Chip Honcho and Potente Will Skip Belmont

Chip Honcho and Potente Will Skip Belmont

The June 6 GI Belmont Stakes has lost two potential starters as the trainers of Potente (Into Mischief) and Chip Honcho (Connect) have declared their horses out of the race. The news was first reported by the Daily Racing Form's David Grening. Trainer Steve Asmussen told Grening he is not sure where Chip Honcho will run next. Trained by Bob Baffert, Potente will run next in the GIII Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 7. Potente, winner …

Belmont Stakes 2026: Davis regains momentum after bad spill; Chip Honcho, Potente to skip race

Jockey Dylan Davis will take a seat on Ottinho, one of three horses Chad Brown intends to run in the $2 million Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga. Davis had been named to ride Ottinho in the Wood Memorial, but Brown called an audible earlier that week and sent the horse to the Blue Grass at Keeneland, where Ottinho finished second, 11 lengths behind Further Ado.