Native Dancer was shipped to Belmont Park on May 24. He was walked the next two days to recover from the Preakness, then resumed galloping in the morning. He had several timed workouts in the interval leading up to the Belmont: mile in 1:04 on May 30, a mile in 1:44 on June 1, mile in 0:35 on June 4, miles in 2:07 on June 5, miles in 2:38 on June 9, and mile in 1:13 on June 12. Training practices have since changed dramatically. For example, California Chrome had only one timed workout in the three weeks between the 2014 Preakness and Belmont.