Justify Arrives at Belmont Park In Style
Dual classic winner Justify was the first horse off the transport van. Justify was vanned to Louisville International Airport on Wednesday morning before being flown to Long Island MacArthur Airport, where he arrived after 12:30 p.m. He was then vanned to the Elmont, N.Y, track, with assistant Jimmy Barnes keeping him company for the entire journey.
Once off the van, Justify was led by trainer Bob Baffert, who walked him in the barn for several minutes. Baffert and Elliott Walden, president and CEO of co-owner WinStar Farm, arrived outside the barn about 10 minutes before the van. Some 60 or 70 media members observed the arrival.
Justify is staying in John Terranova's barn. It is the same barn that 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah occupied for Baffert ahead of his Belmont win.
The son of Scat Daddy is the favorite in the $1.5 million Gr.1 Belmont Stakes, where he'll try to become the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown.
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