Can British raider upset the big two in winner-takes-all clash in third leg of the US Triple Crown?

If you can't have a horse chasing the Triple Crown, the next best storyline for US racing is to sell the Belmont Stakes as a winner-takes-all clash between the heroes of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

The meeting between Godolphin's Sovereignty, a dominant winner of the Crown's first leg at a drenched Louisville track, and Journalism, who overcame the roughest of passages to win the Preakness at Pimlico, provides that match.

The fact that Belmont Park is still undergoing a huge redevelopment project means that for the second year the final leg of the Triple Crown will be run at Saratoga over the unfamiliar trip of 1m2f.