Trainer for Street Sense to Announce Decision on Belmont Stakes
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Carl
Nafzger, the trainer for Street Sense, will hold a news conference at Churchill
Downs racetrack in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m. EDT to
announce whether the winner of the Grade I Kentucky Derby 133 will contest the third jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Belmont
Stakes (GI), on June 9 in
New York
City.
Nafzger
will be on hand to answer questions from the media and will also conduct a
separate teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT to accommodate journalists who cannot
personally attend the morning news briefing at Churchill Downs.
A video
replay of the 10:30 a.m. news briefing will be available online for media and
horse racing fans to review at www.twinspires.com and www.churchilldowns.com on
May 31 beginning at noon EDT.
WHAT: News
Conference with Kentucky Derby 133 Winner Street Sense’s Trainer Carl Nafzger
WHEN:
Thursday, May 31, 10:30 a.m. EDT
WHERE:
Derby Room, Fourth Floor Jockey Club Suites, Churchill
Downs
Racetrack.
Media
should enter through Gate 1 and take elevators up to the fourth floor of the
Jockey Club Suites.
FOLLOW-UP
TELECONFERENCE INFORMATION:
Thursday,
May 31, at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Dial-in number: 800-329-9097; Participant Pass Code:
30693395
WEB VIDEO
REPLAY OF NEWS CONFERENCE: Available at www.twinspires.com and www.churchilldowns.com
on May 31 beginning at noon EDT.
ADDITIONAL
VIDEO
OPPORTUNITY: Street Sense is scheduled
to work at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, May 30, at approximately 7 a.m. EDT.
Media interested in covering Street Sense’s workout should enter the Churchill
Downs stable area at the Gate 5 security checkpoint. Street Sense is housed in
Barn 26.