I'll Have Another could face strong Belmont field
May 20, 2012NEW YORK (AP) - I'll Have Another will face several familiar foes in his attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years,
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner arrived at Belmont Park on Sunday after a five-plus hour ride in a horse van from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Among the 3-year-olds trying to play spoiler in the June 9 Belmont are Dullahan and Union Rags, the third- and seventh-place finishers in the Derby who both skipped the Preakness.
Others Belmont probables are Rousing Sermon, eighth in the Derby; Optimizer, 11th in the Derby and sixth in the Preakness; Peter Pan winner Mark Valeski and Paynter, trained by Bob Baffert. Those making their first Triple Crown race start include Antigun, Five Sixteen, Guyana Star Dweej, Street Life and Ustoppable U.
Bodemeister, who finished second in the Derby and Preakness, isn't running in the Belmont.