US Triple Crown

Leading Kentucky Derby fancy Algorithms will miss his intended clash with Union Rags in the Fountain of Youth Stakes after being scratched on Sunday morning.

WOLVERHAMPTON is not accustomed to hosting a potential superstar on its December 26 card but the all-weather venue is to play host to a Kentucky Derby candidate after Jeremy Noseda revealed plans to run Harvard N Yale in a £3,500 conditions event.

Dual winner War Pact, trained in France by Jean-Claude Rouget, figures among 13 new nominations to the Triple Crown.

ROGUE ROMANCE is out of the Kentucky Derby at Chruchill Downs on May 7 after fracturing his near-fore foot.

THE FACTOR (Bob Baffert/Martin Garcia) answered all the questions about whether he could stretch out his natural speed when he slammed his rivals in Saturday's Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn.

Uncle Mo (Todd Pletcher/John Velazquez), the Kentucky Derby favourite, made a winning seasonal debut on Saturday when he scored at odds of 1-20 in a $100,000 event at Gulfstream Park in Florida.

DIALED IN, second favourite for the Kentucky Derby in some lists, was beaten on Sunday in a minor event at Gulfstream at odds of 1-5 - by his own Nick Zito-trained stablemate Equestrio (Jose Lezcano).

Kentucky Derby runner-up Ice Box is a best-priced 9-4 favourite with British bookmakers to win Saturday's Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.

Zenyatta's jockey Mike Smith has been booked to ride leading contender Drosselmeyer in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown on June 5.

USA: THERE will be no dual Classic winner in the US this year with connections of both Preakness Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky and Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver ruling out a tilt at the Belmont Stakes on June 5.