Racing for the fifth time in just over two months at a distance he probably will never contest again could work against Charismatic. But prior to the Kentucky Derby, Lukas told owners Bob and Beverly Lewis that he wasn't positive about the first two races, but he was sure that they had a Belmont horse on their hands. The Lewises also own 1997 Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm. Making his 16th career start, Charismatic is the most seasoned of all the entrants. Charismatic has five wins but has been virtually ingored by the betting public, having yet to be sent off as the favorite in nine 3-year-old races. Antley has captured the Derby twice and the Preakness once but still is looking for his first Belmont win. Lukas has won three of the last five Belmonts.

Her 11 lifetime wins are more than double any other starter but this is the first time that she will be taking on the boys. No filly has won the Belmont since 1905 and Silverbulletday becomes just the 20th female to take the challenge. The enigmatic Baffert has never won a race in New York, going 0-for-9 in the Empire State. Bailey rode Hansel to victory in the 1991 Belmont.

Menifee will be running on a different track for the seventh straight race. He never has finished worse than second in seven career races, including place efforts in the Derby -- where he started from the 18th post -- and Preakness. Walden saddled Victory Gallop to a win in last year's Belmont Stakes after second-place efforts in both the Derby and the Preakness. Day, who finished fourth aboard Parade Ground in last year's Belmont, has captured this event twice. The Hall-Of-Famer spoiled Sunday Silence's chance for a Triple Crown when he rode Easy Goer to victory in 1989 and also reached the winner's circle aboard Tabasco Cat in 1994.

Stephen Got Even was 3-for-3 in 1999 before finishing a disappointing 14th in the Derby and fourth in the Preakness. The Gallery Furniture.com Stakes winner is the son of 1992 Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy. Stephen Got Even is one of four entrants to be in all three Triple Crown races but the only one to employ three different jockeys. Chris McCarron rode Stephen Got Even in the Derby, but suffered a leg injury a week later and had to give way to Gary Stevens in the Preakness. Stevens jockeyed his final race on American soil last week before departing to ride in England. So Sellers, who was up for the Gallery Furniture.com victory, returns to ride. Sellers rode Vicar to an 18th-place finish in the Derby and followed that with an eighth-place effort aboard Kimberlite Pipe in the Preakness. He still is in search of his initial Triple Crown win.

Patience Game had won two straight and was coming off a 2 1/4-length win in the Derby Trail when he turned in a fifth-place effort in the Preakness under Corey Nakatani. The lightly raced colt by Woodman has just five career starts but was never worse than second before the Preakness. Even if it is a year too late, Desormeaux still would like to taste a Belmont victory. Last year, Desormeaux was aboard as Real Quiet and nosed out by Victory Gallop, halting his Triple Crown chance. He will be aboard Patience Game for the first time.

Wood Memorial winner Adonis had the rail in the Derby and finished 17th. He is coming off a sixth-place finish in the Preakness and is one of just four horses to endure all three legs of the Triple Crown grind. The Kris S colt has three wins in eight lifetime starts. Jockey Jorge Chavez has never been better than fifth in five Belmont starts. Zito owns a pair of Kentucky Derby wins as well as a Preakness score but never has reached the winner's circle in the Belmont.

Castillo rode Vision and Verse to victory in the Illinois Derby in his first time aboard the colt. Mott's success has come mostly with older horses and is still seeking his first Triple Crown triumph. The Storm Cat colt has three wins in six starts as a 3-year-old. He raced just once as a 2-year-old but has hit the board in 5-of-7 lifetime starts, including three wins.

Smith's best Belmont finish was second aboard Thirty Six Red in 1990. It will be his first time on Prime Directive, whose lone 3-year-old triumph came in the sloop in the Count Fleet Stakes in March. But he followed that with a sixth-place clunker as the favorite in the Flamingo Stakes three weeks later. Byrne is the third conditioner that has worked with Prime Directive during his short career. The Tactical Advantage colt has been first or second in 7-of-13 career races.

Lemon Drop Kid was to have had the unfortunate experience of being the first horse to break from the 20th post in the Kentucky Derby in 17 years, but Aljabr's departure moved him into the 19th slot. Nontheless, he still wound up ninth running as a field horse. His connections opted to divert him from the Triple Crown trail prior to the Preakness and Lemon Drop Kid finished third in the Peter Pan Stakes here two weeks ago. The Kingmambo colt will be making just his fifth start as a 3-year-old with just an allowance race win under his belt. Santos is 0-for-10 in Belmont mounts.

Best Of Luck already has had the worst of luck, drawing the outside 12th post, from where no Belmont horse has won. One of the five newcomers to the Triple Crown circuit, Best of Luck is coming off a win in the Peter Pan Stakes here on May 23. Jerkens is still seeking his first Triple Crown victory. Last year, Samyn made his first Belmont mount since 1984, taking Limit Out to a ninth-place finish. The Broad Brush colt has been in the money in 6-of-8 starts as a 3-year-old, including three wins.

Coming off a third-place finish in the Illinois Derby, Pineaff boasts a win over Derby and Preakness runner-up Menifee in the Tampa Bay Derby but finished seventh to Menifee three weeks later in the Blue Grass Stakes. The Pine Bluff colt has four wins in 12 lifetime starts but has reached the winner's circle just once in five starts as a 3-year-old.

Velazquez will be aboard Teletable for the first time. The rail has produced 22 Belmont winners, the most of any post position, but that number will not increase to 23 after Teletable calls it a day. Starting for just the fifth time -- the least of all entrants -- Teletable just broke his maiden in his last outing. A son of 1993 Belmont winner Colonial Affair, Teletable also is a grandson of Pleasant Colony, who won the first two legs of the 1981 Triple Crown before a third-place effort in the Belmont.