Belmont Distance, Fatigue Test Justify In Triple Crown Bid

BALTIMORE (AP) — Justify keeps showing something new each time he races.
In the Kentucky Derby, he showed he could run in the mud in a crowded, 20-horse field. In the Preakness, he showed he could withstand the challenge of a top rival pressing him early and hold off others before the finish line — also in the mud.
For his next trick, he’ll need to show he can endure the grueling 1½-mile Belmont in New York on June 9. And it he does that, Justify will become horse racing