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Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher gave a thumbs up following a Saturday morning breeze from Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s reigning champion 2-year-old male Forte, who worked five furlongs over the Belmont Park main track in preparation for the $1.5-million Belmont Stakes(G1).

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte breezed Sunday over the Belmont Park dirt training track in his first workout since scratching on the morning of the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) as the morning-line favorite.

Fasig-Tipton's April Digital Selected Sale saw 15 horses sell for $1,664,000, an average of $110,933 and a median of $48,000.