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It's Memorial Day Weekend... already. (I can't believe how fast the winter/spring has gone by!) The three-day holiday means a lot of good racing on tap around the country, culminating with the Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park (post time: 5:47pm Eastern; TV: HRTV, TVG). Two other Grade 1 races will run at Belmont on Monday - the Ogden Phillips and the Acorn - as well as a host of graded stakes action across the country.
Sometimes a small field is a sign of a soft race, especially if it only contains one or two quality colts. Monday's Met Mile only drew a field of six, but the race contains essentially every big name currently running in the dirt mile division. Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Caleb's Posse leads a field that includes To Honor and Serve, Shackleford, Caixa Electronica and Jackson Bend.
Below are the entries and post positions for Monday Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park.
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | ML |
| 1 | To Honor and Serve | J. Lecazno | W. Mott | 3/1 |
| 2 | Shackleford | J. Velazquez | D. Romans | 4/1 |
| 3 | Caleb's Posse | R. Maragh | D. Von Hemel | 8/5 |
| 4 | Saginaw | D. Cohen | D. Jacobson | 10/1 |
| 5 | Caixa Electronica | J. Castellano | T. Pletcher | 15/1 |
| 6 | Jackson Bend | C. Nakatani | N. Zito | 3/1 |
Elsewhere on the continent, no fewer than 14 graded stakes races are slated to run, including the Grade 1 Gamely at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Below is the stakes schedule for Memorial Day weekend:
| Date | Race | Track | Age/Sex | Dist. | Surf. |
| 26-May | G2-American Handicap | BHP | 3up | 8.0 | Turf |
| 26-May | G2-Sheepshead Bay | BEL | 3up, f&m | 11.0 | Turf |
| 26-May | G3-Arlington Matron | AP | 3up, f&m | 9.0 | Synt. |
| 26-May | G3-Eclipse Stakes | WO | 4up | 8.5 | Dirt |
| 26-May | G3-Louisville Hcp. | CD | 3up | 12.0 | Turf |
| 26-May | Arlington Classic | AP | 3yo | 8.5 | Turf |
| 27-May | G2-Connaught Cup | WO | 4up | 7.0 | Turf |
| 28-May | G1-Acorn | BEL | 3yo, f | 8.0 | Dirt |
| 28-May | G1-Gamely | BHP | 3up, f&m | 9.0 | Turf |
| 28-May | G1-Met Mile | BEL | 3up | 8.0 | Dirt |
| 28-May | G1-Ogden Phipps | BEL | 3up, f&m | 8.5 | Dirt |
| 28-May | G2-Sands Point | BEL | 3yo, f | 9.0 | Turf |
| 28-May | G3-Berkeley | GG | 4up | 8.5 | Synt. |
| 28-May | G3-Lone Star Park Hcp. | LS | 3up | 8.5 | Dirt |
| 28-May | G3-Los Angeles Hcp. | BHP | 3up | 6.0 | Synt. |