Dullahan's Trainer Relishing Triple Spoiler's Role Dale Romans has become quite the veteran of Triple Crown races. The easygoing trainer from Louisville, Ky., picked up his first classic victory when Shackleford won the 2011 Preakness, holding off Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom by a half-length. He's saddled horses in the past eight Triple Crown races over three years, and now he's poised to play the role of spoiler in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday with Dullahan. "I think we're the horse to beat," Romans said even before his colt put in a blazing workout Sunday morning at Belmont Park. So you're out to stop Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another from becoming the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years, since Affirmed in 1978? "We owe it to the past Triple Crown winners to make I'll Have Another earn this," he said. To that end, Dullahan may be I'll Have Another's toughest foe when a field of about 10 or 11 line up for the 1½-mile Belmont, the longest and most grueling of the Triple Crown races. The chestnut colt certainly raised eyebrows with a sizzling four-furlong workout in 45.97 seconds. Doug O'Neill, who trains I'll Have Another took notice. "I thought that Dullahan looked great, stretching out," O'Neill said. When told that Romans said Dullahan was the horse to beat, he replied, "I respect (Dale) a ton, so if he says that, it's scary. As confident as he is in his horse, I'm equally confident in my horse. I think we're in really good shape. While I'll Have Another has been a picture of perfection as he gallops up to the Belmont, Dullahan's workout was the fastest of 66 horses at the same distance. "I thought it was super," Romans said, comparing the breeze to Dullahan's five-furlong drill of 57 2/5 eight days before the colt won the Blue Grass Stakes on April 14. "When he works like that, he runs big," Romans said. He looked like he was galloping, and then we got back to the barn he recovered quickly. He wasn't blowing. I think he's ready. Javier Castellano was aboard for the work, after being picked to replace Kent Desormeaux, who lost the mount after failing a breathalyzer test before he was supposed to ride Tiger Walk in the Preakness. "He loved it," Romans said of the Castellano. He said if you hadn't told him the time, he would have said 48 or 49 (seconds). After winning the Blue Grass, Dullahan finished third in the Derby, beaten by just 1¾ lengths after he broke in from the No. 5 post and bumped Union Rags, then ended up going seven wide but closing strong. Romans considered the Preakness, but decided to skip it and prepare for the Belmont. Romans believes Dullahan would have won the Derby if he wasn't forced so far outside. "I've been around Churchill Downs for a long time and that's dead man's land," he said. He believes he'll have the Belmont winner. "I'm happy with my position," he said. I wouldn't change places with anybody in this race. Romans is relishing his role, but he can relate to what O'Neill is going through in these final weeks before I'll Have Another attempts to become the 12th Triple Crown winner. "Everyone wants to get involved, and I'm sure he's in a very stressful situation," Romans said. It was bad enough with the Preakness winner coming in (against the Derby winner), no less a Triple Crown.