"I don't see any of our Preakness horses running in the Belmont," Zito said, adding, "although you never say never."

"Sun King ran a good race, but I don't think you'll see him in the Belmont," said Zito, who praised Afleet Alex's grit in overcoming adversity.

Zito said Pinpoint, who captured the Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness undercard, is a possibility to join Andromeda's Hero in the Belmont Stakes field.



The Kentucky Derby runner-up Closing Argument will take a break after running ninth Saturday as the 7-1 fourth choice, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Sunday.

"We'll just sit back and let him have some time off," McLaughlin said. "We'll take a look at the Haskell and Travers (both in August), but nothing sooner.

"He bled a little," McLaughlin said, "like three on a scale of 10, but otherwise he came out of the race fine. Cornelio (jockey Cornelio Velasquez) said he didn't like the track, and I guess that's true because he didn't run his race."

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