Belmont Racing Festival Hopefuls, Other Big Names, On Worktab

Saturday, May 30, 2026 | 8:07 pm

Updated: May 30, 2026 at 8:43 pm

'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Golden Tempo (Curlin) was not the only marquee name on the worktab over the last 48 hours, as horses prepping for next week's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival–as well as some household names not heading to upstate New York–turned in breezes at racetracks from coast-to-coast, from Saratoga, Laurel and Fair Hill to Santa Anita.

To follow are works in alphabetical order at the various venues with parenthetical mention of intended targets or races to which the horses have been nominated.

Saratoga (Oklahoma unless othewise indicated)

Antiquarian (Preservationist, Met Mile), 4f, :50 (35/78)

*Chief Wallabee (Constitution, Belmont), 5f, 1:01.40 (2/4)

*Cy Fair (Not This Time, Jaipur), 4f (T tr), 4f, :48.05 (1/2)

*Deterministic (Liam's Map, Manhattan), 5f, 1:02 (3/4) (Friday)

*Emerging Market (Candy Ride {Arg}, Belmont), 4f, :48.40 (2/78)

Work of the Day from #Saratoga—@BelmontStakes hopeful Emerging Market (Inside) and Pay the Piper worked 4 Furlongs in 48.40 on May 30th, 2026, for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/bDojBwBmU7

— 1/ST TV (@Watch1ST) May 30, 2026

Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law, Ogden Phipps), 4f, :49 (12/78)

*Gilded Bandit (Charlatan, Woody Stephens), 5f, 1:01.40 (2/4)

Journalism (Curlin, Met), 4f :49.27 (13/24)

**Met Mile hopeful Journalism working under Amelia Green** | *Sarah Andrew*

*Knightsbridge (Nyquist, Met), 5f, 1:00.60 (1/4)

*Obliteration (Violence, Woody Stephens), 4f, :50.85 (59/78)

Renegade (Into Mischief, Belmont), 4f, :48.60, 7/61 (Friday)

Segesta (Ghostzapper, Just a Game), 4f :49.66 (23/78)

Six Speed (Not This Time, Woody Stephens), 5f, 1:00.04 (1/4) (main)

Silent Tactic (Tacitus), 4f, :47.30 (1/24) (main track)

Vibe (Into Mischief, Met Mile), 4f, :49.66 (23/78)

*Ways and Means (Practical Joke, Bed o'Roses), 4f, :48.65 (9/78)

Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}, Poker), 4f, :50 (35/78)

**'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means is nominated to the Bed o'Roses** | *Sarah Andrew*

Churchill Downs

Bentornato (Valiant Minister, True North), 4f, :48.40 (34/132)

*Buetane (Tiz the Law), 4f, :48 (13/132)

Commandment (Into Mischief, Belmont), 5f, 1:00.40 (8/38)

*Deep Flame (Into Mischief), 4f, :48.80 (54/132)

MEANING put the finishing touches on her preparations for next Friday's G1 Acorn S. at @TheNYRA, breezing an easy half-mile this morning in :49 flat for @mwmracing.

The Kentucky Oaks runner-up has continued to train forwardly at @ChurchillDowns since that effort, and is… pic.twitter.com/jVJWMzcZBg

— Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (@EclipseTBP) May 30, 2026

*Explora (Blame, Acorn), 5f, 1:00.60 (12/38)

*Further Ado (Gun Runner), 5f, :59.40 (2/38)

Magnitude (Not This Time), 5f, 1:00.60 (12/38)

Meaning (Gun Runner, Acorn), 4f, :49 (61/132)

Rhetorical (Not This Time, Manhattan), 4f :47.20 (3/132)

**'TDN Rising Star' Emerging Market tuned up for the Belmont Saturday** | *Sarah Andrew*

Fair Hill

One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}, Manhattan/Poker), 4f :49.80 (20/32)

Keeneland

*Englishman (Maxfield, Woody Stephens), 4f, :50.00 (31/49)

Laurel

Taj Mahal (Nyquist, Woody Stephens), 4f, :48 (10/84)

Monmouth (Friday)

Book'em Danno (Bucchero, True North), 3f, :35 (1/16)

A little flatwork with #NJBred BOOK'EM DANNO this morning at @MonmouthPark ahead of his final breeze in preparation for the June 6 GIII True North Stakes at Saratoga! ✨

🎥: @themeganburgess pic.twitter.com/XnFlBB9SjV

— TDN (@theTDN) May 29, 2026

Santa Anita

Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy, Jaipur), 5f, :59.20 (1/16)

*'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard