Without the Derby winner, and quite possibly without the Preakness winner as well, the Belmont is shaping up as an anti-climactic end to the Triple Crown season. Only five are confirmed for the race so far, including Steppenwolfer and Jazil; NYRA expects the list “to grow significantly in the coming days.”
– Steve Haskin recaps the Preakness, including the good (Bernardini) and the bad (Barbaro). TV ratings for the race increased 6%, and a record crowd turned out at Pimlico.
– In his North American debut, Invasor rallied late in the stretch to win the Pimlico Special on Friday, while Better Talk Now split horses to win the Dixie on Saturday. Sunriver prepped for the Belmont with a win in the Peter Pan. “Sunriver kept coming and finished up big,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “It looked like he still had something left at the end.” In the Shuvee at Belmont on Sunday, Take D’Tour rolled to an easy win, while favorite Indian Vale struggled in the rear and champion filly Smuggler tired in the stretch.
– Apprentice Julien Leparoux is heading to New York. “We will be riding on a regular basis probably [through] the last week of July, and we’ll definitely be going to Saratoga,” said his agent, Steve Bass.
“He got through the night very well, day one and into day two is going as well as expected,” Corinne Sweeney, a veterinarian and the hospital’s executive director, said Monday. “He is standing on the leg, and with the appropriate amount of weight on it…. He also showed appropriate interest in the mares, which means he’s acting like a young colt should.”
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