Icabad Crane may run in Belmont

Trainer Graham Motion said Sunday that he would consider taking Preakness third-place finisher Icabad Crane to the Belmont Stakes.

“I think it’s definitely a possibility,” Motion said. “Obviously, we want to see how he is, but I think (jockey) Jeremy (Rose) feels that the distance is not an issue with him. I think with a cleaner trip (in the Preakness), there was a good shot that we would have been a good second. With that in mind, we might pursue it.

“It’s not through lack of respect for Big Brown, because obviously he’s the horse we all thought he was. But he’s still got to go out there and win the race. It’s three weeks from now and a lot can happen between now and then.”

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