Final Belmont works

Photo: Eclipse Sportswire

Under bright, sunny skies, Robert V. LaPenta’s pair of Brave Victory and Miner's Escape worked in tandem after the break under jockey Rajiv Maragh and exercise rider Eddie Cruz, respectively, going a half-mile in :48.66 over the fast main track. The time was the fifth-fastest of 14 at the distance.

Also after the break, Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayaraman’s Summer Bird went five furlongs under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, with New York Racing Association clockers catching him in 1:01.89, the fifth-fastest of nine moves at the distance.

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