Justify has an easy Friday morning at Churchill Downs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify went through another uneventful training session for the June 9 Belmont Stakes amid perfect weather at Churchill Downs Friday morning.

The colt was first out on a freshly harrowed surface at 7:30 a.m. before proceeding through a gallop of a little more than 1 1/2 miles in his second day of training since the May 19 Preakness.

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“Very good,” said Jimmy Barnes, assistant to trainer Bob Baffert. “Did exactly what Bob told me to do, take it real easy with him.”

Baffert is expected to travel to Louisville sometime this holiday weekend from his California home to oversee training for at least a couple of mornings.