this week, was quick to give his Jupiter, Fla., neighbor credit.

“The way he played that playoff hole, he played to win,’’ McIlroy said. “He deserved it after that birdie. I think it was just a matter of time before he won. I played in the Korean Open last year which he won, it was his first win as a pro. And then it seems like this tournament produces firsttime winners, Anthony Kim, myself, now Rickie.’’

Indeed, these grounds have launched careers in recent years.

In 2008, at age 22, Kim got his first PGA Tour here. In 2010, it was McIlroy winning for the first time.

In the playoff, all three players hit the fairway. But it was Fowler’s 133-yard 52-degree wedge that dropped like a butterfly on the slick 18th green that was the difference maker.

Both Points and McIlroy sent their approach shots long above the hole and had difficult two-putts for par. That left the stage to Fowler, who calmly rolled his four-foot winner.

“I hit a perfect shot at the right time and I was going for it,’’ Fowler said of the approach shot. “I definitely didn’t want to play safe.’’

Fowler said as he walked up the fairway to the green he was “just trying to stay as serious as possible and know that I still had a lot of work to do.’’

“You know . . . the four-foot range . . . it seemed longer, but it’s not a gimme,’’ he said. “I tried not to get ahead of myself, focused on the putt and when I got the time to hit it, just focus on hitting a good putt.’’

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Boffo Buffett

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said first-quarter profit doubled as insurance units and derivative bets posted better results.

Deadlocked

Jurors are deadlocked on one of three questions about whether Google infringed Oracle copyrights to build Android software. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco sent the jurors home yesterday and ordered them to return on May 7.

Thinner Lady

The New York Times Co. eliminated about 50 jobs this week from its legal, finance, human resources and other corporate departments.

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Manchester City, owned by a billionaire member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, signed a six-year agreement with Nike to have the world’s largest sporting-goods maker supply the soccer team’s uniforms.

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Lionsgate Entertainment won approval to release “The Hunger Games” in China, CEO Jon Feltheimer said, gaining access to the world’s third-biggest movie market.

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Berkshire Hathaway, William Alsup, Google, Android software

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ In his first tournament since his worst career finish as a pro at the Masters last month (a tie for 40th), Tiger Woods is likely to miss the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow on Friday after shooting a 1-over-par 73 in the second round to finish even par for his two-day stay.

Considering Woods’ victory at Bay Hill in March, a win that suggested his game was on the rise and that he was back, this result was startling.

Woods called the feeling he left the course with Friday “frustration,’’ adding, “I finished, what, 12 back of the lead and I'm not playing the weekend where I have a chance to compete for a title. I've missed my share of cuts in the past, and they don't feel good.’’

Woods missing cuts was once rarer than seeing albatrosses in major championships. Now, it seems not even Woods knows what to expect when he tees it up anymore.

This would be just the eighth time since Woods turned pro in 1996 that missed a 36-hole cut, and the first time that he's done so twice at the same venue or tournament. Woods missed the cut here in 2010, the last time he played here, which was his second tournament after returning from a five-month scandal hiatus.

Woods' last missed cut came at the 2011 PGA Championship in Atlanta, where he was playing for the second time following a four-month break due to knee and Achilles injuries.

From the 1998 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am to the 2005 Byron Nelson Championship, Woods did not miss a cut on the PGA Tour, a record 142 consecutive tournaments. Since that time, no player has gone as many as 50 straight tournaments without missing a cut.

In his two rounds, Woods hit only 14-of-28 fairways (he was just 6-of-14 Friday) and he was a pedestrian 26-of-36 in greens in regulation. He had 62 putts, 33 Friday.

Much like he did after the Masters, Woods on Friday lamented about falling into his old Hank Haney habits.

“It all has to do with my setup,’’ he said. “If I get over the golf ball and I feel uncomfortable, I hit it great. It's just that I get out there and I want to get comfortable and I follow my old stuff and I hit it awful. All the shots I got uncomfortable on, I just said, ‘I'm going to get really uncomfortable and make it feel as bad as it possibly could,’ I striped it.

“I know what I need to do, it's just I need more reps doing it. Obviously we've changed a bunch of different things and every now and again I fall into the same stuff, old stuff. That doesn't work with a combo platter of old and new.’’

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If the Knicks had a perceived edge coming into their best-of-seven series against the favored Heat, it was their bench, specifically J.R. Smith and Steve Novak, who throughout the regular season provided instant energy and points.

“Our second unit is phenomenal,” Amar’e Stoudemire said.

But that was before the series began, before the Heat captured Games 1 and 2 in comfortable fashion in Miami, before Iman Shumpert went down with a knee injury, and before Stoudemire cut his hand punching a fire extinguisher following Monday night’s loss.

It was also before Smith and especially Novak became virtual non-factors in the first two games — something that must change in Game 3 tomorrow or the Knicks may not make it back to Miami.

J.R. Smith and Steve Novak

Smith has led the Knicks reserves in scoring, totaling 30 points in the two playoff games, not a bad effort considering part of his duties has included guarding LeBron James.

But Novak has been silenced by the Heat defense, scoring six points in Game 1 and just three points in Game 2. Overall, Novak has taken just five shots in the two games, making three, all from 3-point range, this after averaging six shots per game during the regular season.

The plan going in was for Novak and Smith to be difference-makers when the Knicks went to their bench. And now they are both candidates to enter the starting lineup to replace Stoudemire. But Smith has been more lunch-pail than electric, scoring on loose balls, tough jump shots in traffic or just about anytime Carmelo Anthony and Stoudemire needed help.

Novak is simply getting swarmed every time he touches the ball as the Heat attempt to exploit his inability to create his own shot. The only way Novak shakes free for an uncontested jumper is through good ball movement, which the Knicks didn’t have in the first two games of the series.

“I wouldn’t leave Novak alone either,” said Knicks coach Mike Woodson. “But he’s opening up some things for some other guys. Eventually, he’ll break loose. Teams know he can make shots, and they’re not leaving him. That can be a disadvantage for us at times when he’s out there because we do need him to make shots. But [in Game 2] I thought he moved and the looks he got were pretty good looks. But it also opened up some things for other guys in the pick-and-roll offense.”

While Novak has struggled to make an impact, the Heat’s top two reserves, Mike Miller and Shane Battier, have been central to Miami’s 2-0 lead in the series. Each scored 11 points in Game 2, and the duo has combined for 39 points in the series.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is urging Miller to take up to 10 3-point attempts a game in order to spread the defense and create open lanes for what he calls his attackers, mainly James and Dwyane Wade. Miller took nine 3-point attempts in Game 1 (making three), and went 3-for-5 from behind the arc in Game 2.

“I was disappointed Mike didn’t get 10 threes,” Spoelstra said, only half joking. “When we’re hunting for those shots and they’re shooting freely, even if they’re contested, they open up lanes. Mike and Shane are such great shooters that, make or miss, those are the right plays to make.”

Battier made 34 percent of his 3-point attempts during the regular season, when he averaged 4.8 points per game. Miller played in just 39 games during the regular season and made 45.3 percent of his 3-pointers to average 6.1 points per game. Together they’re shooting 44 percent from 3-point range for the series.

“We know we have great 3-point shooters,” said Heat forward Chris Bosh. “We want to give them confidence to let it go whenever they have the opportunity. When those guys are open and knocking down shots, I think we are very tough to beat.”

The Knicks will have the home crowd in their favor tomorrow night, and there’s no quicker way for the Garden to get loud than Novak burying a series of 3-point shots. With injuries to Shumpert and now Stoudemire, the Knicks are running out of weapons fast.

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Ray Kerrison

LOUISVILLE — It takes a bolt from the blue to shake up the century old Kentucky Derby, but Shivananda Parbhoo, an Indian from Trinidad, turned America’s biggest horse race on its head last week when he entered his sprinter, Trinniberg, in the race.

In an instant, he changed the whole complexion of the race, forcing every trainer back to the drawing board and setting off a tide of speculation that is still buzzing to this day.

Here’s the reason: Nobody believes Trinniberg has a ghost of a chance of winning the Derby (he has never run beyond seven furlongs) but everyone believes he is going to have a profound effect on shaping the outcome.

When the gates spring open, every eye is going to be glued on Trinniberg.

He is a monster sprinter who zooms straight to the lead and sets blazing fractions. which could run the legs off the highly-regarded speed horses — Bodemeister, Hansen, Union Rags, Take Charge Indy, Gemologist — and set it up for a come-from-behind bomb to blow the lights out of the tote board.

It’s been done before — often. Back in 2001, Songandaprayer, a flying machine, ran the fastest half-mile in Derby history (44.4 seconds) which killed everyone, including Songandaprayer, but Monarchos came from nearly 20 lengths out of it to win at 10-1.

In 2005, Spanish Chestnut, another meteor, hit the half-mile marker in 45.1, which demoralized the field, leaving a 50-1 shot named Giacomo to come from near last to pick up the pieces.

That’s what Trinniberg figures to do Saturday. He can spin off a half- mile in 45 seconds and not blow out a match. “They’re going to give us the lead,” said Parbhoo. It is what happens next that will determine the fate of the Derby. Will he stop on a dime — or keep motoring?

At the barn yesterday, Parbhoo, a 47-year-old trucker who came to the U.S. from Trinidad in 1991, dismissed out of hand the notion that he’s in the Derby to wreak havoc. “They all think Trinniberg is going to stop,” he said. “The distance is a question, but we think he’ll get it. A lot of people are going to be surprised.”

Asked whether someone put him up to it, to enter a “rabbit” to knock off the favorites, Parbhoo cried, “No, no,no. I wouldn’t come here to be a rabbit for anyone. A waste of time. I’m here to win.”

This team is not to be underestimated. Parbhoo and his father, Bisnath, who is Trinniberg’s trainer, a few years ago bought Giant Ryan for $27,000. Last year, the horse won six straight races, including the Vosburgh. He ran seventh in the Breeders’ Cup and fifth in the big sprint in Dubai last month to wind up the year with $750,000 in the bank and the title of New York’s Horse of the Year.

Trinniberg is another buying miracle. “I went to the Ocala salesyards looking to pick up some supplies, not thinking of buying a horse,” Parbhoo said. “Then I saw this horse come by and I fell in love with him at first sight. I bought him for $21,000.”

Trinniberg, to date, has earned $341,000. And that is only the beginning, if Parbhoo’s dream comes true. He plans to bet $5,000 on him in the Derby. “I expect to get 50-1, but I’m hoping it will be 100-1,” he said. “You have to pay a lot of money to bring a horse to the Derby so why not spend $5,000 to bet on your horse?”

It wouldn’t be Parbhoo’s first hit. Way back in 2001, he fell in love with the European star Johannesburg. When they brought him to the Breeders’ Cup, Parbhoo bet $3000 on him. “He won and paid about $18,” he said.

And Trinniberg? Guess what? His grandsire is none other than Johannesburg.

Shivananda Parbhoo, Kentucky Derby, Trinniberg, Derby, Derby, Derby, horse, Derby history

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SIDE DISH

The days of $50 pasta on the East End are over — for now.

Nello’s Summertime has checked out of Southampton, though the Madison Avenue flagship remains.

In its place out East is Nammos.

Still using Nello’s’ old phone number, the restaurant is Greek, named for the white sand of Mykanos.

The 185-seat restaurant will focus on Greek seafood.

The signature dish is soft shell crab moussaka — and the price will be far lower than what Nello’s once charged

Thomas Makkos is one of the owners, and the restaurant is run by some of the old crew from nearby Trata.

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Elsewhere on the East End, Osteria Salina is opening in the former Copa space at 95 School St. in Bridgehampton.

Salina, named after an Aeolian Island off the coast of Sicily, is a New Sicilian-inspired eatery. Owner Chris Boudouris retained Timothy Gaglio’s Integral Food & Beverage Consultants to deliver the vision.

The kitchen will be headed by Cinzia Gaglio, of Sora, Italy, where her great-grandfather owned a restaurant and general store that included everything from bocce courts to pastas, pizzas, salted meats and wine.

Osteria Salina will open with a special Mother’s Day brunch menu on May 13 before its public opening on May 18. The restaurant seats 140 inside and out.

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Dan’s Taste of Two Forks is back for its second annual event on July 14, Bastille Day, at Sayre Park in Bridgehampton.

This year, Jean-Georges Vongerichten will host the event along with fashion designer Nicole Miller.

Founded by Dan’s Papers and owned by Manhattan Media, the event will showcase the best local culinary talent from more than 30 East End restaurants, Long Island wineries and top purveyors.

Restaurants that have signed on so far include: Georgica, 1770 House, Luce and Hawkins, Race Lane, Nick & Toni’s, Beaumarchais East Hampton, Navy Beach and Rumba Rum Bar.

Tickets, on sale starting tomorrow, run from $150 to $225 for early VIP access.

Cinzia Gaglio, East End, Timothy Gaglio’s Integral Food , Owner Chris Boudouris, Osteria Salina

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