131st Preakness Stakes |
Preakness Stakes Saturday May 20 Pimlico Racetrack Baltimore, Maryland |
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 The Preakness Stakes is the second jewel in the Triple
Crown. Run two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness is
the shortest of the Triple Crown races. The Preakness distance
is 1 3/16 miles, 1/16 of a mile shorter than the Kentucky Derby. There
have been 11 Triple Crown Winners, and 20 horses that have won both
the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness but went on to lose the Belmont. There
have been 50 horses who have won at least two of the triple crown races. Recent
history has given us several Triple Crown near misses; most recently
with Smarty Jones in 2004. Will Barbaro be the 21st horse to win
both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness? It has been 28 years
since the last Triple Crown winner, Affirmed. Horse racing fans
are sure to make Barbaro the betting favorite for the Preakness and
the sentimental favorite as well. No matter how many Preakness contenders
show up to take on Barbaro this year, or what the odds are, America
is ready for its next horse racing hero, one who can accomplish the
most difficult task in all of Sports - win the Triple Crown. |
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| 2006 PREAKNESS STAKES FIELD | ||||||
| PP | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds | ||
1 |
Like Now | McLaughlin | Gomez | 12:1 |  |
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2 |
Platinum Couple | Lostritto | Espinoza | 50:1 | ||
3 |
Hemingway's Key | Zito | Rose | 30:1 | ||
4 |
Greeley's Legacy | Weaver | Migliore | 20:1 | ||
5 |
Brother Derek | Hendricks | Solis | 3:1 | ||
6 |
Barbaro | Matz | Prado | Even | ||
7 |
Sweetnorthernsaint | Trombetta | Desormeaux | 4:1 | ||
8 |
Bernardini | Albertrani | Castellano | 8:1 | ||
9 |
Diabolical | Klesaris | Dominguez | 30:1 | ||
