With the 2006 Preakness Stakes only 7 days away and ex-Derby contender Lawyer Ron being removed from an entry position, it appears that one lucky longshot horse will be inducted into the Preakness Stakes line up a little late this year.
The field for the $1 million Preakness held at six Saturday when trainer Bob Baffert informed management at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore that neither Bob and John nor Point Determined will race in the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Well, as we contemplate who will be chosen to ride this year, we bet you didn't know that in 1918, 26 horses were entered into the Preakness, causing the race to be run in two divisions for the first and only time in history.
A possible new shooter emerged when Maryland-based training legend King T. Leatherbury said his Ah Day, who won the recent Federico Tesio at Pimlico, might go.
The five challengers set to face Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in the Preakness on Saturday are Brother Derek, Sweetnorthernsaint, Like Now, Bernardini and Hemingway's Key.
Since 1931, the Preakness Stakes has been run on Saturday afternoon, although this was not always so. The Preakness has been staged on every day except Sunday. The classic has been run on Tuesday, 14 times; Friday, 13; Monday, 6; Wednesday, 5; and Thursday, 4 times.
Out of the 130 races held during Preakness's history, 87 winners were bred in Kentucky with only 8 winners coming from the state of Maryland.
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The field for the $1 million Preakness held at six Saturday when trainer Bob Baffert informed management at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore that neither Bob and John nor Point Determined will race in the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Well, as we contemplate who will be chosen to ride this year, we bet you didn't know that in 1918, 26 horses were entered into the Preakness, causing the race to be run in two divisions for the first and only time in history.
A possible new shooter emerged when Maryland-based training legend King T. Leatherbury said his Ah Day, who won the recent Federico Tesio at Pimlico, might go.
The five challengers set to face Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in the Preakness on Saturday are Brother Derek, Sweetnorthernsaint, Like Now, Bernardini and Hemingway's Key.
Since 1931, the Preakness Stakes has been run on Saturday afternoon, although this was not always so. The Preakness has been staged on every day except Sunday. The classic has been run on Tuesday, 14 times; Friday, 13; Monday, 6; Wednesday, 5; and Thursday, 4 times.
Out of the 130 races held during Preakness's history, 87 winners were bred in Kentucky with only 8 winners coming from the state of Maryland.
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