Master Fencer walked for one hour Thursday morning outside his barn at Belmont Park and his connections are confident there are no issues that would prevent him from running in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on June 8.

”Everything’s good,” said Mitsuoki Numamoto, part of the team here in New York overseeing Master Fencer’s preparation for trainer Koichi Tsunoda.

Master Fencer stumbled toward the end of a workout Wednesday morning at Belmont. Later that day he was diagnosed with slight inflammation in his left front ankle. 

Numamoto said X-rays of both of Master Fencer’s front ankles did not show anything wrong. Asked how the inflammation was reduced, Numamoto said “Just icing, simple.”

Asked if he’s confident Master Fencer will make the race, Yosuke Kono, the assistant trainer and exercise rider of the horse said, with Numamoto translating, “As of now, we have done good enough training toward the Belmont so we are pretty confident for the race.”

Master Fencer is scheduled to return to the track on Friday.