Horse Racing News on June 5, 2012

I'll Have Another will have one more rival in the Belmont Stakes as he tries to become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who will saddle Optimizer in the Belmont Stakes, was taken from Belmont Park to Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y., June 5 after one of his horses reared up and struck him on top of his head.

Trainer Doug O'Neill said June 5 that he was holding off on relocating I'll Have Another to the barn set aside for Belmont Stakes horses at Belmont Park and that the move would now be made after morning training is over June 6.