1 of 2 | Frankie Dettori celebrates after riding Twirling Point to victory in Saturday's Jersey Derby. Photo courtesy of Monmouth Park June 3 (UPI) -- Saturday's Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the U.S.
Triple Crown, shapes up as a showdown between the winners of the first two races, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, with several also-rans from those races back looking to spring an upset. As fans and handicappers brace for an avalanche of graded stakes action surrounding the Belmont and stretching over four days at Saratoga Racecourse, there was still plenty to digest from the weekend just past. Advertisement The Triple Crown After waiting until almost the last moment, trainer Kenny McPeek says he intends to enter Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, where he's likely to face off with Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey.
The field will be drawn Monday night and is expected to include some of the others defeated in the first few legs of the Triple Crown. Advertisement The special Saratoga meeting, necessitated by the rebuilding of Belmont Park, has 15 graded stakes (including one steeplechase) packed into four days starting Thursday. Classic Highland Falls used a relentless drive through the Churchill Downs stretch to overtake the leaders and win Saturday's $275,000 Blame Stakes by 1 length over Cagliostro.
Dreamlike was third. Highland Falls, a 4-year-old Godolphin homebred colt by Curlin, ran 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in 1:4.