Belmont Stakes 2012: I’ll Have Another Training Well

With the Belmont Stakes one week away, Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another is training well and, more importantly, staying healthy.

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner faced a scare during practice Thursday when a loose horse nearly collided with him during a training session. As Matt Gardner from SB Nation’s horseracing blog, And Down The Stretch They Come, notes in this video preview, staying injury free and maintaining his usual training schedule may be the biggest key for I’ll Have Another’s Triple Crown hopes.

As Gardner mentions, I’ll Have Another has been training at the Belmont Park track for more than a week. While other Belmont Stakes contenders arrived later in the week, trainer Doug O’Neill moved I’ll Have Another early to allow him to get used to the conditions. I’ll Have Another has also managed to stay healthy, despite the training scare. An injury could have been a factor in derailing Big Brown’s Triple Crown hopes in 2008.

I’ll Have Another will have one final week of training before he runs for the Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes June 9.

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