Arcangelo

Trainer Jena Antonucci and Blue Rose Farm will both be represented by their first Belmont Stakes starter with Grade 3 Peter Pan winner Arcangelo. The son of Arrogate arrives off no prior two-turn experience and will attempt to join Tonalist [2014], A.P. Indy [1992], and Coastal [1979] as horses to sweep the Peter Pan-Belmont double.

Arcangelo, a $35,000 purchase at the 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, possesses Belmont Stakes-influenced bloodlines through his third dam Better Than Honour, who produced Belmont Stakes winners Jazil [2006] and Rags to Riches [2007].

Breaking from post 3, Arcangelo will be ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano, who piloted Mage to victory in the Kentucky Derby. A win will make Castellano the first jockey to score two American Classic triumphs in the same year on different horses since fellow Hall of Famer Calvin Borel rode Mine That Bird [Kentucky Derby] and Rachel Alexandra [Preakness] in 2009.