Belmont Park
Medal Count to enter Belmont field
Barbara D. Livingston Medal Count, training at Churchill Downs, ran eighth in the Kentucky Derby in his last race.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Medal Count, second in the Blue Grass and eighth in the Kentucky Derby, will run in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Dale Romans confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Robby Albarado will ride.
The decision to run was made Tuesday afternoon at a meeting between Romans and B. Wayne Hughes, owner of Spendthrift Farm, which owns Medal Count.
“He’s been training so well since the Derby,” Romans said. “He’s a Triple Crown horse, he should run in a Triple Crown race.”
Medal Count, a son of Dynaformer, has 3 wins from 8 starts including a victory in the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes, a race rained off the turf and run over Keeneland’s Polytrack.