Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Zedan Racing Stables’ multiple Grade 1 winner Taiba will skip Saturday’s $1-million Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park.
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher saw just what he wanted to see out of last year’s champion 2-year-old male Forte and Grade 1 winner Tapit Trice in their respective final tune-ups for next Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1).
C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable’s Grade 1-winner White Abarrio breezed five-eighths in 59.02 Friday at Belmont Park in preparation for the Grade 1, $1 million Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap on June 10 at the same track.