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Preakness Stakes winner Cloud Computing will not run in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets June 10 and will target later races this summer for 3-year-olds, trainer Chad Brown said May 28. Instead, Brown will send Cobra Farm's Federico Tesio Stakes winner Twisted Tom to the third jewel of the Triple Crown.

Twisted Tom, a Creative Cause gelding, worked five furlongs Sunday under exercise rider Peter Roman on the main track at Belmont Park in company with 4-year-old stakes winner Economic Model. The pair went together in 1:01.16, with the last quarter-mile going in :23 3/5, and galloped out to six furlongs in 1:13 4/5, according to NYRA clockers.

"Twisted Tom worked great," Brown said. "This horse has continued to improve all year, and more of the same today. It was a nice, strong work from him. [The Belmont is a] huge class test for this horse, but I love the way he's developed. I do think he can stay a mile and a half, I think the longer the better for him, so I'm anxious to get him out to that distance, but it'll be a tough field, a large field."

New York-bred Twisted Tom faced statebreds in his first four starts, graduating into stakes company in the March 18 Private Terms Stakes at Laurel Park. He returned April 22 to win the 1 1/8-mile Tesio at Laurel on a sloppy and sealed track.

"He appreciated the time after the win in the Tesio and has had a nice string of works since then, so the horse seems to be sitting on a new top again," Brown said.

Not nominated to the Triple Crown, Twisted Tom will require a $75,000 supplemental fee to run in the June 10 Belmont. Blood-Horse Staff

Gormley Breezes at Santa Anita; Decision on Belmont TBD

At Santa Anita Park on May 27, Jerry and Ann Moss' Gormley logged his second workout since a ninth-place finish in the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. Trainer John Shirreffs emphasized that although the Belmont Stakes is under consideration, nothing is set in stone.

"I keep telling people, but it doesn't seem like they're listening," Shirreffs said with a laugh. "We'll see how he works and I'll talk with the owners. ... I think he worked well enough today. This work wouldn't eliminate him from the Belmont, anyway. We'll wait a little and see if he keeps improving."

Gormley covered six furlongs in 1:14 flat Saturday at Santa Anita under regular jockey Victor Espinoza. The Malibu Moon colt started about four lengths behind workmate and Shirreffs-trained stablemate Tiz Adore, moved alongside his target in the turn, and finished about five lengths ahead at the wire.

"That's what John wanted nothing crazy," Espinoza said. "Just a little maintenance for him. The idea was to track the other horse to keep me company for the first five-eighths and after that I was moving along."

If Gormley is entered in the Belmont, Espinoza said the Santa Anita Derby winner should not be hampered by the stretch out to 1 miles.

"There's no question about it. The distance is not going to be an issue for him," Espinoza said. "He's in good shape and he's bred to go long."

The prospective Belmont Stakes field as of May 28: Classic Empire, Epicharis, J Boys Echo, Lookin At Lee, Senior Investment, Tapwrit, Twisted Tomand True Timber. Likely to run: Meantime and Multiplier. Possible starters: Conquest Mo Money, Gormley, Hollywood Handsome, Irish War Cry, and Patch. Jeremy Balan

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