Remember when some very influential people insisted something needed to be done to bring the Triple Crown more into line with the realities of today’s game, which really was just a euphemism to dumb the Triple Crown down, and make it easier to win by doing something silly like putting more time between these races? Seems like a long time ago now, doesn’t it?
Justify continued a strong record for favorites in the Belmont Stakes with his Triple Crown-clinching victory Saturday evening.
On Feb. 18, Justify made his first start. On Saturday, he made his sixth. The number of days since is 111. In other words, won, won, won.
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Bee Jersey led every step of the way and just did hold off Mind Your Biscuits to win a thrilling Grade 1, $1.2 million Metropolitan Handicap on Saturday at Belmont Park.
Disco Partner rallied six-wide turning for home and ran down his stablemate Pure Sensation to win Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Jaipur Invitational at Belmont Park for the second consecutive year.
Prince Lucky was not being considered for the $150,000 Easy Goer Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park but a June 2 workout convinced trainer Todd Pletcher to give the race a try. Prince Lucky responded by running the best race of his eight-start career to win a three-horse photo finish.
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He's going for the Triple Crown on Saturday, and is making the sixth start in an ambitious, accelerated campaign that began less than four months ago, but it would be hard to fault the way Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify appears to be coming into the Belmont Stakes.
