There have been 23 horses win the Kentucky Derby, then the Preakness Stakes — and, then, fall short in the Belmont Stakes, which is typically run at a mile and a half at the conclusion of a grueling five-week stretch of racing, training and traveling.

Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Journalism has opened as the favorite in the Belmont Stakes to close out the Triple Crown.

Into Mischief colt worked solo going a half mile in a 'maintenance-type breeze' in preparation for next Saturday's third jewel of the Triple Crown