General Quarters - 2009 Preakness Stakes Contender
- Trainer: Thomas R. McCarthy
- Jockey: Julien Leparoux
- Owner: Thomas R. McCarthy
- Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. R. David Randal
General Quarters was this year's sentimental Kentucky Derby favorite, going off at 10-1 and finishing 10th.
The big gray with a white diamond on his face was a $20,000 yearling purchase who could have been bought for that same price when he won his first career race, a claiming event at Churchill Downs, as a 2-year-old just a few days before Big Brown's Kentucky Derby.
He was claimed by owner/trainer Tom McCarthy from previous owner Ken Ramsey and trainer Wesley Ward in that race. He was 4-5 to win his debut. coming out under McCarthy's banner in his next start, the Grade 3 Bashford Manor, he went off at 50-1. He ran to his odds, finishing sixth of seven.
His losing streak went to seven, including his last four of the year in Kentucky and his first two at Tampa Bay, runner-up showings in two listed stakes at Tampa, but McCarthy didn't lose hope. He was rewarded in the Sam Davis, a Grade 3 event there and the major prep for the Tampa Derby. He won comfortably at 13-1. He had some excuses in the Tampa Derby, closing nicely to finish fifth of 10, then shocked the country with his 14-1 victory in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes. From preakness.com.
General Quarters Preakness Odds »
2009 Preakness Stakes Entries
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10-1 Preakness Odds Big Drama
Trainer: David Fawkes Jockey: John Velazquez
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6-1 Preakness Odds Mine That Bird
Trainer: Bennie Woolley Jr. Jockey: Mike Smith
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8-1 Preakness Odds Musket Man
Trainer: Derek Ryan Jockey: Eibar Coa
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50-1 Preakness Odds Luv Gov
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Jockey: Jamie Theriot II
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6-1 Preakness Odds Friesan Fire
Trainer: Larry Jones Jockey: Gabriel Saez
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30-1 Preakness Odds Terrain
Trainer: Albert Stall Jr. Jockey: Jeremy Rose
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12-1 Preakness Odds Papa Clem
Trainer: Gary Stute Jockey: Rafael Bejarano
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20-1 Preakness Odds General Quarters
Trainer: Thomas R. McCarthy Jockey: Julien Leparoux
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5-1 Preakness Odds Pioneerof the Nile
Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Garrett Gomez
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50-1 Preakness Odds Flying Private
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Jockey: Alan Garcia
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30-1 Preakness Odds Take The Points
Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Edgar Prado
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50-1 Preakness Odds Tone It Down
Trainer: Bill Komlo Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
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8-5 Preakness Odds Rachel Alexandra
Trainer: Steve Asmussen Jockey: Calvin Borel
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