With three consecutive top-three finishes, 2-1 morning-line favorite Limited Liability will try to get over the hump and into the winner's circle in the 2-mile, $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup (G2T) June 6 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article
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Stephen Hunt's view of the Wanganui track:
The track variant suggests to me the track was probably better than Heavy 8, especially when I look at the variant against past meetings that were classed as Heavy. It was probably more like a Soft 7 on time, but that's neither here nor there.
How the track played…
There were three leaders that won, with winners coming as far back as 7.1L (Platinum Diamond) off the leader at the 600m mark.
Winners were in lanes 3,2,5,2,1,2,1,2,1.