A week after the Kentucky Derby, a week before the Preakness and the search for a the Belmont Stakes winner begins. Though it is not particularly prudent to consider betting on a horse with one start in Japan, more than two months ago – an 11-length victory at odds of 2-5-- Casino Drive is an interesting...

By Jenny Kellner /NYRA When buyers at Keeneland’s September 2006 yearling sale looked at Tomcito, all they saw was an awkward, barrel-chested colt who, frankly, walked like a duck. When trainer Dante Zanelli Jr. looked at the son of Street Cry, he saw something more. “I saw a Derby horse,” said Zanelli...