JOHN Velazquez had been the star man over the two classics in Churchill Downs two weeks ago and last Saturday he again produced a masterful ride to snatch another well-known Grade 1 stakes race.

He again set the pace, sending Calumet Farm’s six-year-old Channel Cat to the lead at the start of the Man O’ War Stakes at Belmont and through what was a fast first quarter-mile in 22.69secs for an 11-furlong US turf race.