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Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky homebred Red Route One posted a half-mile breeze in 50.85 seconds over the Belmont Park main track Monday in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on June 10 over Big Sandy.

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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 Forte, who worked five-eighths over the Belmont Park main track in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets.

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​Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s Grade 1 winner Tapit Trice recorded his penultimate piece of preparation for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on June 10, breezing five furlongs over the Belmont Park main track for Hall of Fame conditioner Todd Pletcher.

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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 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby as the morning-line favorite.

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Trainer Linda Rice, who has had great success recently when running horses on short rest in stakes races, will wheel back Joey Freshwater on eight day’s rest in Saturday’s $150,000 Paradise Creek, a seven-furlong turf sprint for sophomores, at Belmont Park.

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Woodford Racing, Lanes End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone and Edward J. Hudson, Jr.’s stakes-winner Perform posted his final breeze in preparation for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Preakness Stakes when covering a half-mile in 48.09 seconds over the Belmont Park main track on Sunday.