Nick Zito seeks 3rd Belmont win

Associated Press

NEW YORK

The Brooklyn-born Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito will be looking for his third win in six years in the $1 million Belmont Stakes, and he has two of the three favorites for the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Ice Box, the Florida Derby winner who staged a tremendous rally to finish second in the Kentucky Derby, is the 3-1 morning-line choice.

Fly Down, a lightly raced colt who blew away the field by six lengths in winning the Dwyer last month, is the 9-2 third choice.

The 142nd running of the Belmont lacks Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky.

“It’s big,” Zito said. “It’s a classic race. It’s the Belmont.”

Zito’s pair tops a field of 12 3-year-old colts and geldings who will try racing’s “Test of the Champion,” a 11/2-mile lap.