Horse Notes
Afleet Alex settles into barn 18 at Belmont. (Daily Racing Form)
Kitten’s Joy is among the 36 nominees to the Firecracker Breeders’ Cup. The race would be the 2004 turf champion’s season debut and his first race since having knee surgery last fall. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Rock Hard Ten is back galloping. Trainer Richard Mandella is pointing him toward the Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap, with the eventual goal of running in the Breeders’ Cup Classic this October. (Blood-Horse)
And owner Rick Porter reports on rockportharbor.com that Rockport is back on the track. Trainer John Servis told the Daily Racing Form that the colt will not be ready for the Haskell, but could make the Travers.
