Unless one of the top three horses in the Belmont Stakes drops out, Rousing Sermon will not run in the June 9 race, the final leg of horse racings Triple Crown. That would be the only reason that we would go ahead and enter the race, said Dan Kiser, the horse manager at Parmas Tree Top Ranches where Rousing Sermon was raised.Ill Have Another is attempting to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since 1978. Rousing Sermons handlers are also watching Union Rags and Dullahan.They are concerned about flying Rousing Sermon across country for the third time this spring. He ran in the Louisiana Derby before the Kentucky Derby. The Belmont is in New York, and another trip and race might knock the horse out for most of the summer, Kiser said.Our trainer wants to be pretty cautious with him, Kiser said.Rousing Sermon, who finished eighth in the Derby, has been working out once a week on a schedule designed to keep him fit but freshen him up, Kiser said.If he does not run in the Belmont Stakes, Rousing Sermons next race is expected to be in the Swap Stakes on July 4 at Hollywood Park in California.Brian Murphy: 377-6444
