Justify will race again this year, handlers say

Triple Crown winner Justify will take a break and then race again this year, although no date or location has been targeted.

Elliott Walden of WinStar Farm said Sunday the group that controls Justify wants to share the horse with the public by racing him. A plan will be formulated once the chestnut colt recovers from a compressed schedule that saw him win six races, including Saturday's Belmont Stakes, over 111 days since his debut Feb. 18.

Among possibilities for Justify's next race: the $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 29 at New Jersey's Monmouth Park, the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 18 and the $1.25 million Travers at Saratoga on Aug. 25.

Justify's trainer, Bob Baffert, can expect to hear from officials at those tracks and others eager to lure racing's newest superstar. He also trained American Pharoah, who lost to Keen Ice in the Travers after winning the Triple Crown in 2015.

Also, a challenge to Justify's success emerged Sunday. Mike Repole, co-owner of horses that finished fourth and last Saturday, told the New York Post he hopes stewards will look into tactics used by the jockey for Restoring Hope, another horse trained by Baffert. Repole said jockey Florent Geroux seemed to allow Restoring Hope to run interference for Justify.

"It definitely seemed to me he was more of an offensive lineman than a racehorse," Repole said.

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