Horse Racing News by David Grening

Trainer Jimmy Jerkens said that Afleet Express came out of his victory in last Saturday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park in good order.

Devil May Care may have found the company too tough and the distance too far when she finished 10th in the Kentucky Derby.

After watching her lose two Grade 1 stakes as the odds-on choice to end her 3-year-old season, bettors may be leery of jumping on the Gozzip Girl bandwagon when she makes her return off an eight-month layoff.

The Triple Crown series may be over, but preparations for the second half of the season in the 3-year-old division have already begun.

Saturday's Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park may not possess the star power of the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs or Sunday's Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park, but it is a much more competitive race.

With no racing at Belmont Park on Sunday, handicappers will have four days to study up for Wednesday's pick six, which will begin the day with a $930,495 carryover after the wager went unhit Saturday at Belmont Park

At 11 a.m., with $660,138 in the win pool, Kentucky Derby runner-up Ice Box was a strong 7-5 favorite for Saturday's 142nd Belmont Stakes

If all goes according to plan, Quality Road will make two more starts before the Breeders' Cup Classic in November, both in Grade 1 races at Saratoga this summer.

The term "good-betting race" is usually a backhanded compliment about a field with modest to below-average horses with no strong favorite.

Separately, the Juddmonte Farms of Khaled Abdullah and trainer Bill Mott have won five of the first 16 runnings of the Just a Game Handicap.