Greg Hall and SAYJAY Racing's Blended Citizen (Proud Citizen), winner of Saturday's GIII Peter Pan S. at Belmont, will remain stabled at Big Sandy as he prepares for a start in the GI Belmont S. June 9, trainer Doug O'Neill said Sunday.
“Our plan is to stay right where we are there,” said O'Neill. “[Trainer] Ralph Nicks and his crew have offered to help us as well as we approach the Belmont.”
Saturday's victory was the second success at a graded stakes level for the son of Proud Citizen, who previously annexed the GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks S. over the synthetic track at Turfway Park Mar. 17.
Juddmonte Farms's Hofburg (Tapit) is also considered possible for the Belmont on the heels of his seventh-place effort in the GI Kentucky Derby. The homebred colt settled in at Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's Saratoga base this week.
“He's going to stay and train up there and we'll think about the Belmont,” said Mott. “He's doing really good.”
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