The Spoiler
Jockey Edgar Prado, named to ride Casino Drive in the Belmont Stakes, knows how to dash Triple Crown dreams:
He has ridden in eight Belmont Stakes and has two victories to his credit, with both scores — in 2002 aboard Sarava and in 2004 with Birdstone — spoiling the respective Triple Crown bids of War Emblem and Smarty Jones.
He’s the perfect rider for Big Brown’s presumed main rival.
Casino Drive, looking “elegant,” half-worked, half-galloped in a time too slow to officially credit on Wednesday morning at Belmont. “He doesn’t need to go fast,” said racing manager Nobutaka Tada (DRF).
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