Klaravich Stables’ McKulick had been knocking on the door for her first graded stakes win with three placings in three attempts before breaking through Saturday when overtaking With The Moonlight in the stretch and powering home a 1 3/4-length winner in the $700,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1).
Trainer Chad Brown leads the Belmont Park spring/summer meet with a record of 39-26-16 from 121 starts for meet-leading purse earnings in excess of $4.8 million heading into Sunday's card.
Andrew Rosen’s Skims will look to make the grade in Thursday’s $200,000 Wonder Again (G2), a nine-furlong inner turf test for sophomore fillies on opening day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.