the start and settled near the back of the field, then was bothered again with ths of a mile remaining. He raced very wide around the final turn but passed tiring horses to finish seventh, though well beaten by Vekoma. Not qualifying for the Kentucky Derby, Sir Winston entered the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 11 instead. He again broke slowly and trailed the field early, still 10 lengths back with only ths of a mile remaining. He circled six-wide around the final turn, then closed steadily down the stretch to finish second, beaten only lengths by Global Campaign. "[Sir Winston] doesn't have a whole lot of speed," said Casse, "and he's kind of at the mercy of everyone else in the race, but he'll run all day." Sir Winston earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 100 for the race. On June 7, a field of ten entered the 2019 Belmont Stakes. The favorites were Tacitus (2-1) and War of Will (7-2), the latter the winner of the Preakness Stakes and a stablemate of Sir Winston. Despite being winless at age three, Sir Winston went off at odds of 10-1 based on his performance in the Peter Pan. Ridden for the first time by Joel Rosario, Sir Winston broke slowly from post position 7 and moved over to the rail to save ground around the first turn. Racing a bit closer to the pace than in most of his previous races, he started his move with a half mile remaining, still maintaining good position near the rail. With a quarter mile remaining though, his progress was blocked by the early leaders. Rosario spotted a small hole to the outside and maneuvered the colt sharply away from the rail. Sir Winston accelerated and got through the hole just ahead of War of Will. With room to run, Sir Winston drew clear of the field then held off a late run from Tacitus to win by a length. It was the first Belmont Stakes win for Casse, who noted that Sir Winston had not been highly regarded as a two-year-old. "If at this time last year, if you had asked me to rate our top-20 2-year-olds, he would have been about 16th or 17th," said Casse. "But I'm very proud of him because he's kind of what our operation represents, and that is I feel like we develop horses...