Classic Causeway A Rousing Success In Turf Debut With All-The-Way Win In Belmont Derby - Horse Racing News
Classic Causeway earned multiple graded stakes wins on dirt in his eight-race career before trainer Ken McPeek entered him against top-caliber divisional competition for his turf debut in the $1 million Caesars Belmont Derby Invitational (G1). But the homebred son of Giant’s Causeway took to the new surface immediately, surging to the front as a 26-1 longshot and never relinquishing the lead in a gate-to-wire victory on Belmont Park’s inner turf course on Saturday.