Castle Village Farm won its sewcond race in a row Friday, June 30th, when Mterology too the 1st at Belmont. That was just five days after CVF’s Bishop of Nola had won a Belmont allowance.

Under perfect handling by jockey David Cohen, Metrology took up his usual position at the back of the field, then started to move at thre three-eighths pole, breezed through the stretch and hit the wire perhaps three inches in front of the second-place horse. Great ride, and great work by CVF trainer Bruce Brown getting Metrology ready off a long layoff.

Castle Village farm’s 4-year-old gelding Bishop of Nola led all the way to win the 8th race at Belmont on Saturday. Under a smart ride from Javier Castellano, Bishop of Nola set comfortable fractions, then picked up the pace in the stretch to win the NY-bred N2X allowance by a length and a half.

Castle Village Farm’s four-year-old gelding Bishop of Nola makes his second start off a winter layoff in the 8th race at Belmont on Saturday, June 25th. It’s a mile and a sixteenth NY-bred N2X allowance on the turf. Javier Castellano, who won on Bishop of Nola last summer at Saratoga, gets the ride for CVF trainer Bruce Brown.

The Castle Village Farm 2011 Spring-Summer Claiming Partnership claimed its first horse on Friday, June 17th, when we took In Just We Trust for $20,000.

In Just We Trust is a four-year-old by Forest Danger, originally purchased at the 2008 Keeneland September sale for $275,000. Owner Ahmed Zayat and trainer Todd Pletcher let him go a year ago, and he’s since been a solid sprinter on the NYRA circuit. Overall, he’s 4-for 20 lifetime, with 14 in-the-money finishes and earnings of over $126,000. CVF trainer Bruce Brown expects to run him in starter and allowance races over the rest of the year.