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Zito seeks another Belmont win

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 7 months AGO
| June 5, 2010 9:00 PM

NEW YORK (AP) - No one is in more of a New York state of mind these days than Nick Zito.

And why not?

The Brooklyn-born Hall of Fame trainer will be looking for his third win in six years in the $1 million Belmont Stakes today, and he has two of the three favorites for the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Ice Box, the Florida Derby winner who staged a tremendous rally to finish second in the Kentucky Derby, is the 3-1 morning-line choice. Fly Down, a lightly raced colt who blew away the field by six lengths in winning the Dwyer last month, is the 9-2 third choice.

The 142nd running of the Belmont may lack Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky, but Zito says the Belmont is, well, the Belmont.

"It's big," he said. "It's a classic race. It's the Belmont."

The field for today's 142nd Belmont Stakes, with post position, horse's name, jockey's name and odds:

1. Dave in Dixie Borel 20-1

2. Spangled Star Gomez 30-1

3. Uptowncharlybrown Maragh 10-1

4. Make Music for Me Rosario 10-1

5. Fly Down Velazquez 9-2

6. Ice Box Lezcano 3-1

7. Drosselmeyer Smith 12-1

8. Game On Dude Garcia 10-1

9. Stately Victor Garcia 15-1

10. Stay Put Theriot 20-1

11. First Dude Dominguez 7-2

12. Interactif Castellano 12-1

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