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Friday 25 May 2018
Justify gallops in preparation for Belmont and Triple Crown

By GARY B. GRAVES out, which we did."
Associated Press Barnes added, "The horse
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jus- does run in the mud well,
tify has begun preparing but you ought to see him
for the Belmont Stakes and on a dry track."
pursuit of the Triple Crown Justify walked the shed
with an energetic gallop row for several days in Baf-
around Churchill Downs. fert's barn before hitting
Back at work since return- the track to a small crowd
ing from last weekend's of onlookers. The remaining
muddy half-length victory training schedule will be
over Bravazo in the Preak- determined, but the son of
ness, the unbeaten chest- Scat Daddy by Stage Mag-
nut colt galloped 1 3/8 ic will likely travel to New
miles under a clear sky on York on June 6.
a dry, fast surface Thurs- If Thursday offered any in-
day morning. Justify won dication, Justify was glad
the Kentucky Derby under to have dry footing for a
sloppy conditions here on change. "The horse's en-
May 5. Jimmy Barnes, assis- ergy level was still good,"
tant trainer to Hall of Famer said Starlight Racing man-
Bob Baffert, said the horse aging partner Jack Wolf,
"really seemed to enjoy it" whose operation is teamed
this time. with three other ownership
Justify aims to follow mud- groups. "I was talking to
dy wins in the Kentucky Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify, ridden by exercise rider Humberto Gomez, works Mike Smith after the race
Derby and Preakness with out at Churchill Downs, Thursday, May 24, 2018, in in Louisville, Ky. and he was commenting
a Belmont victory on June Associated Press on how he eased the horse
9 to become the 13th Triple up at the end. I asked him
Crown champion and the wear after winning the first lenge against a likely field Fame jockey Mike Smith will if he could feel the other
first since American Phar- two legs of the Triple Crown of fresher, rested horses out ride Justify in the Belmont. horse (Bravazo) closing,
oah in 2015. Baffert has in sloppy conditions. to deny a bid for history. "I saw just what I needed and he said he could feel
trained both colts and has Barnes' hope is for im- Justify is enjoying something to see," Barnes said. "Had him but didn't feel he was in
guided Justify to a 5-0 start proved conditions at the of a break as well after two a good bounce in his step, any danger of losing.
as a 3-year-old. Belmont, where he be- races in three weeks. In his very happy. Just took it "According to Mike, he
Baffert is expected to re- lieves Justify can run even first work since the Preak- easy with him out there, thinks this last race will re-
turn to Louisville early next better. The 1 1/2-mile race, ness, the horse looked lively went about a mile and ally help prepare him to
week. He'll see a horse that the Triple Crown's longest with exercise rider Humber- three-eighths, just give him run a good race at the
looked none the worse for leg, poses a distance chal- to Gomez aboard. Hall of a nice, easy first day back Belmont."q

Pakistan bowls England out for 184, reaches 50-1 in reply

leveling 153rd consecutive Lord's since 2005 and the seam bowling by Broad,
test. Pakistan was 50-1 at spotlight invariably fell on Jimmy Anderson and Mark
stumps, trailing by 134 runs. England captain Joe Root Wood.
Pakistan seamers bowled and his decision to bat first Sohail was dropped on 16
a good line and length on in what proved to be dif- by Ben Stokes, who dived
a day when the ball swung ficult conditions. Moments to his right from third slip in
around and moved off the after Root made his choice, front of Dawid Malam at
seam. Mohammad Abbas Pakistan captain Sarfraz second slip.
and Hasan Ali each took Ahmed said he would have Pakistan won by 75 runs at
four wickets. Cook and Jon- wanted to bowl if given the Lord's in the first test of the
ny Bairstow (27) were both choice. series in 2016.
bowled from deliveries that "It was an interesting one," Cook's run of successive test
England's David Malan, second right, and England's Ben Stokes shaped in and seamed Cook said. "We'll only know matches, which stretches
in the slips react to the bowling of England's Stuart Broad during
the first day of play of the first test cricket match between Eng- away to hit off stump. at the end of the game if it from 2006, tied the record
land and Pakistan. Allied to that were some was the right or wrong de- held by former Australia
Associated Press surprisingly good catches cision. ... We were probably captain Allan Border.
by a team that is often criti- 60-70 (runs) short on that "It would be a nice one to
Associated Press started with some famil- cized for its fielding, with wicket, and it's probably knock off," Cook said.
LONDON (AP) — Pakistan iar problems for England, Asad Shafiq taking two going to be a first innings vs. "You need a little bit of luck,
provoked England's latest which stumbled to 43-3 sharp catches at second fourth innings game. Chas- don't you, not to break a
batting collapse by com- after winning the toss and slip to remove the recalled ing 250 on that last day finger or anything?" the for-
bining disciplined bowling then lost its last five wickets Jos Buttler and 20-year-old could be hard work." mer test captain added.
with superb catching be- for 16 runs in 4.4 overs to be debutant Dom Bess, while Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq, "The only time I've broken a
fore showing resistance in dismissed for 184 soon after Mohammad Amir dived trapped lbw to Stuart finger has been away from
its reply to dominate the tea. to his right to snaffle Mark Broad for 4, early in the re- a test match. The men-
opening day of the first test Opener Alastair Cook was Wood for the final wicket. ply but Azhar Ali (18) and tal side is harder than the
at Lord's on Thursday. the only batsman to stand England's total was its low- Haris Sohail (21) held out in physical side — I just stand
A new international season out, making 70 in his record- est in the first innings at the face of some probing in the slips so it's all right."q