As the trainers prepare their horses for the Belmont Stakes and I’ll Have Another vies for the vaunted Triple Crown, there’s only one other horse who will race in all three legs of the Triple Crown. That horse, Optimizer, is scheduled to arrive at Belmont Plaza on Tuesday.
2012 Belmont Stakes: Optimizer To Arrive Tuesday
“I’m not going into the race thinking about possibly being a spoiler,” Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said on Friday. “It’s a very important race, and I’m in it to win it.”
Optimizer has improved in each race since the Kentucky Derby, where it finished 11th. In the Preakness, Optimizer finished sixth. With continued improvement at that rate, it could show or place in the Belmont Stakes.
For more on the Belmont Stakes and the race for the Triple Crown, stay with this StoryStream and check out SB Nation’s horse racing blog And Down The Stretch They Come. There, you’ll also find a A Beginner’s Guide To Following Horse Racing and a glossary of horse racing terms.
See More:
