Bakken (#6, ML 7-5) returns in Thursday’s eighth race at Belmont Park, a six-furlong optional claimer. It will be his first start since finishing second by 3/4 lengths in an optional claimer May 1 at Belmont Park. The first-, third-, and fourth-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts. Get the Key Race report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.