Five years ago, Justify became the 13th winner of the Triple Crown with a gate-to-wire victory in the GI Belmont S.  The Ashford Stud-based stallion, quite fittingly, celebrated his first Grade I winner as a sire on the Belmont undercard courtesy of ‘TDN Rising Star’ Arabian Lion (Justify)’s good-looking 1 3/4-length victory as the 2-1 favorite over Drew’s Gold (Violence) in Saturday’s GI Woody Stephens S. Gilmore (Twirling Candy) was third. The win marked a triumphant return to the Big Apple for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who was suspended from competition for one year from NYRA tracks…

Arabian Lion Gives Justify a First Grade I Winner in Woody Stephens