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A most unusual 2020 Triple Crown season ends Saturday with the 145th running of the Preakness Stakes.
All you need to do to place this wager is bet on a horse to win the race. The facility will deduct a portion from the total wagers in order to cover costs. Traditionally this is 15-20% depending on the facility and that state’s racing regulations. The winning bettors split what remains. Traditionally, the first opportunity to wager on the Preakness is on the Black-Eyed Susan Day program at Pimlico. The day prior to the Preakness is Pimlico’s second biggest day of betting due to attendance and thus a handle perspective. Preakness Day starts early, with a first post of 10:30 a.m. (ET) the norm in recent years.
Traditionally the Triple Crown’s middle jewel, this edition of the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans instead ends the three-race sequence. Pimlico will host the Preakness behind closed doors, with post time scheduled for 5:36 p.m. EDT.
2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic was installed upon Monday’s draw as the 9-5 favorite. The Into Mischief colt runs for trainer Bob Baffert, who is aiming for a record eighth score in the 1 3/16-mile event.
As of Friday night, favoritism instead shifted to Art Collector, who had been bet down from 5-2 to 4-5. The son of Bernardini has won all four of his 2020 starts and returns here after missing last month’s Kentucky Derby.
Authentic’s stablemate Thousand Words is ready to go in the Preakness after scratching in the paddock before the Kentucky Derby.
Three horses that ran behind Authentic in Louisville – Max Player, Mr. Big News and Ny Traffic – take another shot at a Triple Crown victory here.
Then there is barnstorming filly Swiss Skydiver, a Grade 1 winner who battles the boys for the second time this season.
Here’s a look at the 2020 Preakness Stakes field, with odds as of 5:09 p.m. Saturday:
1. Excession (Steve Asmussen, Sheldon Russell), 50-1
2. Mr. Big News (Bret Calhoun, Gabriel Saez), 13-1
3. Art Collector (Tommy Drury Jr., Brian Hernandez Jr.), 5-2
4. Swiss Skydiver (Kenny McPeek, Robby Albarado), 12-1
5. Thousand Words (Bob Baffert, Florent Geroux), 6-1
6. Jesus’ Team (Jose D’Angelo, Jevian Toledo), 30-1
7. Ny Traffic (Saffie Joseph Jr., Horacio Karamanos), 20-1
8. Max Player (Steve Asmussen, Paco Lopez), 12-1
9. Authentic (Bob Baffert, John Velazquez), 3-2
10. Pneumatic (Steve Asmussen, Joe Bravo), 13-1
11. Liveyourbeastlife (Jorge Abreu, Trevor McCarthy), 30-1
TimeformUS’ pace projections show Authentic coming from the outside Saturday under jockey John Velazquez to set the pace, just as he did in the Kentucky Derby.
Art Collector and Swiss Skydiver both figure to be at or near the front. Max Player and Mr. Big News are among the horses looking to do their running late.
Check out free PPs from our friends at Brisnet for more information on the Preakness’ 11 runners.
Preakness on TV
NBC, television home of the Triple Crown, will broadcast live from 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday at Pimlico. The network’s coverage window will include coverage of both the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) and the Preakness.
TVG will show Pimlico’s first nine races of the day along with a loaded Keeneland card that features four Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races. Racing fans will also want to keep an eye on Fox Sports 2, which will carry stakes action from Belmont Park.
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Preakness analysis
Horse Racing Nation staffers offer their picks for Preakness winners, board hitters and live long shots. See which Steve Asmussen-trained long shot garnered a pair of win predictions.
Reinier Macatangay takes a look at trifecta betting options for the Preakness. He likes Authentic atop his ticket.
Jarrod Horak offers his selections for Pimlico’s all-stakes Rainbow 6, which culminates Saturday with the Preakness. See which Black-Eyed Susan Stakes runner is his lone single of the sequence.
Trainer Tommy Drury Jr. is a racetrack lifer who now has the horse of a lifetime in Art Collector. Writing for the Maryland Jockey Club, Jennie Rees details Drury’s journey through the sport and how the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Bernardini colt racing for his barn.
Tom Pedulla asked racing experts about Authentic’s Kentucky Derby triumph and about his Preakness prospects. NBC analyst Randy Moss says the colt’s Derby win marked “the single best training job Bob Baffert has ever done in a Triple Crown race.”
What kind of return on microshare investments could Authentic’s many MyRaceHorse owners see? Matt Stahl looked into the numbers to see how far $206 goes.
Thousand Words did not get to run in the Kentucky Derby after a paddock incident necessitated a scratch, but now gets his shot at a Triple Crown start here. Note that he will wear blinkers Saturday in the Preakness.
Swiss Skydiver owner Peter Callahan describes both himself and trainer Kenny McPeek as “crapshooters.” Pedulla writes about the duo that is not afraid to take a shot at the Preakness with their star filly.
With stakes-heavy cards taking place this weekend at Keeneland and Belmont Park, many of the big-name jockeys usually seen in Triple Crown races won’t be at Pimlico on Saturday. Maryland riders hope to take advantage of their rare Preakness mounts.
In another quirk of this unusual racing season, the Preakness Stakes offers its winner a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Authentic is one of three Baffert trainees who have already punched their tickets into that event.
Preakness undercard
First post Saturday is 11 a.m., with full Pimlico entries available via HRN. The undercard includes five non-graded stakes – the Selima, the Skipat, the Hilltop, the Laurel Futurity and the James W. Murphy – and five graded events.
Courtesy of the NTRA, here are previews for the quintet of graded stakes that Pimlico hosts Saturday leading up to the Preakness:
11:35 a.m. – $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3), TVG
Juliet Foxtrot and Varenka, graded winners in 2019, will seek their first stakes score this season in the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette on grass. Augustin Stable’s homebred filly Varenka showed so much promise as a 2-year-old that she raced in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as a maiden and won three of five starts last year, topped by a dead-heat victory in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. The daughter of Hall of Famer Ghostzapper is winless in three tries in 2020. In her most recent outing, she was fifth, beaten 2¼ lengths, as the 3-1 favorite in the One Dreamer at Kentucky Downs.
1:22 p.m. – $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3), TVG
Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper, making just her sixth career start, looks to return to the winner’s circle for the first time in nearly a year when she lines up against six rivals in the Miss Preakness. Wicked Whisper debuted last August at Saratoga with a popular front-running 6¼-length triumph. She was stepped right into stakes company by Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and captured the Frizette (G1) in similar fashion at Belmont Park. From there, Wicked Whisper ran fifth after pressing the pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, exiting the race with a minor leg issue. She didn’t kick off her 3-year-old season until July 10, fading to be fourth behind Four Graces in the Beaumont Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
2:01 p.m. – $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes (G2), TVG
Already a four-time winner of the race, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will go after No. 5 with Maryland-loving multiple graded-stakes winner Doctor Mounty in the Dinner Party – previously run as the Dixie. Doctor Mounty snapped a five-race losing streak when he returned from a brief freshening with a front-running 1¾-length triumph in the 1 1/16-mile Henry S. Clark on Sept. 7 at Laurel Park. It was his first victory since his previous trip to Maryland, when the now 7-year-old gelding rallied to win the Prince George’s County by a length last June.
2:42 p.m. – $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Dash Stakes (G3), TVG
Last fall, trainer John Terranova sent an unknown minor stakes winner from New York to Maryland, one that had been competitive graded company without success, in search of a breakthrough race. Killybegs Captain delivered, springing a mild upset in the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash. Though the horse and the venue have changed, Terranova is looking to repeat the pattern with Stan the Man on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Stan the Man is a two-time stakes winner, taking the 1 1/8-mile Queens County last December at Aqueduct and the six-furlong Tale of the Cat last time out Aug. 20 at Saratoga.
4:41 p.m. – $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), NBC
An evenly-matched field of 11 fillies, led by graded-stakes winners Bonny South, Hopeful Growth, Perfect Alibi and Project Whiskey, are set to gather for the 96th running of the Black-Eyed Susan. Juddmonte Farms homebred Bonny South was rerouted to the Black-Eyed Susan following the announcement in mid-August that it was to join the Preakness lineup. The chestnut daughter of multiple graded-stakes winning sprinter Munnings tuned up for the race with a five-furlong work in 1:01 last Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.
Preakness preview
From the Maryland Jockey Club…
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is favored at 9-5 in the morning line for Saturday’s 145th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, providing Hall of Famer Bob Baffert an excellent opportunity to become the most successful trainer in the storied history of the 1 3/16-mile classic.
Authentic, who registered an impressive front-running victory in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, is scheduled to face 10 other 3-year-olds, including Thousand Words, who, at 6-1 in the morning line, figures to give Baffert a solid second chance to saddle his eighth Preakness winner.
Authentic is owned by Spendthrift Farm LLC, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables LLC and Starlight Racing. Spendthrift Farm LLC also owns Thousand Words, who was scratched from the Derby after rearing and falling while being saddled in the paddock, in a partnership with Albaugh Family Stable LLC.
The Preakness, traditionally the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, will conclude the series on Saturday after being postponed from May 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maryland Jockey Club’s signature event will be run without fans in attendance, as were the Belmont Stakes on June 20 and the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.
The Preakness will be broadcast live on NBC from 4:30-6 p.m.
“Without the fans, it sort of takes away from it,” Baffert said. ‘It didn’t feel like the Derby until the gates came open. Once the gates came open, I felt like it was on. Once he hit the wire, it felt like the Derby. It makes you forget about everything else.”
Should Authentic or Thousand Words prevail Saturday, Baffert will surely be hit with that old Preakness feeling to which he has become all too accustomed.
When Baffert saddled Triple Crown champion Justify for a victory in the 2018 Preakness, he tied the record for most wins by a trainer with Robert Wyndham Walden, who saddled seven winners between 1875 and 1888. From his seven Preakness winners, all five of Baffert’s Kentucky Derby winners won at Pimlico two weeks later. Authentic, however, will seek his second leg of the Triple Crown with four weeks between classics.
“He would have been ready to roll in two weeks,” Baffert said. “I feel pressure now because I never lost a Preakness with a horse I won the Derby with. Now the pressure’s on me.”
While he is well aware of his accomplishments at Pimlico, Baffert is making an effort to focus on the 2020 Preakness without reliving his past successes or his chance to become the winningest trainer in Preakness history Saturday.
“The reason I’ve won it so many times is I’ve always had the best horse,” Baffert said. “That’s why I won. I’ve won the Derby with the best horse and I’ve lost the Derby with the best horse. The losses bother me. I think about the losses more – the ones that got away from me. The Preaknesses have never gotten away when I’m here with the best horse.”
Authentic will once again be guided by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, who has ridden three Derby winners and two Belmont Stakes winners but will be seeking his first Preakness success. Thousand Words will be ridden by Florent Geroux for the first time Saturday.
Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector, who was scratched from the Kentucky Derby in the days leading up to the race due to a minor foot injury, is scheduled to join the Triple Crown fray Saturday.
“We were going to miss a few days of training and that’s just not the way you want to go into the Kentucky Derby,” trainer Tommy Drury Jr. said. “I’ve been waiting for 30 years for this horse to come into my life. I’m sure not going to do anything to jeopardize his future for just one race. It certainly stung a little bit, but having this race right behind it, you kind of had to turn the page pretty quickly and start thinking about the next one.”
Art Collector, who is rated second at 5-2 in the morning line, has finished first in his last five races (by a combined 23½ lengths), including four straight victories since being turned over to Drury this year.
Art Collector, who won the July 11 Blue Grass (G2) at Keeneland and the Aug. 9 Ellis Park Derby in his two most recent starts, has shown the ability to set the pace or stalk the pace under jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.
“He knows this horse like the back of his hand,” said 49-year-old Drury, who celebrated his first career graded-stakes success in the Blue Grass. “I don’t think I’ve ever given him instructions on this horse. I’ve just told him to ride as it comes to him. By doing that he’s gotten several different trips. That’s where having a horse that’s versatile enough that he will allow you to do that is very beneficial.”
Drury has been impressed with the son of Bernardini’s preparation for the Preakness.
“The Derby was disappointing because he was training so well leading up to it, but, gosh, I feel like he’s doing equally as well right now,” he said. “We’re ready to take our best shot.”
Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver, who is rated at 6-1 in the morning line, is scheduled to clash with the boys for a second time in her career. The multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Daredevil finished second as the favorite behind Art Collector in the Blue Grass. She will make a bid to join a group of five fillies who have captured the Preakness: Rachel Alexandra (2009), Nellie Morse (1924), Rhine Maiden (1915), Whimsical (1906), and Flocarline (1903).
“I don’t know if we have to differentiate genders,” trainer Kenny McPeek said. “In Europe, fillies run against colts all the time. I don’t think Enable has run straight fillies (more than a few times) in several years. Here it seems to be more of a big deal, but for the most part when you bring a good one into the game, it doesn’t matter.”
Swiss Skydiver captured the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) March 29 before going on win the Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the Santa Anita Oaks (G2). She set a pressured pace in the Blue Grass before being overtaken by Art Collector, losing by 3½ lengths but finishing 4¾ lengths clear of the third-place finisher and next-out winner Rushie. The McPeek trainee bounced back to score a dominating 3½-length victory in the 1¼-mile Alabama (G1) at Saratoga before finishing second in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
Swiss Skydiver is the latest in a long line of McPeek-trained Grade 1 stakes-winning fillies and mares, topped by Take Charge Lady, who earned nearly $2.5 million.
“It seems to me I’ve had better fillies than I’ve had colts. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. If you look back on my career, I’ve had some good colts,” said McPeek, who saddled Sarava for an upset victory in the 2002 Belmont Stakes. “We try to treat them all as individuals, but maybe my program does fit fillies better. I’m not sure.”How Do I Place A Bet On The Preakness Picks
Swiss Skydiver will have her sixth different jockey aboard for the Preakness when McPeek gives veteran Robby Albarado a leg up on his ultra-consistent filly. Albarado rode Curlin to a Preakness victory in 2007.
Allied Racing Stable LLC’s Mr. Big News, who finished third in the Kentucky Derby at 46-1, is slated to take on Authentic again Saturday. The late-developing son of Giant’s Causeway broke his maiden Jan. 20 at Fair Grounds in his fourth career start. He earned a “Win & In” berth in the Preakness when he won his first stakes in the Oaklawn Stakes on April 11 before disappointing with an off-the-board finish in the Blue Grass.
“Mentally, he’s always been a great-minded horse,” trainer Bret Calhoun said. “He’s done everything the right way his whole career. Physically, he just wasn’t as strong as he is now. He had to fill out and get stronger. That’s what he’s done gradually. It’s been a continuous development over the past five, six months to get where he needed to be. To be strong enough to be at the top of his game.”
Calhoun never lost faith in Mr. Big News.
“The trainer has to be patient,” Calhoun said. “The owner needs to be patient to allow the trainer to be patient. It’s kind of a team effort. This horse showed talent early on. I know not everybody was a believer. I think a lot of people were wondering, ‘What do you see in him?’ We saw something in him in his early works. He was getting better and better, making big leaps forward in his development. I told some people, ‘You’re going to read about this horse someday.’”
Gabriel Saez, who was aboard for the Oaklawn Stakes win, has the return call on Mr. Big News, who is rated at 12-1 in the morning line.
Trainer Steve Asmussen, who saddled Rachel Alexandra and Curlin for their Preakness scores, is scheduled to saddle three starters Saturday in his bid for No. 3: George Hall and Sport BLX Thoroughbreds Corp.’s Max Player, Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Pneumatic and Calumet Farm’s Excession.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, in 2013, was the last trainer to saddle three starters, including Calumet’s victorious Oxbow.
Max Player is the only horse entered in all three Triple Crown races this year. The son of Honor Code, who finished a non-threatening third in the Belmont for trainer Linda Rice, was never able to get into the race in his first start for Asmussen in the Derby, in which he finished fifth after breaking from the rail post.
“Obviously, I was a little bit disappointed in his race in the Derby but his post cost him considerably, just getting covered up early and being way too far back to be effective,” Asmussen said.
Pneumatic, who finished fourth in the Belmont, is coming off a 2¼-length victory in the ungraded Pegasus at Monmouth Park. Excession will make his first start since finishing second in the Rebe
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A most unusual 2020 Triple Crown season ends Saturday with the 145th running of the Preakness Stakes.
All you need to do to place this wager is bet on a horse to win the race. The facility will deduct a portion from the total wagers in order to cover costs. Traditionally this is 15-20% depending on the facility and that state’s racing regulations. The winning bettors split what remains. Traditionally, the first opportunity to wager on the Preakness is on the Black-Eyed Susan Day program at Pimlico. The day prior to the Preakness is Pimlico’s second biggest day of betting due to attendance and thus a handle perspective. Preakness Day starts early, with a first post of 10:30 a.m. (ET) the norm in recent years.
Traditionally the Triple Crown’s middle jewel, this edition of the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans instead ends the three-race sequence. Pimlico will host the Preakness behind closed doors, with post time scheduled for 5:36 p.m. EDT.
2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic was installed upon Monday’s draw as the 9-5 favorite. The Into Mischief colt runs for trainer Bob Baffert, who is aiming for a record eighth score in the 1 3/16-mile event.
As of Friday night, favoritism instead shifted to Art Collector, who had been bet down from 5-2 to 4-5. The son of Bernardini has won all four of his 2020 starts and returns here after missing last month’s Kentucky Derby.
Authentic’s stablemate Thousand Words is ready to go in the Preakness after scratching in the paddock before the Kentucky Derby.
Three horses that ran behind Authentic in Louisville – Max Player, Mr. Big News and Ny Traffic – take another shot at a Triple Crown victory here.
Then there is barnstorming filly Swiss Skydiver, a Grade 1 winner who battles the boys for the second time this season.
Here’s a look at the 2020 Preakness Stakes field, with odds as of 5:09 p.m. Saturday:
1. Excession (Steve Asmussen, Sheldon Russell), 50-1
2. Mr. Big News (Bret Calhoun, Gabriel Saez), 13-1
3. Art Collector (Tommy Drury Jr., Brian Hernandez Jr.), 5-2
4. Swiss Skydiver (Kenny McPeek, Robby Albarado), 12-1
5. Thousand Words (Bob Baffert, Florent Geroux), 6-1
6. Jesus’ Team (Jose D’Angelo, Jevian Toledo), 30-1
7. Ny Traffic (Saffie Joseph Jr., Horacio Karamanos), 20-1
8. Max Player (Steve Asmussen, Paco Lopez), 12-1
9. Authentic (Bob Baffert, John Velazquez), 3-2
10. Pneumatic (Steve Asmussen, Joe Bravo), 13-1
11. Liveyourbeastlife (Jorge Abreu, Trevor McCarthy), 30-1
TimeformUS’ pace projections show Authentic coming from the outside Saturday under jockey John Velazquez to set the pace, just as he did in the Kentucky Derby.
Art Collector and Swiss Skydiver both figure to be at or near the front. Max Player and Mr. Big News are among the horses looking to do their running late.
Check out free PPs from our friends at Brisnet for more information on the Preakness’ 11 runners.
Preakness on TV
NBC, television home of the Triple Crown, will broadcast live from 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday at Pimlico. The network’s coverage window will include coverage of both the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) and the Preakness.
TVG will show Pimlico’s first nine races of the day along with a loaded Keeneland card that features four Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races. Racing fans will also want to keep an eye on Fox Sports 2, which will carry stakes action from Belmont Park.
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Preakness analysis
Horse Racing Nation staffers offer their picks for Preakness winners, board hitters and live long shots. See which Steve Asmussen-trained long shot garnered a pair of win predictions.
Reinier Macatangay takes a look at trifecta betting options for the Preakness. He likes Authentic atop his ticket.
Jarrod Horak offers his selections for Pimlico’s all-stakes Rainbow 6, which culminates Saturday with the Preakness. See which Black-Eyed Susan Stakes runner is his lone single of the sequence.
Trainer Tommy Drury Jr. is a racetrack lifer who now has the horse of a lifetime in Art Collector. Writing for the Maryland Jockey Club, Jennie Rees details Drury’s journey through the sport and how the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Bernardini colt racing for his barn.
Tom Pedulla asked racing experts about Authentic’s Kentucky Derby triumph and about his Preakness prospects. NBC analyst Randy Moss says the colt’s Derby win marked “the single best training job Bob Baffert has ever done in a Triple Crown race.”
What kind of return on microshare investments could Authentic’s many MyRaceHorse owners see? Matt Stahl looked into the numbers to see how far $206 goes.
Thousand Words did not get to run in the Kentucky Derby after a paddock incident necessitated a scratch, but now gets his shot at a Triple Crown start here. Note that he will wear blinkers Saturday in the Preakness.
Swiss Skydiver owner Peter Callahan describes both himself and trainer Kenny McPeek as “crapshooters.” Pedulla writes about the duo that is not afraid to take a shot at the Preakness with their star filly.
With stakes-heavy cards taking place this weekend at Keeneland and Belmont Park, many of the big-name jockeys usually seen in Triple Crown races won’t be at Pimlico on Saturday. Maryland riders hope to take advantage of their rare Preakness mounts.
In another quirk of this unusual racing season, the Preakness Stakes offers its winner a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Authentic is one of three Baffert trainees who have already punched their tickets into that event.
Preakness undercard
First post Saturday is 11 a.m., with full Pimlico entries available via HRN. The undercard includes five non-graded stakes – the Selima, the Skipat, the Hilltop, the Laurel Futurity and the James W. Murphy – and five graded events.
Courtesy of the NTRA, here are previews for the quintet of graded stakes that Pimlico hosts Saturday leading up to the Preakness:
11:35 a.m. – $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3), TVG
Juliet Foxtrot and Varenka, graded winners in 2019, will seek their first stakes score this season in the 1 1/16-mile Gallorette on grass. Augustin Stable’s homebred filly Varenka showed so much promise as a 2-year-old that she raced in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as a maiden and won three of five starts last year, topped by a dead-heat victory in the Lake Placid Stakes (G2) at Saratoga. The daughter of Hall of Famer Ghostzapper is winless in three tries in 2020. In her most recent outing, she was fifth, beaten 2¼ lengths, as the 3-1 favorite in the One Dreamer at Kentucky Downs.
1:22 p.m. – $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3), TVG
Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Grade 1 winner Wicked Whisper, making just her sixth career start, looks to return to the winner’s circle for the first time in nearly a year when she lines up against six rivals in the Miss Preakness. Wicked Whisper debuted last August at Saratoga with a popular front-running 6¼-length triumph. She was stepped right into stakes company by Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and captured the Frizette (G1) in similar fashion at Belmont Park. From there, Wicked Whisper ran fifth after pressing the pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, exiting the race with a minor leg issue. She didn’t kick off her 3-year-old season until July 10, fading to be fourth behind Four Graces in the Beaumont Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.
2:01 p.m. – $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes (G2), TVG
Already a four-time winner of the race, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will go after No. 5 with Maryland-loving multiple graded-stakes winner Doctor Mounty in the Dinner Party – previously run as the Dixie. Doctor Mounty snapped a five-race losing streak when he returned from a brief freshening with a front-running 1¾-length triumph in the 1 1/16-mile Henry S. Clark on Sept. 7 at Laurel Park. It was his first victory since his previous trip to Maryland, when the now 7-year-old gelding rallied to win the Prince George’s County by a length last June.
2:42 p.m. – $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Dash Stakes (G3), TVG
Last fall, trainer John Terranova sent an unknown minor stakes winner from New York to Maryland, one that had been competitive graded company without success, in search of a breakthrough race. Killybegs Captain delivered, springing a mild upset in the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash. Though the horse and the venue have changed, Terranova is looking to repeat the pattern with Stan the Man on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Stan the Man is a two-time stakes winner, taking the 1 1/8-mile Queens County last December at Aqueduct and the six-furlong Tale of the Cat last time out Aug. 20 at Saratoga.
4:41 p.m. – $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), NBC
An evenly-matched field of 11 fillies, led by graded-stakes winners Bonny South, Hopeful Growth, Perfect Alibi and Project Whiskey, are set to gather for the 96th running of the Black-Eyed Susan. Juddmonte Farms homebred Bonny South was rerouted to the Black-Eyed Susan following the announcement in mid-August that it was to join the Preakness lineup. The chestnut daughter of multiple graded-stakes winning sprinter Munnings tuned up for the race with a five-furlong work in 1:01 last Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.
Preakness preview
From the Maryland Jockey Club…
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is favored at 9-5 in the morning line for Saturday’s 145th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, providing Hall of Famer Bob Baffert an excellent opportunity to become the most successful trainer in the storied history of the 1 3/16-mile classic.
Authentic, who registered an impressive front-running victory in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, is scheduled to face 10 other 3-year-olds, including Thousand Words, who, at 6-1 in the morning line, figures to give Baffert a solid second chance to saddle his eighth Preakness winner.
Authentic is owned by Spendthrift Farm LLC, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables LLC and Starlight Racing. Spendthrift Farm LLC also owns Thousand Words, who was scratched from the Derby after rearing and falling while being saddled in the paddock, in a partnership with Albaugh Family Stable LLC.
The Preakness, traditionally the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, will conclude the series on Saturday after being postponed from May 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maryland Jockey Club’s signature event will be run without fans in attendance, as were the Belmont Stakes on June 20 and the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.
The Preakness will be broadcast live on NBC from 4:30-6 p.m.
“Without the fans, it sort of takes away from it,” Baffert said. ‘It didn’t feel like the Derby until the gates came open. Once the gates came open, I felt like it was on. Once he hit the wire, it felt like the Derby. It makes you forget about everything else.”
Should Authentic or Thousand Words prevail Saturday, Baffert will surely be hit with that old Preakness feeling to which he has become all too accustomed.
When Baffert saddled Triple Crown champion Justify for a victory in the 2018 Preakness, he tied the record for most wins by a trainer with Robert Wyndham Walden, who saddled seven winners between 1875 and 1888. From his seven Preakness winners, all five of Baffert’s Kentucky Derby winners won at Pimlico two weeks later. Authentic, however, will seek his second leg of the Triple Crown with four weeks between classics.
“He would have been ready to roll in two weeks,” Baffert said. “I feel pressure now because I never lost a Preakness with a horse I won the Derby with. Now the pressure’s on me.”
While he is well aware of his accomplishments at Pimlico, Baffert is making an effort to focus on the 2020 Preakness without reliving his past successes or his chance to become the winningest trainer in Preakness history Saturday.
“The reason I’ve won it so many times is I’ve always had the best horse,” Baffert said. “That’s why I won. I’ve won the Derby with the best horse and I’ve lost the Derby with the best horse. The losses bother me. I think about the losses more – the ones that got away from me. The Preaknesses have never gotten away when I’m here with the best horse.”
Authentic will once again be guided by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, who has ridden three Derby winners and two Belmont Stakes winners but will be seeking his first Preakness success. Thousand Words will be ridden by Florent Geroux for the first time Saturday.
Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector, who was scratched from the Kentucky Derby in the days leading up to the race due to a minor foot injury, is scheduled to join the Triple Crown fray Saturday.
“We were going to miss a few days of training and that’s just not the way you want to go into the Kentucky Derby,” trainer Tommy Drury Jr. said. “I’ve been waiting for 30 years for this horse to come into my life. I’m sure not going to do anything to jeopardize his future for just one race. It certainly stung a little bit, but having this race right behind it, you kind of had to turn the page pretty quickly and start thinking about the next one.”
Art Collector, who is rated second at 5-2 in the morning line, has finished first in his last five races (by a combined 23½ lengths), including four straight victories since being turned over to Drury this year.
Art Collector, who won the July 11 Blue Grass (G2) at Keeneland and the Aug. 9 Ellis Park Derby in his two most recent starts, has shown the ability to set the pace or stalk the pace under jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.
“He knows this horse like the back of his hand,” said 49-year-old Drury, who celebrated his first career graded-stakes success in the Blue Grass. “I don’t think I’ve ever given him instructions on this horse. I’ve just told him to ride as it comes to him. By doing that he’s gotten several different trips. That’s where having a horse that’s versatile enough that he will allow you to do that is very beneficial.”
Drury has been impressed with the son of Bernardini’s preparation for the Preakness.
“The Derby was disappointing because he was training so well leading up to it, but, gosh, I feel like he’s doing equally as well right now,” he said. “We’re ready to take our best shot.”
Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver, who is rated at 6-1 in the morning line, is scheduled to clash with the boys for a second time in her career. The multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Daredevil finished second as the favorite behind Art Collector in the Blue Grass. She will make a bid to join a group of five fillies who have captured the Preakness: Rachel Alexandra (2009), Nellie Morse (1924), Rhine Maiden (1915), Whimsical (1906), and Flocarline (1903).
“I don’t know if we have to differentiate genders,” trainer Kenny McPeek said. “In Europe, fillies run against colts all the time. I don’t think Enable has run straight fillies (more than a few times) in several years. Here it seems to be more of a big deal, but for the most part when you bring a good one into the game, it doesn’t matter.”
Swiss Skydiver captured the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) March 29 before going on win the Fantasy (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the Santa Anita Oaks (G2). She set a pressured pace in the Blue Grass before being overtaken by Art Collector, losing by 3½ lengths but finishing 4¾ lengths clear of the third-place finisher and next-out winner Rushie. The McPeek trainee bounced back to score a dominating 3½-length victory in the 1¼-mile Alabama (G1) at Saratoga before finishing second in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
Swiss Skydiver is the latest in a long line of McPeek-trained Grade 1 stakes-winning fillies and mares, topped by Take Charge Lady, who earned nearly $2.5 million.
“It seems to me I’ve had better fillies than I’ve had colts. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. If you look back on my career, I’ve had some good colts,” said McPeek, who saddled Sarava for an upset victory in the 2002 Belmont Stakes. “We try to treat them all as individuals, but maybe my program does fit fillies better. I’m not sure.”How Do I Place A Bet On The Preakness Picks
Swiss Skydiver will have her sixth different jockey aboard for the Preakness when McPeek gives veteran Robby Albarado a leg up on his ultra-consistent filly. Albarado rode Curlin to a Preakness victory in 2007.
Allied Racing Stable LLC’s Mr. Big News, who finished third in the Kentucky Derby at 46-1, is slated to take on Authentic again Saturday. The late-developing son of Giant’s Causeway broke his maiden Jan. 20 at Fair Grounds in his fourth career start. He earned a “Win & In” berth in the Preakness when he won his first stakes in the Oaklawn Stakes on April 11 before disappointing with an off-the-board finish in the Blue Grass.
“Mentally, he’s always been a great-minded horse,” trainer Bret Calhoun said. “He’s done everything the right way his whole career. Physically, he just wasn’t as strong as he is now. He had to fill out and get stronger. That’s what he’s done gradually. It’s been a continuous development over the past five, six months to get where he needed to be. To be strong enough to be at the top of his game.”
Calhoun never lost faith in Mr. Big News.
“The trainer has to be patient,” Calhoun said. “The owner needs to be patient to allow the trainer to be patient. It’s kind of a team effort. This horse showed talent early on. I know not everybody was a believer. I think a lot of people were wondering, ‘What do you see in him?’ We saw something in him in his early works. He was getting better and better, making big leaps forward in his development. I told some people, ‘You’re going to read about this horse someday.’”
Gabriel Saez, who was aboard for the Oaklawn Stakes win, has the return call on Mr. Big News, who is rated at 12-1 in the morning line.
Trainer Steve Asmussen, who saddled Rachel Alexandra and Curlin for their Preakness scores, is scheduled to saddle three starters Saturday in his bid for No. 3: George Hall and Sport BLX Thoroughbreds Corp.’s Max Player, Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Pneumatic and Calumet Farm’s Excession.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, in 2013, was the last trainer to saddle three starters, including Calumet’s victorious Oxbow.
Max Player is the only horse entered in all three Triple Crown races this year. The son of Honor Code, who finished a non-threatening third in the Belmont for trainer Linda Rice, was never able to get into the race in his first start for Asmussen in the Derby, in which he finished fifth after breaking from the rail post.
“Obviously, I was a little bit disappointed in his race in the Derby but his post cost him considerably, just getting covered up early and being way too far back to be effective,” Asmussen said.
Pneumatic, who finished fourth in the Belmont, is coming off a 2¼-length victory in the ungraded Pegasus at Monmouth Park. Excession will make his first start since finishing second in the Rebe
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