The only older US runner to win two Grade 1 races on dirt, Maryland-bred Mindframe has been named the Top Midlantic-bred of 2025.
Wood Memorial runner-up Grande has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby with a foot bruise.
Paco Lopez will sit out an “indefinite” suspension following an incident at Parx Racing in which he struck his mount in the face with his whip.
Shortly after trainer Todd Pletcher indicated Forte was likely for the Preakness, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission appeared to spike that idea.
Never far back, Mo Donegal surged to the lead with a furlong to go and went on to win the Belmont Stakes, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third Belmont.