Thursday 2 July 2015 11:21, UK
Dermot Weld's Postulation faces eight rivals in the Belmont Derby over a mile and a quarter at the New York track on Saturday.
The Harlan's Holiday gelding has had five races already this season and put up his best performance to date when defying veteran Parish Hall by a neck in the Listed TRI Equestrian Stakes a month ago.
There is a second European runner in French challenger Canndal, trained by Mikel Delzangles.
Opposition include Chad Brown's Takeover Target, who is by the sire of the same name. Brown also saddles Startup Nation.
Aidan O'Brien sends Outstanding to America to bid for victory in the Belmont Oaks on the same card.
While Outstanding may not be near the top of the pecking order at Ballydoyle after failing to make the frame in both her starts as a two-year-old, she can boast a 100 per cent record from two outings this term.
After winning a maiden at Naas in May, she returned to the same track a month later to claim the Listed Oaks Trial over this 10-furlong trip.
She will need to continue her upward curve as the race has attracted a competitive-looking field of 14 runners.
Among the promising fillies in the line-up are Todd Pletcher's Itsonlyactingdad and Kiaran McLaughlin's Sentiero Italia.
