Fern Circle Stable's GIII Lexington S. winner and GI Preakness S. third Senior Investment (Discreetly Mine) posted a half-mile breeze early Wednesday morning in preparation for his expected bid in the GI Belmont S. Ridden by jockey Dylan Davis and overseen at Belmont by Kenny McPeek's assistant trainer Jeff Odintz, the chestnut completed the distance in :49.13 (24/58) shortly before 6 a.m. on the main track, going in splits of :12 2/5 and :24. He galloped out five furlongs in 1:02 2/5.
“Kenny wanted him to go an easy :48 4/5 or :49, and let him do it on his own,” said Odintz. “And that's exactly what he did, Dylan did a very good job. He came back fine, like he didn't do anything. The track was nice and quiet, he was relaxed.”
Odintz continued, “I was around the horse when he ran at Oaklawn and he's just a really nice horse. Professional, tall–he has a long stride and he knows what he's doing. He can be tough to saddle in the paddock sometimes, but doing everything else, he's a beautiful horse to be around.”
Belmont Probables: Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile); Epicharis (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}); J Boys Echo (Mineshaft); Lookin At Lee (Lookin At Lucky); Meantime (Shackleford); Multiplier (The Factor); Tapwrit (Tapit); True Timber (Mineshaft); and Twisted Tom (Creative Cause). Belmont Possibles: Conquest Mo Money (Uncle Mo); Gormley (Malibu Moon); Irish War Cry (Curlin); and Patch (Union Rags).
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