1.   Baffert reported that his star colt General Challenge, the race time favorite with his entry mate, the filly Excellent Meeting, had felt the stings and arrows.

2.   After the race, it was discovered that Talkin Man had a lung infection, and Attfield gave his star colt a long vacation.

3.   But he was believed more likely to start her in the Oaks rather than race her against his two star colts the next day.

4.   Lukas still has the star colts Timber Country and Thunder Gulch set for the Derby.

5.   Now he is back with a star colt, High Yield, and a star filly, Surfside.

6.   So, without the two star colts who defected, the Belmont offers a kind of reprieve for horses who could not catch them in the classics.