Yankee Bravo - 2008 Preakness Stakes Contender
- Trainer: Paddy Gallagher
- Jockey: Alex Solis
- Owner: Harlequin Ranches, Bienstock, Winner, & Duggan
- Breeder: Tommy Burberry & Barry Hay
- 2007 Record: 2-0-0 in 2 starts
When it became obvious Yankee Bravo would not get into the Kentucky Derby on graded stakes earnings, horse trainer Paddy Gallagher and the horse's connection chose to pull back and start looking at the Preakness Stakes.
He has competed successfully on dirt surfaces and on a synthetic, winning the California Derby on a synthetic track with a well-timed rally through the stretch and finishing third in the Louisiana Derby with a similar late run on the conventional Fair Grounds surface.
Turning to Santa Anita's Cushion Track surface, on which he trains, Yankee Bravo was stuck with a rail trip and finished fourth.
The son of Yankee Gentleman has become something of a world traveler - or at least a half-world traveler. He sold originally for $17,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Keeneland yearling sale in 2006 before being shipped to England where he brought $9,646 in the Goff's Breeze Up Sale at Kempton in 2007 and then $34,442 at Tattersalls' Guineas 2-year-old Breeze Up Sale later in the year.
He made his first start a winning one with a 6-furlong score in England. That got him sold to the current owners and sent him to the United States to be trained by Irishman Gallagher. From preakness.com.
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2008 Preakness Stakes Horse Race Entries
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20/1 ML Preakness Odds Macho Again
Trainer: Dallas Stewart Jockey: Julien Leparoux
Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Tres Borrachos
Trainer: Beau Greely Jockey: Tyler Baze
Owner: Phil Houchens and Beau and John Greely IV
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Icabad Crane
Trainer: Graham Motion Jockey: Jeremy Rose
Owner: Earle Mack
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15/1 ML Preakness Odds Yankee Bravo
Trainer: Paddy Gallagher Jockey: Alex Solis
Owner: Harlequin Ranches, Bienstock, Winner, & Duggan
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10/1 ML Preakness Odds Behindatthebar (Scratched)
Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: David Flores
Owner: Padua Stables
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Racecar Rhapsody
Trainer: Kenny McPeek Jockey: Robby Albarado
Owner: Jerry Carroll & Stan Kaplan
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1/2 ML Preakness Odds Big Brown
Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr. Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
Owner: IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr., et al
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15/1 ML Preakness Odds Kentucky Bear
Trainer: Reade Baker Jockey: Jamie Theriot
Owner: Bear Stables
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Stevil
Trainer: Nick Zito Jockey: John Velazquez
Owner: Robert LaPenta
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Riley Tucker
Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Edgar Prado
Owner: Zayat Stables
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30/1 ML Preakness Odds Giant Moon
Trainer: Richard E. Schosberg Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
Owner: Albert Fried, Jr.
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8/1 ML Preakness Odds Gayego
Trainer: Paulo Lobo Jockey: Mike Smith
Owner: Cubanacan Stables
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20/1 ML Preakness Odds Hey Byrn
Trainer: Eddie Plesa Jockey: C.C. Lopez
Owner: Bea Oxenberg
Off The 2008 Preakness Stakes
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El Gato Malo
Trainer: Craig Dollase
Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds
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Harlem Rocker
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Owner: Stronach Stables
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Recapturetheglory
Trainer: Louie J. Roussel III
Owner: Louie J. Roussel III & Ronald Lamarque
The Preakness Stakes 133 is limited to 14 starters and will run on May 17 at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, Maryland and is the second leg of the Triple Crown.
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