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Big Brown heavy favorite for
Preakness
Post-time for the Preakness Stakes
is 6:15 p.m. (et) and will be
televised on NBC.
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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) -
Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is
the prohibitive 1-2 favorite for
Saturday's 133rd Preakness Stakes at
Pimlico Race Course. The colt will
face 12 other three-year-olds in the
$1 million, 1 3/16 mile race.
Owned
by IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr.,
Big Brown is undefeated in four
career starts, having won the races
by a total of nearly 34 lengths. For
Saturday the three-year-old will
again be ridden by Kent Desormeaux
and the pair will start from post
seven. Desormeaux won the 1998
Preakness aboard Real Quiet. |
Big
Brown, trained by Maryland-native
Rick Dutrow, Jr., has earned
$2,076,700 this year and better than
$2.1 million overall. Prior to his
commanding Kentucky Derby victory he
went wire to wire to win the Florida
Derby at Gulfstream Park.
A victory on Saturday would put Big
Brown just one win, the Belmont
Stakes, away from becoming the 12th
Triple Crown winner and the first
since Affirmed in 1978.
Arkansas Derby champ Gayego is the
only other Kentucky Derby horse to
be entered in the second leg of
racing's Triple Crown. The colt
failed to fire two weeks ago and
finished 17th in the 20 horse field.
Gayego, owned by Cubanacan Stables
and trained by Paulo Lobo, is 8-1 in
the morning-line and will start from
post 12 with jockey Mike Smith.
Smith was aboard Prairie Bayou when
the colt won the 1993 Preakness
Stakes.
Gayego began 2008 by winning the San
Pedro Stakes and then finished
second to Georgie Boy in the San
Felipe Stakes. In his career he has
won three of six starts for
$723,420.
Hey Byrn is the only starter to have
a win at the Preakness distance of 1
3/16 miles. He accomplished that by
winning the Holy Bull Stakes in his
last start. For Saturday Hey Byrn is
20-1 in the morning-line and will be
ridden by C.C. Lopez from the far
outside post.
Owned by Beatrice Oxenberg and
trained by Eddie Plesa, Hey Byrn was
a distant fourth to Big Brown in the
Florida Derby. The colt has won four
of eight career starts for $266,000.
Derby Trial winner Macho Again is
20-1 in the program with Julien
Leparoux set to ride from the inside
post. Dallas Stewart trains for West
Point Thoroughbreds.
Macho Again was sixth in the Lecomte
Stakes at the Fair Grounds in
January and was seventh to Adriano
in the Lane's End Stakes. The colt
has won three of eight lifetime
starts for $143,761.
The late running Yankee Bravo may
benefit from a fast pace on
Saturday. Trained by Paddy
Gallagher, Yankee Bravo is 15-1 in
the morning-line and has drawn post
four and will be ridden by Alex
Solis. The veteran jockey guided
Snow Chief to victory in the 1986
Preakness.
Yankee Bravo won the California
Derby at Golden Gate Fields in his
first start of the year. He then was
third to Pyro in the Louisiana Derby
and fourth in the Santa Anita Derby
to Colonel John. The colt has earned
$247,052 with three wins in five
lifetime starts.
Expected to be at or near the lead
in the Preakness is Beau Greely's
Tres Borrachos. The gelding, 30-1 in
the program, will break from post
two with Tyler Baze in the saddle.
Tres Borrachos set the early pace in
the Arkansas Derby and El Camino
Real Derby, his last two starts
where he finished third both times.
He began 2008 with a fourth place
result in the Risen Star Stakes at
the Fair Grounds.
Co-owned and trained by Greely, Tres
Borrachos has won once in a seven
race career with earnings of
$159,200.
Lexington Stakes winner
Behindatthebar is 10-1 in the
morning-line and will start from
post five with rider David Flores.
The colt is owned by Padua Stable,
Michael Shustek, and W. Don Stanley,
and trained by Todd Pletcher who is
looking for his first Preakness
victory.
Behindatthebar has won his last two
starts after finishing fifth in the
El Camino Real. He has earned
$277,100 with three wins in five
starts, all this year.
Giant Moon will be making his first
start away from New York on
Saturday. The New York-bred colt is
30-1 in the program and will be
ridden by Ramon Dominguez from post
11.
Trained by Richard Schosberg for
Albert Fried, Jr., Giant Moon is
coming off a fourth place finish in
the Wood Memorial. He was ninth in
the Gotham Stakes following his
season opening win in the Count
Fleet Stakes.
Giant Moon won all three starts as a
two-year-old and has career earnings
of $223,535.
Icabad Crane is the only Preakness
starter with a race over the Pimlico
surface. He won the Federico Tesio
Stakes last month to stamp his
ticket for Saturday.
Owned by Earle Mack, Icabad Crane is
30-1 in the morning-line and will
start from post three with Jeremy
Rose again in the saddle. Rose
guided Afleet Alex to a memorable
win in the 2005 Preakness Stakes.
Icabad Crane is trained by Graham
Motion and is the winner of three of
four career races for $125,400.
The always dangerous Riley Tucker
will break from post 10 with Edgar
Prado riding. The colt is 30-1 in
the program for owner Zayat Stables
and trainer Bill Mott.
Riley Tucker is coming off a third
place finish in the Lexington Stakes
after being the runner-up in the
Transylvania Stakes, both at
Keeneland. He began the year in the
Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn where he
was sixth, the only time he was out
of the money.
He has earned $161,100 in seven
lifetime starts with one win, three
seconds and two thirds.
Owner Robert LaPenta and trainer
Nick Zito have entered Stevil as
their representative in this year's
Preakness. Zito won the 1996
Preakness with Louis Quatorze.
Stevil is 30-1 in the program and
will be ridden by John Velazquez
from post nine. The colt has just
one win in six career starts for
$95,865. This year he was fourth in
the Blue Grass Stakes and fifth in
the Louisiana Derby.
Jockey Robby Albarado goes after his
second straight Preakness victory
with Racecar Rhapsody. Albarado won
the 2007 race with eventual Horse of
the Year Curlin. Racecar Rhapsody is
30-1 in the morning-line and will
start from post six.
Trained by Ken McPeek, Racecar
Rhapsody has finished fourth in his
last three starts which include the
Lexington, Lane's End Stakes and
Delta Downs Jackpot. He has one win
in six lifetime races for $148,391.
Lightly raced Kentucky Bear is 15-1
in the morning-line and will start
from post eight with jockey Jamie
Theriot. Owned by Bear Stables,
Kentucky Bear will be making only
his fourth career start on Saturday
with one win and a third place
finish.
The chestnut colt is trained by
Reade Baker and is coming off a
solid third place finish behind
Monba in the Blue Grass Stakes. He
was seventh in the Fountain of Youth
Stakes after winning his first
career start in January. He has
$100,200 in winnings.
Here the entire field for the
Preakness Stakes in post position
order: Macho Again 20-1 Julien
Leparoux; Tres Borrachos 30-1 Tyler
Baze; Icabad Crane 30-1 Jeremy Rose;
Yankee Bravo 15-1 Alex Solis;
Behindatthebar 10-1 David Flores;
Racecar Rhapsody 30-1 Robby Albarado;
Big Brown 1-2 Kent Desormeaux;
Kentucky Bear 15-1 Jamie Theriot;
Stevil 30-1 John Velazquez; Riley
Tucker 30-1 Edgar Prado; Giant Moon
30-1 Ramon Dominguez; Gayego 8-1
Mike Smith; Hey Byrn 20-1 C.C.
Lopez.
The weather forecast for Saturday
calls for partly cloudy conditions
and a post-time temperature near 70.
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