BALTIMORE - Seize the Grey came out of his front-running, Preakness upset victory Saturday “very well” trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Sunday morning, and will be considered for a start in the $2 million Belmont Stakes on June 8 at Saratoga, where he could face Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan or Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna. Seize the Grey was scheduled on Monday to ship to Churchill Downs, where Lukas will evaluate how the colt is doing before deciding whether to go on to the Belmont Stakes, which this year will be run at 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga as renovations continue at Belmont Park. As of Sunday morning, Lukas seemed to be leaning toward running Seize the Grey in the Belmont. “If we had to make that decision today, we’d go,” Lukas said. “But I’ll give it a couple of days.” Seize the Grey was “very sharp” when Lukas took him to graze Sunday morning outside the Pimlico stakes barn and was at the front of the stall looking for his feed shortly thereafter. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. “He damn sure knew he was the winner,” Lukas said. Seize the Grey, under 25-year-old jockey Jaime Torres, led at every point of call in the Preakness, emulating the style employed last year by National Treasure, who beat Blazing Sevens by a head. On Saturday, Seize the Grey opened up a 2 1/2-length advantage through modest fractions and pretty much maintained that margin to the wire, winning by 2 1/4 lengths over Mystik Dan, who was a head better than Catching Freedom. Lukas felt Seize the Grey’s victory in the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile at Churchill on the Kentucky Derby undercard sharpened him up for the Preakness. He thought perhaps the other riders in the race didn’t take him seriously enough. Lukas said they probably thought “he’s 9-1, 10-1, we’ll worry about the ones that are right next to us,” he said. “He got into that high cruising speed, I said ‘watch out now.’ I knew he was fit, I knew his running style.” Seize the Grey, a son of Arrogate, is owned by the partnership MyRacehorse, of which there are 2,570 members who own at least one share of him. Seize the Grey earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure for his Preakness win. For Lukas, 88, it was his seventh Preakness victory and 15th in a Triple Crown race. Bob Baffert has won the Preakness eight times and has 17 Triple Crown race victories. “That’s what I’m getting paid to do, I don’t want to go too many years [without winning one],” Lukas said. “If I’m able to get in the yearling market that’s the key for me.” However, the news wasn’t all positive for Lukas. Just Steel, who finished fifth in the Preakness, came out of the race with a condylar fracture to his right front foreleg. Lukas said Just Steel would be sent to Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., where it is expected Dr. Larry Bramlage will do surgery. Lukas said Bramlage has already reviewed the horse’s X-rays. “At first blush, the reaction is it’ll be okay,” Lukas said. “There’s nothing life threatening. How far he goes as a racehorse is yet to be determined.” At the other end of the stakes barn Sunday morning, trainer Ken McPeek said Mystik Dan appeared to have come out of the Preakness in good shape. McPeek said he planned on Monday to ship Mystik Dan to Saratoga, where the trainer has already set up a barn that will ultimately have 40 horses this summer. McPeek also planned on shipping the Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna from Churchill to Saratoga by Wednesday. McPeek said he has not ruled out the Belmont for Mystik Dan, but will wait 10 days to two weeks before making that decision. McPeek said he is training Thorpedo Anna to either the Grade 1, $500,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles on June 7, or the $2 million Belmont Stakes on June 8. Thorpedo Anna is not Triple Crown nominated, but could be supplemented to the race for $50,000. “I’m going to consider it, I’m going to look at the math on it,” McPeek said. “I’m going to get her ready for Belmont weekend and we’ll either run in the Acorn or the Belmont.” Regarding Mystik Dan, McPeek said “he’s had two hard races in a row. Just want to see how he’s moving and how he’s acting. He’s no worse for wear. He seems to be fine.” Catching Freedom, third in the Preakness after fourth in the Kentucky Derby, shipped back to Churchill early Sunday morning. Future plans for him are not yet determined, but the Belmont Stakes would seem unlikely. Tuscan Gold, fourth in the Preakness, could be under consideration for the Belmont, trainer Chad Brown said after the race. Brown felt Tuscan Gold “hated the racetrack” which was muddy and sealed. Uncle Heavy, who finished sixth, also didn’t appear to handle the track, according to trainer Butch Reid. “He came back good and tired,” Reid said. “We’ll look for a little lesser company and try to get his confidence back.” Trainer Bob Baffert said Imagination, who faded to seventh after chasing the pace, would return to Southern California. Baffert said in hindsight jockey Frankie Dettori should have put Imagination on the lead. “He was working so well sitting off a horse, we had that in our mind,” Baffert said. “He broke so well, if Frankie had to do it again he would have let him run. You live and learn. I don’t know if he would have beaten the winner, the winner was really good yesterday. He still has to catch up to these horses." Neither Imagination nor Muth, the Arkansas Derby winner who was scratched from the Preakness due to a fever, will run in the Belmont. Baffert said Sunday that Muth has started to respond to treatment, but he will delay his return to Southern California until Saturday. Baffert said he would like to point Muth to the Haskell on July 20 at Monmouth Park. Mugatu, who finished last in the Preakness, displaced his palate and bled, according to a social media post from his trainer Jeff Engler. Thus, possibles for the Belmont Stakes include Antiquarian, Dornoch, Fierceness, Honor Marie, Mystik Dan OR Thorpedo Anna, Seize the Grey, Sierra Leone, The Wine Steward, and Tuscan Gold. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.