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BELMONT STAKES CONTENDERS

C P West - 2007 Belmont Stakes Contender

C P West

Color: Dark bay or brown
Starts: 7
Win-Place-Show: 1-3-0
Earning: $206,600
Jockey: Edgar Prado
Owner: Robert V. LaPenta
Best Beyer: 102

Trainer Nick Zito's C P West captured his debut at Saratoga and then finished second to King of the Roxy in the $250,000 Futurity Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. Finished a well-beaten sixth in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) and came out of the race with chips in his ankles.

For his first start as a three-year-old, was beaten by a nose in an allowance race at Gulfstream Park. Finished second again in the $150,000 Withers Stakes (G3), and then placed fourth in this year's Preakness Stakes.

C P West's post position for the 139th Belmont Stakes was 4. He placed fifth, increasing his earnings amount by $30,000.