Hard Spun, with trainer Larry Jones, settling in at Belmont (Debra Kral/Horsephotos.com)

At Belmont Park on Sunday, several contenders for Saturday's $1 million Belmont S. (G1) turned in works in preparation for the 1 1/2-mile classic. Although the main track was labeled fast, the surface was actually slow, according to the NYRA Press Office.

Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and Preakness S. (G1) third HARD SPUN (Danzig) worked five furlongs in 1:03 with new rider Garrett Gomez. The Lane's End S. (G2) winner posted the 12th fastest of 19 moves at the distance.

"He looked good and relaxed doing it," trainer Larry Jones said of his charge, who was getting acquainted with Belmont for the first time since shipping from his Delaware Park base on Saturday. "He had his ears up and looked very happy. I wasn't worried about what he worked in. I just wanted him to be comfortable and have a good time."

Jones originally planned to work Hard Spun on Monday, but he called an audible because of the weather forecast.

Tiago will try to become his dam's second classic winner (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com)

"It's a different distance, and there's going to be a different pace scenario," the trainer said. "We can't keep going out there the way we've been going. We've got to catch a little softer pace, but you expect that here. Nobody's going to want to be rolling out there in a mile-and-a-half race."

Santa Anita Derby (G1) hero TIAGO (Pleasant Tap), a creditable seventh in the Run for the Roses last time out, traveled six panels in 1:14 4/5. Jockey Mike Smith and trainer John Shirreffs took the red-eye from California in order to be at Belmont for the work.

"He actually breezed great," Smith said. "I was really happy with it. The track is slow this morning, and there's not much water on it. He went three-quarters in 1:14 and change and was just playing. I just wanted to make sure he was happy and got over the track well, and he did."

Shirreffs explained why he wanted Tiago to get in a work at Belmont, rather than over the Cushion Track at his Hollywood Park base.

"The synthetic tracks are so different," Shirreffs said. "I felt that he needed to gallop on this track to get ready for the race.

Rags to Riches (outside) got a new workmate in A. P. Arrow (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com)

Multiple Grade 1 queen RAGS TO RICHES (A.P. Indy) exercised five-eighths in 1:03 4/5 in preparation for a possible tilt at the boys. The three-year-old filly worked in company with Grade 3 winner A. P. Arrow (A.P. Indy), a five-year-old male, who posted the same time.

"I was looking for maybe a little faster than she went," Pletcher admitted, "but she was very relaxed and she finished up well."

Much the best in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in her latest, the blaze-faced chestnut is a half-sister to last year's Belmont winner, Jazil (Seeking the Gold).

Hopeful S. (G1) victor CIRCULAR QUAY (Thunder Gulch) negotiated four furlongs in :49, breezing in tandem with multiple Grade 2-winning sophomore King of the Roxy (Littleexpectations).

Circular Quay (inside) could be one of only three horses to run in all three legs of the 2007 Triple Crown (Debra Kral/Horsephotos.com)

An impressive winner of the Louisiana Derby (G2) in March, the diminutive Circular Quay was sixth in the Derby and fifth in the Preakness.

"I'm not going to make any decisions until I look at both horses tomorrow," the conditioner said regarding the Belmont status of Rags to Riches and Circular Quay, who are both owned by Michael Tabor. "I got to think it through. I could go either way on both of them. I think it's only the right move if one of them can win. Otherwise, it's a long race that doesn't really do any good in moving forward."

Kentucky Derby fourth IMAWILDANDCRAZYGUY (Wild Event), confirmed for the Belmont, strode three panels in :37. Originally scheduled for 5:30 a.m. (EDT), the work was postponed for about an hour when the exercise rider did not show up. Fortunately, jockey Javier Castellano was able to serve as a last-minute substitute.

"We put a big gallop before it and after it," trainer Bill Kaplan said. "We let him get up to speed for three-eighths of a mile only. He galloped about a half-mile after the breeze."

Imawildandcrazyguy seeks to become just the third gray to take the "Test of Champions" (Lauren Pomeroy/Horsephotos.com)

"We would have come to this race (the Belmont) no matter how he finished in the Derby," Kaplan said. "A mile and a half is right up his alley. People ask me, 'Where do you go from here?' I've never thought past the Belmont. He's an endurance specialist, and the only time he gets to do that as a three-year-old is the Belmont."

In other Belmont news:

Preakness hero CURLIN (Smart Strike) galloped two miles at Churchill on Sunday morning with exercise rider Carmen Rosas at the helm. The strapping chestnut is scheduled to record his final serious work beneath the Twin Spires on Monday at 6:15 a.m. before shipping to New York on Tuesday.

Lexington S. (G2) winner SLEW'S TIZZY (Tiznow), exiting a score in the Lone Star Derby (G3), will van from his Lexington, Kentucky, base to Louisville to catch the same flight.