SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ocelli is getting off the Triple Crown trail.  Ocelli, a maiden who finished third in the Kentucky Derby on May 2 and fourth in the Preakness on May 16, will not run in the $2 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, trainer Whit Beckman said Sunday. Instead, Ocelli will be pointed to the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown on June 20.  Ocelli’s defection means there will not be a horse this year to have competed in all three Triple Crown races. Incredibolt and Robusta were the only other horses to run in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.  It also means the Belmont Stakes, barring any surprise late entries, will go with nine horses.  Beckman said the combination of having run two hard races two weeks apart, the quality of field in the Belmont and the seeming lack of early pace runners in the race are why he and his owners have decided to forgo the Belmont. Ocelli is a closer who may have been compromised by a lack of pace in the Preakness, in which he was beaten 7 1/4 lengths by Napoleon Solo.  :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. “I don’t see it setting up from a pace standpoint,” Beckman said by phone from Kentucky. “I think we could be closer to the pace and the horse would run well, but I think I’m going to pick a spot that’s not quite as tough and angle into the summer with hopefully a win under his belt.”  Ocelli worked a half-mile in 48.60 seconds Sunday morning at Churchill Downs.  “The work was fine. I just feel like [the Ohio Derby] is a better spot where we’re going to have a better shot to win,” Beckman said.  Ocelli ran third in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial in April to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. In that race, as the longest shot on the board at 70-1, Ocelli came from well off the pace to finish third, beaten one length by Golden Tempo, who finished a neck better than Renegade. Those two horses, as well as Kentucky Derby runners Chief Wallabee (4th), Commandment (7th) and Emerging Market (10th) make the Belmont field more difficult than the Preakness, a race which had just three graded-stakes winners in its 14-horse field. Also pointing to the Belmont are Growth Equity, Ottinho, Powershift and Vitruvian Man.  “You’re getting a condensed version of the Derby with the most brilliant ones from the early prep season,” Beckman said.  The Belmont field includes multiple stakes winners Golden Tempo (Grade 3 Lecomte and Grade 1 Kentucky Derby), Renegade (Sam Davis and Grade 1 Arkansas Derby) and Commandment (Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and Grade 1 Florida Derby) as well as Emerging Market, who won the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby.  The field for the Belmont will be finalized on Monday with post positions to be drawn at 5 p.m. at an event in downtown Saratoga. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.