Greatest Honour Looks to Regain Form in Westchester

Courtlandt Farms' homebred Greatest Honour  will look to recapture winning form for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey the $200,000 Westchester Stakes (G3) for older horses going a one-turn mile over the main track at Belmont Park May 7.

Greatest Honour, a 4-year-old son of Tapit  , broke his maiden at the end of his juvenile campaign before he established himself as a top prospect for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) last year at Gulfstream Park, romping to a 5 3/4-length victory in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) in his seasonal debut. He followed with a professional victory in the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2), coming on late to earn another graded score over subsequent grade 1 winner Drain the Clock . 

Greatest Honour made one more sophomore start in the Curlin Florida Derby Presented by Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1) last March, finishing third in a field of 11 as the heavy favorite after tracking in 10th and going three-wide down the stretch. He was away from the races for nearly a year after he was given time off to allow a cyst on his pastern to heal. 

The bay colt made his return in the 1 1/16-mile $100,000 Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, finishing sixth in the field of seven with returning rival Cody's Wish  finishing second. Greatest Honour showed improvement in the nine-furlong Ghostzapper Stakes (G3) April 2 at Gulfstream, missing second by a nose despite a troubled start and going four-wide. 

Cody's Wish enters from his game runner-up effort in the Challenger for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. A Godolphin homebred, the son of Curlin   has never finished off the board in seven lifetime starts. 

Owner Klaravich Stables will be represented by three-time winner Sound Money , who makes his stakes debut for trainer Chad Brown. Brown is in search of his second Westchester victory after sending out Connect   to a win in 2017 for owner Paul Pompa Jr. 

Sound Money enters from a last-to-first victory in a one-mile allowance optional claiming race April 2 at the Big A. The 4-year-old son of Flatter   has a 9-3-1-3 record. 

Owner and trainer Uriah St. Lewis will send out Informative  for his seasonal bow after finishing a well-beaten seventh in the Kris Kringle Stakes Dec. 28 at Parx Racing. The 5-year-old Bodemeister   2021 campaign was topped by a victory in the Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) in June at Monmouth Park.

Completing the field is Winning Move Stable and Rideau Racers' Zoomer  for trainer Linda Rice. The 6-year-old gelded son of Curlin has been a popular horse in the claim box throughout his career, having been haltered nine times in his four seasons of racing.

Entries: Westchester S. (G3)

Belmont Park, Saturday, May 07, 2022, Race 10

• Grade III
• 1m
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 4 yo's & up
• 5:37 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Greatest Honour (KY)	Javier Castellano	124	Claude R. McGaughey III	9/2
2	2Sound Money (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	120	Chad C. Brown	8/5
3	3Zoomer (KY)	Dylan Davis	118	Linda Rice	6/1
4	4Cody's Wish (KY)	Junior Alvarado	118	William I. Mott	1/1
5	5Informative (KY)	Dexter Haddock	122	Uriah St. Lewis	15/1