Wide-Open Met Mile

Photo: Eric Patterson / Eclipse Sportswire
West Point Thoroughbreds and partners Mr. Fantasy and Sequoia Racing’s Imperial Council will each try to become the first 3-year-old to win the Shadwell Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) since Honour and Glory did it back in 1996, but both will have to conquer a full field of older horses on May 25 at Belmont Park to make it happen.

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