“We’ve had a good time to recover from the Derby, which probably makes it a bigger challenge for Justify,” said Bill Mott, Hofburg’s trainer. “I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. We didn’t hit the board in the Derby and didn’t see any big advantage to running in the Preakness. We just pointed for the Belmont. We have to do what’s best for us, and that’s what we did.”

Source: Los Angeles Times June 06, 2018 01:26 UTC