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Catholic Boy came out his victory by a head over Analyze It in the Grade 1, $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational in good order, trainer Jonathan Thomas said by phone Sunday morning.
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Champion European trainer Aidan O’Brien’s four-horse Stars & Stripes contingent cleared quarantine late Thursday morning and jogged over Belmont Park’s main track shortly before the close of training.
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Brown’s contingent was led by Grade 1, $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational hopeful Analyze It, who breezed five furlongs in 1:02.76 in company with graded stakes winner Projected. Previously undefeated, including a pair of Grade 3 victories, Analyze It finished second to Catholic Boy on June 2 in the Grade 3 Pennine Ridge, the local prep for the 1 ¼-mile Belmont Derby.
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Grade 3 Pennine Ridge winner Catholic Boy put the final touches on his Grade 1, $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational preparations with a four-furlong breeze Saturday morning over the Oklahoma turf course at Saratoga Race Course.
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Brown looking ahead to G1 Travers with Belmont Stakes runner-up Gronkowski; G1 Diana possible for Just a Game winner A Raving Beauty
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Trainer Chad Brown said it's all systems go for Phoenix Thoroughbred III's Gronkowski one day before the Lonhro colt looks to thwart Justify's Triple Crown bid in Saturday's Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets.
