Preakness Suprise
There will be no Triple Crown this year, rendering next month’s Belmont Stakes a nice race but one that has now lost its potentially historic dimensions
21st May 2017
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There will be no Triple Crown this year, rendering next month’s Belmont Stakes a nice race but one that has now lost its potentially historic dimensions
For the first time in five races against his rival, Exaggerator beat Nyquist to win the 141st Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
“I don’t even want to think about the Triple Crown right now,” Baffert said. “I want to enjoy this. It’s tough at Belmont Park. I’ve been there and I don’t want to think about it for another couple of weeks.
The blanket has been draped, the weather vane has been painted. Now it’s off to New York for the Belmont.
“Most of the speed is on the outside of me. If they go, they go, I can tuck in right behind them without any problems. I think my horse will perform,” says Art Sherman
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
