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Afleet Alex Heavily Favored to Take Belmont

Jun 9, 2005 - © Greg Melikov

The Peter Pan has produced at least one Belmont champion in each decade from '44 when Bounding Home scored to '99 when Lemon Drop Kid, another Zito-trained horse, prevailed.

Gary Stevens stays on Chekhov, who ran fourth in the Peter. The 12-1 shot, trained by Patrick Biancone, breaks from post 11.

Others in the field with their post positions, odds, trainers and jockeys are:

1)Nolan's Cat, 50-1, trained by Dale Romans, ridden by Norberto Arroyo Jr.

2)Pinpoint, 20-1, Zito, John Velazquez

3)A. P. Arrow, 20-1, D. Wayne Lukas, Jerry Bailey

4)Southern Africa, 12-1, Mike Puhich, Jon Court

6)Watchmon, 50-1, Patrick Reynolds, Castellano

10)Indy Storm, 20-1, Zito, Edgar Prado

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