Shackleford breezes at Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes a "go",
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2011 · Sports
Preakness winner Shackleford breezed five furlongs at Belmont Park Saturday morning in 1:00 1/5, after which trainer Dale Romans confirmed the handsome chestnut colt will start in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 11. With Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom scheduled to arrive Sunday morning to prepare for the 1 1/2 mile race, the 143rd Belmont will mark just the 22nd time in race history that the individual winners of the first two legs of the Triple Crown will face off in a rubber match in the "Test of the Champion."
