Resilient Imagining won Sunday’s Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park to extend trainer Shug McGaughey’s domination of the G1 event.

The Hall of Fame conditioner also won the Man o' War in 2012ith Point Of Entry and with Boisterous last year for the Phipps Stable.

Imagining, also a Phipps Stable homebred, earned his first G1 win defeating Real Solution and Grandeur with Joel Rosario riding.

Imagining was making his first appearance since finishing second behind Lochte in the G1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap on February 9.

"Shug told me there wasn't probably going to be a lot of speed in the race and he was coming off a couple of months off, so he'd probably show some speed and he did," Rosario said.

"He's a game horse. Every time a horse came to him, he's a fighter. I was really happy with him."

Amira's Prince, the 9-5 favorite, tired in the stretch after stalking Imagining through the first mile.

Imagining has now won eight of 16 starts with four seconds for earnings of $813,114. Five of his victories have come on the Belmont turf.

"He does like it here, but his race in Florida was a good race, too," McGaughey said.

"I'm happy for the horse, this is his first Grade I. We've got a good, solid race into him now and hopefully he'll come back fine and we'll have a good summer with him.

"This was only his second race since November. He was able to hold off a couple of pretty nice horses running at him and Joel did a great job of riding him. “

McGaughey said he would like to bring Imagining back for the G1 Manhattan Handicap on the turf on Belmont Stakes day on June 7.