Unlimited Budget fires bullet half as Pletcher's Belmont contingent breeze

All five of trainer Todd Pletcher's Belmont Stakes contenders breezed

Sunday morning at Belmont Park, after which the horseman said a final decision likely would be

made Monday on whether the filly

Unlimited Budget and/or

Midnight Taboo would

join Overanalyze,

Palace Malice and

Revolutionary in the

1 1/2-mile race on Saturday.

Pletcher said he would be discussing the pair's status with

their owner, Mike Repole, adding that Unlimited Budget was "80-90 percent"

certain to run while Midnight Taboo was "50-50" to contest the "Test of the

Champion."

Unlimited Budget blazed a half-mile in a bullet :47 2/5 in company with Capo Bastone

on Sunday in readiness for the race. The Street Sense filly, who was credited

with the quickest of 46 moves at the distance over the fast main track, had her

unbeaten streak broken when third in the Kentucky Oaks last out.

Pletcher, who won the 2007 Belmont with the filly Rags to

Riches, said he was pleased with the way Unlimited Budget went Sunday on the

outside of her workmate, as opposed to last week's move on the inside.

Stakes debuter Midnight Taboo was credited with a five-furlong move in 1:00

4/5. The Langfuhr chestnut just broke his maiden at Aqueduct on April 6 and

followed that with a runner-up effort against optional claiming rivals at

Belmont on May 8.

"Basically, (Repole) is holding the cards in terms of how

many we end up running," Pletcher explained. "With Midnight Taboo, the Easy Goer

Stakes is an option that day. It's just a matter of how aggressive Mike wants to

be, and take a shot with a horse that's lightly raced but has some talent. It

would be asking lot for him to win the Belmont in his fourth start, but strange

things have happened."

While Unlimited Budget and Midnight Taboo worked after the

renovation break on the main track, Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice, Repole's Overanalyze and WinStar Farm's Revolutionary (48.51)

went out shortly after 6 a.m.

Overanalyze, who was 11th in the Derby, entered that race off a 4 1/4-length

victory in the Arkansas Derby on April 13. The Dixie Union colt turned four

furlongs in :48 on Sunday.

Revolutionary did the best of Pletcher's Derby runners, finishing third after

running in the rear of the field early on. The dark bay War Pass colt, who

posted neck scores in the Louisiana Derby and Withers prior to the Run for the

Roses, breezed a half in :48 2/5 in advance of the Belmont.

"I thought we had a very good morning," Pletcher concluded. "All the

horses seemed to work pretty well; they were all almost mirror images of each

other. I can't say that one stood out from the others."