Futurity, Athenia top Belmont card; Grand National featured at Far Hills

Futurity, Athenia top Belmont card; Grand National featured
at Far Hills

A field of six two-year-old sprinters will dash six furlongs Saturday in the
$200,000 Futurity (G2) at Belmont Park, where Ready Dancer (More Than Ready)
looks to rebound off a troubled, last-place effort two weeks ago in the
Champagne (G1).

Later in the card, 13 fillies and mares will square off over 1 1/16 miles on
the turf in the $200,000 Athenia (G3).

Across the river in New Jersey, nine geldings will compete in the $300,000 Grand
National (G1), American steeplechasing’s richest event, at the Far Hills hunt
meet. Last year’s champion jumper Demonstrative (Elusive Quality) will seek
a repeat victory in the 2 5/8-mile hurdle.

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