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Pletcher eyes 5 for Belmont Stakes

Todd Pletcher, who tied the mark he already held with D. Wayne Lukas and Nick Zito by saddling five horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby, could have a record all to himself if he sends out all five of his candidates for the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 8.

Each of Pletcher’s possible starters worked yesterday over the main track at Belmont Park, with Palace Malice — 12th in the Derby after setting a blazing pace — the star of the morning, breezing five furlongs in 1:00.24 and galloping out a mile in 1:38 3/5.

Arkansas Derby winner Overanalyze, 11th in the Derby, went five furlongs in 1:00.77 in company with the veteran stakes horse Caixa Eletronica, while Midnight Taboo and the filly Unlimited Budget worked five furlongs in company in 1:00.68.

Revolutionary, who could vie for favoritism in the “Test of the Champion” after rallying for third in the Derby, breezed a half-mile in :48.55.

Three of Pletcher’s runners are owned by Mike Repole, who said, “Right

now, I’d say Overanalyze is 100 percent [for the Belmont] if everything stays right, Unlimited Budget is 75 percent and Midnight Taboo 60 percent. It’s a tough decision. Midnight Taboo [who has one win from three starts] has done nothing to say not to run. With Unlimited Budget, do you run against Dreaming of Julia [in the June 22 Mother Goose] or do you run against the boys? We’ll do what’s right for the horse.”

Pletcher has yet to name a jockey for three of his possible entries, with John Velazquez and Garrett Gomez awaiting assignments.

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* Freedom Child, runaway winner of the May 11 Peter Pan in the slop at Belmont, worked five furlongs yesterday in a swift :59.87 for trainer Tom Albertrani.

“I thought he went super,” Albertrani said. “The rider sat there with a nice hold of him and he looked like he was just galloping down the lane.”

Among other possible Belmont starters, Incognito, fifth in the Peter Pan, breezed four furlongs in :50.01.

“We’re going to talk about it in the next day or two and see if we give it a shot,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. “The main reason we’re even talking about it is that he truly wants a mile and a half, and you don’t get many opportunities.”

Shug McGaughey has not yet committed to running Derby winner Orb back in the Belmont after his lackluster fourth in the Preakness but he seems to be leaning in that direction.

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* At Churchill Downs, Derby runner-up Golden Soul was scheduled to breeze over the weekend, but trainer Dallas Stewart postponed the work.

“He had a really good day galloping, but I passed on working him,” Stewart said. “He ran a great race in the Derby, but it was a hard race on him and his appetite is still coming back.”

ed.fountaine@nypost.com