Preakness S. (G1) winner SHACKLEFORD (Forestry) arrived at Belmont
“He looks good,” said Scotty Everett, assistant trainer to Dale
Shackleford will walk the shedrow at Romans’ barn on Tuesday before
If the colt is given the green light for the race, it will set up a
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Shackleford, whose half-sister Lady Joanne (Orientate) won the 1 1/4-mile
Alabama S. (G1) at Saratoga in 2007, will seek to become the 19th horse to
complete the Preakness-Belmont double, a feat last accomplished by Afleet Alex
in 2005
Point Given (2001), Tabasco Cat (1994), Hansel (1991), Risen Star (1988),
Little Current (1974), Damascus (1967), Nashua (1955), Native Dancer (1953),
Capot (1949), Bimelech (1940), Pillory (1922), Man o’ War (1920), Belmar (1895),
Saunterer (1881), Grenada (1880), Duke of Magenta (1878), and Cloverbrook (1877)
were the only others to win the second and last races in the Triple Crown
without having won the Derby.
Shackleford, who was a game half-length winner over Animal Kingdom in the
Preakness, has a lifetime record of 7-3-1-0 with career earnings of $1,471,666
for owners Michael Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge.
Among the others under consideration for the 1 1/2-mile Belmont, which has a
maximum field of 16, are BRILLIANT SPEED (Dynaformer), seventh in the Kentucky
Derby; HARLAN’S HELLO (Harlan’s Holiday), winner of an optional claimer at
Belmont; ISN’T HE PERFECT (Pleasantly Perfect), ninth in the Preakness; MASTER
OF HOUNDS (Kingmambo), fifth in the Derby; MONZON (Thunder Gulch), sixth in the
Peter Pan S. (G2); MUCHO MACHO MAN (Macho Uno), sixth in the Preakness and third
in the Derby; Derby runner-up NEHRO (Mineshaft); PRIME CUT (Bernstein), third in
the Peter Pan; RULER ON ICE (Roman Ruler), second in the Frederico Tesio S. at
Pimlico; SANTIVA (Giant’s Causeway), sixth in the Derby, and STAY THIRSTY
(Bernardini), 12th in the Derby.