1.   Stolen Loot had to be humanely destroyed after fracturing the cannon bone under his right hoof.

2.   Trainer Neil Drysdale announced Sunday that Fusaichi Pegasus injured his right hoof and will not race in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

3.   Affirmed had surgery in October to repair a dislocated left front joint just above the hoof, but laminitis soon developed in his right hoof.

4.   Affirmed had surgery in October to repair a dislocated left front pastern joint, but laminitis soon developed in his right hoof.

5.   Brocco, a pre-race favorite, was scratched just before the start following a bruised right hoof suffered in a workout Thursday.