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The 134th Preakness Stakes field continues to take shape as race horse trainer Larry Jones said he will ship Friesan Fire, the Kentucky Derby favorite, to Pimlico Monday, May 11.
Larry Jones plans to work the Louisiana Derby (gr. II) winner Friesan Fire 5-furlongs at Old Hilltop on Tuesday morning then decide if the son of A.P. Indy will run in the Preakness Stakes. The colt suffered cuts in his left front foot while getting bumped shortly after the start of the Kentucky Derby last May 2 at Churchill Downs.
The $1-million Preakness Stakes 2009 is the headline event of a 13-race card at historic Pimlico Race Course next Saturday, May 16. The Preakness field is limited to 14 Preakness Stakes starters.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Maryland’s chief executive and several friends visited Saratoga in 1868 several years after America’s oldest track opened. Gov. Oden Bowie and other prominent horse racing figures attended a dinner party where they pledged to build a track in their state if a special race for 3-year-old colts and fillies was run in two years.
In 1870, the Dinner Party Stakes was launched at Pimlico. Three years later, a new race was introduced for sophomore colts and geldings honoring the inaugural Dinner Stakes winner — Preakness.
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Race horse trainer Derek Ryan confirmed that Illinois Derby winner Musket Man will be one of the Preakness starters.
The third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby Musket Man will run in the Preakness Stakes 2009, second leg of the Triple Crown at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course on May 16.
Musket Man will take on long shot Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Preakness Stakes at 1 3/16 miles, with the rest of the Preakness field still to be determined.
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Race horse trainer Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. said that Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will run in the $1-million Preakness Stakes 2009 at historic Pimlico Race Course on May 16. The surprise winner the 2009 Kentucky Derby will leave Louisville next Monday or Tuesday morning by van and upon arrival will be stabled in Stall 40, reserved for the Kentucky Derby winner, in the Pimlico stakes barn.
“It is good for the sport,” Woolley said. “You cannot have a Triple Crown winner without having the Derby winner in the Preakness. That played into our decision but the horse looks super. I have never been to Baltimore, but it looks like I won’t be able to say that in a few days.”
The Preakness field is limited to 14. Fourteen of the last 17 years have seen double-digit Preakness entries.
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Undefeated Derby Trial winner Hull has been added to the lineup for the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes 2009 on May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.
The son of Holy Bull, Hull, is perfect in 3 starts this year, breaking his maiden first time out at the Fair Grounds on February 7 then defeating allowance company at Turfway Park on April 2 before his Derby Trial victory at Churchill Downs on April 25.
Jockey Miguel Mena will have the Preakness mount for race horse trainer Dale Romans. Hull will arrive at Pimlico on Wednesday, May 13.
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Race horse trainer Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. informed a Maryland Jockey Club official that a decision on Mine That Bird, the 50-1 Kentucky Derby winner, will be made in a day or 2.
“The Preakness was not on our radar leading up to the Derby but we are absolutely going to look at it,” Woolley said. “We are still trying to grasp what happened yesterday. First time in the Derby and to win it at 50-1, it is a humbling experience.”
Other possible Preakness starters out of yesterday’s Kentucky Derby field include runner-up Pioneerof the Nile, third place finisher Musket Man, Papa Clem (4th), Join in the Dance (7th), General Quarters (10th) and horse betting favorite Friesan Fire (18th).
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Musket Man, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will likely run in the Preakness Stakes on May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.
Race horse trainer Derek Ryan said he expects to decide by Wednesday regarding Musket Man being part of the Preakness field, adding his colt will not run in the Belmont Stakes 2009.
Ryan said he likes the 1 3/16-mile distance for the May 16 Preakness Stakes 2009, 1/16-miles shorter than the first leg of the Triple Crown.
The Preakness Stakes is limited to 14 Preakness starters.
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Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown’s trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. had some words for Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado during the Preakness.
Asked on Wednesday to elaborate on comments made after Big Brown’s win Saturday, horse trainer Richard Dutrow suggested that jockey Edgar Prado, on long shot Riley Tucker, needlessly tried to block Big Brown, who heads into the Belmont Stakes with a shot at the Triple Crown.
Jockey Edgar Prado claims he did nothing inappropriate.
“It looked like he was just trying to keep our horse in the box,” horse trainer Richard Dutrow said. “It didn’t look like he was out to get the best finish out of his horse.”
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IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa, Jr.’s Big Brown, ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, won the $1-million Preakness Stakes 133 (gr. I) by 5 1/4 lengths Saturday, May 17, at Pimlico Race Couse.
Big Brown is expected to head to New York’s Belmont Park for the final jewel of the Triple Crown, the 2008 Belmont Stakes (gr. I).
Trained by Richard Dutrow, Jr., Big Brown raced 1 3/16 miles in 1:54.80 and paid $2.40, $2.60 and $2.40. Macho Again, under jockey Julien Leparoux, returned $17.20 and $10.40. Icabad Crane with jockey Jeremy Rose aboard came in third and showed $5.60.
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Padua Stables’ Behindatthebar is taken off the 2008 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) due to a bruised left front foot Firday morning at Belmont Park, home of the 2008 Belmont Stakes.
The scratch of Behindatthebar, who drew post 5, leaves a field of 12 for Saturday’s $1 million Preakness at Pimlico. Big Brown, the 1-2 morning line favorite will now break from post 6. Fifteen winners have come from the 6th post position in the 132 previous runnings of the Preakness.
All carrying 126 pounds, the updated 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
- 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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