By GREG MELIKOV
Big Brown was installed as the heavy odds-on early favorite in the 133rd Preakness that attracted a surprising number of challengers — 12.
The last 13-horse fields came during the past decade and both winners of the Kentucky Derby prevailed: War Emblem in ‘02 and Charismatic in ‘99.
Ironically, they posted slower speed figures than in Louisville. Four other Kentucky Derby winners stepped up in Baltimore and their speed figures climbed.
Big Brown, 1-2, will break from post 7, which has produced five winners in the past 19 years. He’s 13 slots closer toward the rail than he was in the Derby. The son of Boundary and Gayego are the only two from this year’s Run for the Roses.
It’s the sixth time since Derby horses began running in the Preakness 90 years ago that two starters at Churchill Downs raced at Pimlico. The last year was ‘80 when Codex beat the Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk by 4 3/4 lengths.
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Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown will break from post no. 7 as the 1-2 morning line favorite in the $1-million Preakness Stakes 133 May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.
Raced at 1 3/16 miles, the 2008 Preakness Stakes attracted 12 three-year-old horses hoping to derail Big Brown’s Triple Crown aspirations. A Preakness victory for Big Brown could set up a Triple Crown try three weeks later in the 2008 Belmont Stakes.
Carrying 126 pounds, the Preakness entries with jockeys and morning line odds are:
- Macho Again ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux with morning line odds of 20-1
- Tres Borrachos ridden by jockey Tyler Baze, 30-1
- Icabad Crane ridden by jockey Jeremy Rose, 30-1
- Yankee Bravo ridden by jockey Alex Solis, 15-1
- Behindatthebar ridden by jockey David Flores, 10-1
- Racecar Rhapsody ridden by jockey Robby Albarado, 30-1
- Big Brown ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, 1-2
- Kentucky Bear ridden by jockey Jamie Theriot II, 15-1
- Stevil ridden by jockey John Velazquez, 30-1
- Riley Tucker ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, 30-1
- Giant Moon ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, 30-1
- Gayego ridden by jockey Mike Smith, 8-1
- Hey Byrn ridden by jockey C.C. Lopez, 20-1
The Preakness Stakes is scheduled as the 12 race in Pimlico’s May 17 horse racing program. Preakness post time is 6:15 pm.
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Cubanacan Stables’ Gayego will run in Saturday’s 2008 Preakness Stakes competing once again with Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown in the second leg of the Triple Crown races.
Gayego was added to the Preakness entries Tuesday. Gayego will be the only one of the 19 horses beaten by Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby to seek a rematch Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
Confirmed Preakness entries (with their last start) prior to Wednesday’s Preakness post position draw are:
- Big Brown (1st, Kentucky Derby)
- Behindatthebar (1st, Coolmore Lexington)
- Gayego (17th, Kentucky Derby)
- Giant Moon (4th, Gotham)
- Hey Byrn (1st, Holy Bull)
- Icabad Crane (1st, Federico Tesio)
- Kentucky Bear (3rd, Blue Grass)
- Macho Again (1st, Derby Trial)
- Racecar Rhapsody (4th, Coolmore Lexington)
- Riley Tucker (3rd, Coolmore Lexington)
- Stevil (4th, Blue Grass)
- Tres Borrachos (3rd, Arkansas Derby)
- Yankee Bravo (4th, Santa Anita Derby)
The 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes will be on Saturday, May 17. Preakness post time is 6:15 pm.
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Horse trainer Paulo Lobo reported Monday morning that a start in the Preakness Stakes by Cubanacan Stables’ Gayego is under consideration.
“I’m going to decide (Tuesday). We are going to have a meeting,” horse trainer Paulo Lobo said from Southern California. “I’m going to track him in the morning, then we’ll make a decision.”
If Gayego doesn’t run in Pimlico this Saturday, it would be the first time in 60 years the Kentucky Derby winner didn’t face a single Derby rival in the Preakness.
Meanwhile, Frank Stronach’s unbeaten in 3 starts Harlem Rocker will be pointed to the Canadian Triple Crown races, the $1-million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine on June 22, trainer Todd Pletcher said.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Big Brown is aiming to become the seventh Kentucky Derby winner in the past dozen years to capture the Preakness.
All previous six winners — Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones — flirted with immortality before failing to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and the first since Affirmed in 1978.
Big Brown may be the first winner since Citation in ‘48 not to face any Kentucky Derby runners in the Preakness because a fever sidelined fifth-place finisher Recapturetheglory.
There could be as many as a dozen challengers that didn’t race in the Derby, but such horses haven’t done well in the Preakness since the early ’80s.
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Fifth place Kentucky Derby finisher Recapturetheglory will miss the 2008 Preakness Stakes due to a fever, co-owner Ronnie Lamarque announced.
With Recapturetheglory’s defection, it appears none of the 19 Kentucky Derby horses who lost to Big Brown will compete in the Preakness next Saturday. The last time that occurred was 60 years ago with Citation.
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West Point Thoroughbreds’ El Gato Malo, ridden by jockey Rafael Bejarano, won the $400,000 Lone Star Derby (gr. III) at Lone Star Park on Saturday, May 10. El Gato Malo was supposed to race in the 2008 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico next Saturday but opted to run in the Lone Star Derby instead.
Trained by Craig Dollase, El Gato Malo raced 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.04 and paid $5.40, $3.80 and $2.80. Leonides, under jockey Richard Migliore, is second and returned $8.20 and $5.60. Samba Rooster with jockey Garrett Gomez aboard paid $2.80 to show.
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The field for next Saturday’s 2008 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico grew to 13 on Friday with Hey Byrn and Icabad Crane joining the Preakness contenders list hoping to derail Big Brown’s Triple Crown aspirations.
Confirmed Preakness horses are: Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, Recapturetheglory (5th in Kentucky Derby), Behindatthebar, Giant Moon, Hey Byrn, Icabad Crane, Kentucky Bear, Racecar Rhapsody, Riley Tucker, Stevil, Tres Borrachos and Yankee Bravo. Harlem Rocker remained a possible Preakness starter.
Hey Byrn comes into the 1 3/16 mile Preakness Stakes off a victory in the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Hey Byrn did not have enough graded stakes earnings to make the Kentucky Derby field.
Icabad Crane won the Frederico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico on April 19.
In the Kentucky Derby, Big Brown ran away from 19 rivals. A Preakness win would set up a Triple Crown attempt at the 2008 Belmont Stakes on June 7.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Can you recall the last Preakness that lacked a single runner from the Kentucky Derby to challenge the winner in the second leg of the Triple Crown?
Better ask your grandpa because I was 13 when my favorite horse romped in a wire-to-wire victory by 5 1/2 lengths at Pimlico. Citation, en route to the 1948 Triple Crown, defeated his Calumet Farm stablemate by 3 1/2 lengths.
After chasing pacesetting Coaltown six lengths back after a half-mile, Citation vaulted to the lead with ease. In the Preakness, Big Cy went wire to wire and scored with ease by 5 1/2 lengths with nary another Kentucky Derby runner in the field.
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With the 2008 Preakness Stakes 11 days away, Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown faces new challenges in the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course on May 17.
As of May 6, there were 7 confirmed Preakness entries for Maryland’s signature event: Big Brown; Behindatthebar; Giant Moon; Kentucky Bear; Stevil; Tres Borrachos and Yankee Bravo along with four other potential runners: Harlem Rocker, Macho Again, Riley Tucker and Recapturetheglory.
El Gato Malo, will not run in the Preakness but instead will opt for Saturday’s Lone Star Derby (gr. III) at Lone Star Park.
The post position draw for the Preakness is Wednesday, May 14 at 5 pm. The 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes is on May 17 and Preakness post time is 6:15 pm.
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