Red Route One

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, who won the 2016 Belmont with Creator, will saddle Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Red Route One in pursuit of his second Belmont Stakes win.

The son of Gun Runner was a last-out fourth in the Preakness following a triumph over Tapit Shoes in the Bath House Row, which came one start after a troubled sixth in the Arkansas Derby. He began his year when second in both the Grade 3 Southwest and Grade 2 Rebel at the Arkansas oval.

Red Route One will break from post 9 under Joel Rosario, who will attempt his third Belmont Stakes victory.