Girls Love Me and Our Braintrust – Maryland-breds who won at first asking at Laurel Park – both are slated to run in Friday’s Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park.
Three-year-old Still Having Fun will run in Saturday’s G2 Woody Stephens at Belmont, the biggest race of his career, and trainer Tim Keefe says the time is right to take a shot.
Justify had his first trip around the Belmont Park oval and left trainer Bob Baffert more than pleased with what he saw.
Justify has been installed as the 4-5 favorite for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, where a win will secure a Triple Crown for the undefeated Bob Baffert trainee.
With Laurel Park not allowing shippers from New York because of equine herpes myeloencephalopathy, a dozen stakes horses are expected to scratch.
With a case of equine herpesvirus at Belmont Park, the Maryland Jockey Club will forbid shippers from there until further notice.
One race after Tom’s Ready won the Bold Ruler, Laurel Futurity winner Therapist won the Awad over Maryland-bred, Laurel-based V. I. P. Code.
Several horses bred or based in the mid-Atlantic figure to play prominent roles in closing weekend stakes at Belmont Park this weekend.
Grade 1 Manhattan winner Ascend and Belmont Stakes runner-up Irish War Cry came out of their respective races well, trainer Graham Motion said.
Talented Pennsylvania-bred Mor Spirit ran away to a facile score in today’s Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park.