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So while Scooter Dickey would like his 5-year-old horse to improve upon runner-up finishes in both the Whitney Handicap and Woodward Stakes at Saratoga when he runs in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, a victory is not paramount.

Tizway returned to the work tab Tuesday morning at Saratoga, but he is not returning to the Jockey Club Gold Cup field.

Tizway and Flat Out, the one-two finishers from Saturday's Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga, will likely renew acquaintances in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational at Belmont Park on Oct. 1.

Whitney Handicap winner Blame completed preparations for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park with a half-mile workout Monday morning in 48 seconds over Keeneland's Polytrack.

Whitney Handicap winner Blame completed preparations for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park with a half-mile workout Monday morning in 48 seconds over Keeneland's Polytrack.

With the Breeders' Cup World Championships returning to dirt for the first time in three years -- albeit at Churchill Downs -- the significance of the Belmont fall meet is once again heightened.

Summer Bird stated his case for being crowned 3-year-old champion while trying to enter the conversation for Horse of the Year with an easier-than-it looked one-length victory over Quality Road in Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

Summer Bird has played the underdog's role so well this summer that trainer Tim Ice wouldn't mind if his horse were to be overlooked again Saturday when he runs in the Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

Travers first- and third-place finishers Summer Bird and Quality Road completed preparations for their rematch in next Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup here by putting in five-furlong workouts Saturday morning over Belmont Park's main track.

Belmont Stakes and Travers winner Summer Bird reaffirmed his affinity for Belmont Park's main track Saturday morning with a visually-impressive five-furlong workout in 59.99 seconds as he prepares for a start in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Summer Bird came out of his victory in Saturday's $1 million Shadwell Travers Stakes in good order and will most likely remain in New York to run in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct 3., trainer Tim Ice said Sunday morning.

Curlin became the first horse in North America to top $10 million in career earnings, winning the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Saturday at sloppy Belmont Park.

Though he had won the Preakness four months earlier, Curlin did not truly stamp himself as something special until he upset the 4-year-old Lawyer Ron in last September's Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Cigar's record of $9,999,815 is on the cusp of being broken by Curlin, who would surpass the $10 million mark in earnings with a victory in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin put the finishing touches on his preparation for Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup by working an easy half-mile in 51.85 seconds Monday morning over Saratoga's Oklahoma training track.

Neil Howard made official Friday what he has been hinting at for the last week: Mambo in Seattle, the hard-luck loser of the Travers Stakes, will face Curlin in next Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.