Gotham winner Iron Honor is the tepid Preakness favorite, surprising his trainer, and Incredibolt is entered, surprising everyone else.
A day after it seemed all systems were go for the Preakness, Silent Tactic’s trainer Mark Casse has decided to skip the Middle Jewel.
Napoleon Solo arrived at Laurel Park Sunday, becoming the third Preakness entrant to be on the grounds.
Trainer Mark Casse said Sundaytha t he was optimistic that Silent Tactic, scratched from the Kentucky Derby, will run in the Preakness.
Trainer Whit Beckman, once an assistant on Derby- and Preakness-winning operations, just missed winning his first Classic with Preakness hopeful Ocelli.
Maryland-based Preakness hopeful Taj Mahal had his final work prior to the May 16 Preakness Saturday and had his connections smiling.
Seventh in the Santa Anita Derby and 14th in the Kentucky Derby, Robusta needs a form reversal in the May 16 Preakness Stakes.
Ocelli, still a maiden but also the Kentucky Derby show horse, cost just $12,000 as a yearling but could become a classic winner in the Preakness.
Bull by the Horns, winner of the Rushaway at Turfway Park, is doing well and “ready to run,” trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said.
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