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Affirmed Success marks first stakes of Belmont meet

David Grening|Apr 19, 2021

Bank On Shea wins the Great White Way Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

Joe Labozzetta/NYRA Bank on Shea (No. 10) wins the Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes by a nose over Dream Bigger on Saturday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Stakes winners Bank On Shea and Captain Bombastic head a field of six New York-breds entered in Friday’s $100,000 Affirmed Success Stakes, the first stakes of the spring/summer meet.

Bank On Shea, who won the Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Series in December 2019, came off a 13-month layoff to win an open company first-level allowance on March 19.

Captain Bombastic was a three-time stakes winner in restricted company for trainer Jeremiah Englehart. Captain Bombastic will be making his first start for Chad Brown in the Affirmed Success. Team Hanley remains the owner of Captain Bombastic.

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Wudda U Think Now, Big Engine, Runningwscissors and Winners Laugh complete the field.

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