ELMONT, N.Y. - With the scratch of I’ll Have Another from Saturday’s 144th Belmont Stakes, Dullahan has inherited the favorite’s role after the early wagering at Belmont Park.

With $115,869 in the win pool - counting only money bet at Belmont, Aqueduct or through NYRA Rewards - Dullahan was a slight 9-5 favorite over Union Rags (2-1).

The complete odds:

1 Street Life  8-1

2 Unstoppable U 14-1

3 Union Rags 2-1

4 Atigun 34-1

5 Dullahan 9-5

6 Ravelo’s Boy 36-1

7 Five Sixteen 18-1

8. Guyana Star Dweej 31-1

ELMONT, N.Y. - The scratch of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes will likely leave Dullahan as the favorite for the third leg of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

Dullahan, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, is a slight favorite over Union Rags, the seventh-place finisher in the Derby, in the Brooklyn-Belmont Stakes daily double wager.

A Brooklyn-Belmont double linking Brooklyn winner Redeemed ($6.50) with Dullahan would return $25. It returns $29 with Union Rags.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Troy Taylor and owner Glen Todd won both stakes at Hastings last weekend, and there is an excellent chance they will be in the winner’s enclosure following the running of the $50,000 Emerald Downs for 3-year-old fillies Sunday. After all, they have three of the eight horses entered in the 1 1/16-mile race that goes as race 7.

Heading the list is Evelyn’s Dancer, and Todd was confident about her chances.

“She’ll win by as far as you can throw a rock,” he said.

[bc_video_id:254137:]INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The distance from starting gate to finish wire can be the simplest part of a journey, as the sudden reminder this week at Belmont Park dramatically illustrated.

Briecat and All Star Heart are not Triple Crown colts. They are graded stakes-winning mares who specialize on California turf. They are fast, accomplished, and resilient. But like every other racehorse, they also are fragile. And they cannot win if they do not start.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Charlie Lopresti has settled on entering Successful Dan in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs next weekend, but only as insurance in case Wise Dan is not able to make the race.

Feel the Moment could be tough to handle in a $10,000 claiming race that will serve as Sunday’s feature at Northlands Park. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up drew nine horses and goes as race 7 on an eight-race card that begins at 1  p.m. Mountain.

ELMONT, N.Y. − While the defection of I’ll Have Another will certainly enhance their chances of winning Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, trainers Dale Romans, Michael Matz, and Ken McPeek all expressed sympathy for Doug O’Neill and the connections of the injured horse.

Comments made by trainer Doug O'Neill and owner Paul Reddam on Friday, June 8, announcing I'll Have Another's injury and retirement one day before attempting to sweep the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes. Transcript provided by NYRA.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – June will be a busy month for the 3-year-old filly Starlight Magic.

Her win in an allowance race against older fillies and mares at Betfair Hollywood Park on Thursday convinced trainer Mark Glatt that a turnaround for the $150,000 Hollywood Oaks on June 23 is a reasonable goal.

“It seems as if it was an easy enough race on her,” he said. “With a lack of dirt races for the rest of the season, I think we have to come back relatively quick.”

There is no racing at Belmont Park the day after the Belmont Stakes, but Sunday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park certainly has a distinct New York flavor.

New York-based Grade 1 winners Data Link and Get Stormy head the list of eight horses entered for the Monmouth, scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on the turf. The race also includes Presious Passion, the 9-year-old gelding who has won 11 stakes and makes the 52nd start of his career.