Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse won the 2019 Belmont Stakes with Peter Pan runner-up Sir Winston and will look to repeat the trick with Golden Glider, who finished a distant second to We the People last out in the traditional local prep for the “Test of the Champion.”
The Ghostzapper chestnut won his first two career starts, closing from last-of-12 on debut in November at Woodbine Racetrack ahead of an optional-claiming score in January at Tampa Bay Downs. Golden Glider was off-the-board in a trio of graded starts on the Kentucky Derby trail in the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis [5th], Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby [4th] and Grade 1 Blue Grass [4th] ahead of his Peter Pan effort.
Dylan Davis, who won his first NYRA riding title at the Aqueduct Racetrack winter meet, will look to secure his first victory in a Triple Crown race.
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