Mint Lane makes run for victory lane at Belmont Park

Since he finished nearly six lengths behind Casino Drive in the Peter Pan on May 10, Mint Lane has returned to win the Postponed by 5 3/4 lengths at the Dwyer distance on June 13.

The victory was the third in eight starts for the $270,000 yearling purchase who will be ridden by Eibar Coa.

Ready's Image, a son of More Than Ready, is the only graded stakes winner in the field. Trained by Todd Pletcher for owner James Scatuorchio, Ready's Image won the Sanford, a Grade II, as a 2-year-old last summer at Saratoga. He has one win in four subsequent races.

Completing the field are Halo Najib, Web Gem, Pascal, a wire-to-wire winner in the slop in his Belmont debut on June 4, Fidelio, an Awesome Again colt who has won two in a row for owner-breeder Frank Stronach and trainer Bobby Frankel, and Tizbig.

Race of the day: Get Funky will cut back to a sprint in search of his sixth lifetime victory in the $75,000 Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap at Hollywood Park. Jose Valdivia Jr. will ride the 5-year-old Straight Man horse for owner Keith Abrahams and trainer John Sadler in the ungraded race at six furlongs on the turf. Other contenders include Canteen, who has won two in a row on the Hollywood Park grass for trainer Neil Drysdale, One Union, Sailors Sunset and Towzee.

One for the road: Meribel has fired fresh before and should get a legitimate pace to chase in the $150,000 Locust Grove Handicap, the closing day feature at Churchill Downs. Calvin Borel will ride the 5-year-old Peaks And Valleys mare for owner Runnymede Farm and new trainer Helen Pitts in the Grade III at one mile on the turf. Meribel has won five of 18 on the grass, and there is no shortage of speed in the field of 10.

Exotically speaking: A pick four using Dizzy Up The Girl in the first; Broad Try, Noi and Social Order in the second; Adarlyn Cat, Flower Fusion and Broker's Risk in the third; and Vixana and Linda Lou in the fourth.

Winners: (previous day/meet total): 4/136 Money (previous day/meet total): $16.20/$787.40. Total money bet: $940.

bob.mieszerski@latimes.com