Sunday’s Grade 2 Jerome Handicap from Belmont Park features a small but select field of seven, including the Nick Zito entry of Da’ Tara and Cool Coal Man, but Todd Pletcher may have the one to beat with 2-1 favorite Harlem Rocker.
The Stronach Stables colt won the first three starts of his career, all around one-turn, including a razor sharp Withers (G3) tally at this distance with a 106 BSF.
The Ontario-bred was immediately prepared for the Queen’s Plate, but he failed to handle synthetic ground in his Woodbine prep, so those plans were scrapped. He ended up winning …read more

Todd Pletcher’s promising three-year-old Harlem Rocker had won his first three races in easy fashion, maiden and entry level tallies at the Gulf, followed by a visually impressive Withers (G3) victory at the Big A in New York.
The Stronach Stables homebred was briefly under consideration for the Preakness Stakes (G1), but since he was bred in Canada, his connections decided to point for the Canadian Triple Crown, with the Plate Trial his first dance. He never made it to the Queen’s Plate after flopping at 1-5 in the Trial, a Polytrack event at Woodbine.
The 2nd leg of Canada’s Crown …read more