Messi scores first stakes win in Knickerbocker

Gestut Brummerhof’s Messi (New Approach) just ran down pacesetter and 34-1
longshot Cage Fighter (Closing Argument) to earn his first stakes win in
Saturday’s $200,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3) at Belmont Park.

Jockey John Velazquez guided the Graham Motion-trained gelding in the rear of
the
Knickerbocker field before the duo came five wide into the stretch to stop
the clock in 1:49.70 for nine furlongs on the firm inner turf.

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