Horse Racing News on July 3, 2014

Kid Cruz, overpowered in the Preakness this spring but a sparkling winner last time out in the Easy Goer, returns to Belmont Park in the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes July 5.

Haras du Mezeray and Skymarc Farm's Aigue Marine, who has a pair of second-place finishes in three 2014 starts, looks to break through with a victory in the $200,000 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park July 5.

Undefeated champion Shared Belief makes his long-awaited return to stakes competition on Saturday as part of a seven-sophomore field entered in the Grade 2, $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby.

Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Delaware Oaks has drawn a field of eight sophomore fillies, but for the second year in a row the 1 1/16-mile contest lacks a stand-out star.