The 1 1/2-mile run at the Belmont Stakes on June 7 will feature a challenge from Casino Drive, a horse from Japan that has won at the track.

BALTIMORE - Jockey Julien Leparoux, who rode 39-1 shot Macho Again to a second-place finish Saturday in the Preakness Stakes, said, "We just got beat by a monster."

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