Let's Go To The Races! May 15-17
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IT'S MR. BOB-TAIL IN THE PREAKNESS!!!
IT'S MR. BOB-TAIL IN THE PREAKNESS!!!
The day after...
American Pharoah a little 'tired" but in good health day after
USA Today: American Pharoah romps in Preakness; Triple Crown try next
Bleacher Report, Videos, Interviews: Final results, standings, payouts, video highlights
How the race unfolded, sequence
Mike Watchmaker, DRF, effusive in praise for American Pharoah's performance
Jay Privman, DRF - Preakness wrap
Washington Post - Dave Sheinin
Beyer - Washington Post
Preakness, call by call photos
Rinaldi breaks down American Pharoah's win
American Pharoah Romps in the Rain in the Preakness: GI Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) reigns in the rain in the GI Preakness S.
Brisnet: Preakness recap
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PREAKNESS ON TV
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| Date | Time | Event | Network |
| Fri., May 15 | 3 p.m. | Black Eyed Susan Stakes | NBCSN |
| Sat., May 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Preakness Saturday | NBCSN |
| Sat., May 16 | 4:30 p.m. | Preakness Stakes | NBC |
| Sat., May 16 | 6:30 p.m. | Preakness Post-Race Show | NBCSN |
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140TH PREAKNESS STAKES
| PP | HORSE | TRAINER | JOCKEY | ODDS | ||||
| 1 | American Pharoah | Bob Baffert | Victor Espinoza | 4-5 | ||||
| 2 | Dortmund | Bob Baffert | Martin Garcia | 7-2 | ||||
| 3 | Mr. Z | D. Wayne Lukas | Corey Nakatani | 20-1 | ||||
| 4 | Danzig Moon | Mark Casse | Julien Leparoux | 15-1 | ||||
| 5 | Tale of Verve | Dallas Stewart | Joel Rosario | 30-1 | ||||
| 6 | Bodhisattva | Jose Corrales | Trevor McCarthy | 20-1 | ||||
| 7 | Divining Rod | Arnaud Delacour | Javier Castellano | 12-1 | ||||
| 8 | Firing Line | Simon Callaghan | Gary Stevens | 4-1 |
Preakness post positions: Do they matter?
Short answer: Yes and no! Day to day racing at Pimlico in two turn races have had the winner on the rail 24% of the time., by far better than any of the other positions. The numbers that show a bias toward the rail being a negative are skewed by the fact that in the Preakness since 1987, most of the long shots have been on the rail, making any conclusion likely to be a statistical aberration. Read more
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California horses thrive on big scene
If the surroundings were taken away and the focus was solely on the horses, the stretch run of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) might as well have occured at Santa Anita Park—where speed reigns supreme.
American Pharoah, Firing Line, and Dortmund were all going at it on the font end, and almost every other horse trailing looked as if they were treading through wet cement. Read more
Baffert's training brings Classic success
"In eight of the past 14 years, horses have won successive races in the Triple Crown, but no trainer in recent times has done it as often as Baffert.
"The key, he said, lies in his training methods.
"While more and more, modern trainers are relying on handicapping tools such as Len Ragozin's The Sheets and Thoro-Graph to determine where to run their horses, Baffert said they are not part of his arsenal. Where some trainers see lighter training regimens leading to a fresh and ready horse on race day, Baffert said fitness is paramount to the success of his horses, and they either stand up to the rigors of his program or they do not." Read more
Weekend Racing Preview - Robert Kieckhefer
More on sale of Mr. Z at the 11th hour - Both horses wear earplugs
"Coach really put hard work into the horse and he said, 'I have a client who is interested in buying him, are you interested in selling?' I'm a businessman; this is a business for us. Obviously, I still love Mr. Z. I'll go kiss him if he won. He's named after my dad.
"They put a good offer in front of us, an offer we couldn't refuse. I don't want to keep Coach from running in the race. It's not fair to him. He worked so hard with this horse every single day. So we made the sale. Both parties are happy."
Also, Baffert runs both American Pharoah and Dortmund with earplugs:
Crowds are part of the Triple Crown series, but it turns out American Pharoah and Dortmund have sensitive ears. They wear ear plugs, and Baffert says they'll be wearing them for the Preakness.
American Pharoah wears them every time he goes to the track, whether for a race or a training session and he wears them throughout every race. Dortmund, a big horse Baffert said would "walk over the top of you" if he got too excited, wears them until he's in the starting gate and then his jockey pulls a string to remove them.
"Having a lot of people, a crowd around makes Pharoah nervous," Baffert admitted. "After his first race, in which he was terrible, we determined he was sensitive to sound. He's a very gentle horse, but his ears are so sensitive. We started putting cotton in them."
When Baffert felt the visible cotton looked less than sophisticated, he decided to get a pair of earplugs for both his Preakness contenders. Baffert referenced Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year who raced with cotton in her ears, and other trainers who use hoods with blinkers to accomplish the same purpose.
Since they don't make earplugs for Thoroughbreds, Baffert bought plugs made for show horses.
"They cost about $6 a pair," he said. Read more at Brisnet
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Preakness News
Lights, Camera...Lukas?
Matt Bernier / Dan Illman preview the Preakness - Video
DRF - Preakness Preview - Field Analysis Mike W & Jay Privman
Countdown to the Crown - Preakness edition
D. Wayne Lukas deals into Preakness
Preakness Notebook: Baltimore Sun
Mr. Z to race in Preakness for Calumet
Danzig Moon confirmed for Preakness
AP: Lookin' at trainer Bob Baffert's five Preakness wins
Baffert: 'To me, the Preakness is the easiest of the three legs'
Preakness Stakes shaping up as a Derby rematch
Preakness notes: Final breeze for Divining Rod
Firing Line provides Santamaria ride of a career
Preakness: D. Wayne Lukas knows it all, from A to Mr. Z
Lukas: "People have opinions, but horses have facts."
Thoroughbred racing knows him as the trainer who trains the trainers — so many of them he has to think about it before the names come spilling out with the force of Old Faithful in mid-gush:
"Todd Pletcher, Mike Maker, Mark Henning, Dallas Stewart, Randy Bradshaw, Kiaran McLaughlin, Bobby Burnett, Mark Wells and Gerland Butler, both in Europe, Peter Hutton. Randy Bradshaw, George Weaver, and Mike Marlow out in California.'' To all of them, he was the sensei and they were the grasshoppers. Read more
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Once a race has been run, you can watch the replay at the CARD below, which takes you to the BloodHorse results page.
FEATURED RACES
Time Ordered Races / Entries - printable file
FRIDAY
1:56 ET Hilltop S Pim $100,000 3yo f 1 1/16 mi T R5 CARD3:23 ET Miss Preakness S G3 Pim R8 CARD
3:52 ET Jim McKay Turf Sprint (L) Pim $100,000 3+ 5f T R9 CARD
4:21 ET DuPont Distaff S G3 Pim $150,000 3+ f/m 1 1/8 mi R10 CARD
4:50 ET Black-Eyed Susan S G2 Pim $250,000 3yo f 1 1/8 mi R11 CARD
5:19 ET Skipat S (L) Pim $100,000 3+ f/m 6f R12 CARD
6:21 ET Pimlico Special G3 Pim $300,000 3+ 9.5f R14 CARD
Irish Jasper surges to win Miss Preakness
Class drop gets Stopchargingmaria back on top
Stopchargingmaria outclasses rivals in DuPont Distaff
Keen Pauline usets Black Eyed Susan, wire to wire
Ben's Cat wins fourth Jim McKay Turf Sprint
SATURDAY
12:02 ET James Murphy S (L) Pim $100,000 3yo 1 mi T R4 CARD
12:39 ET Maryland Sprint H G3 Pim $150,000 3+ 6f R5 CARD
1:51 ET Sir Barton S Pim $100,000 3yo R 1 1/16 mi R7 CARD
2:59 ET Vagrancy H G3 Bel $150,000 4+ f/m 6.5f R6 CARD
3:19 ET Gallorette H G3 Pim $150,000 3+ f/m 1 1/16 mi T R9 CARD
4:04 ET Chick Lang S (L) Pim $100,000 3yo 6f R10 CARD
4:44 ET The Very One S Pim $100,000 3+ f/m 5f T R11 CARD
5:25 ET Dixie S G2 Pim $300,000 3+ 1 1/16 mi T R12 CARD
5:38 ET Wait a While S Bel $100,000 3yo f 7f T R10 CARD
6:18 ET Preakness S G1 Pim $1,500,000 3yo 1 3/8 mi R13 CARD
Results - Recaps
Dixie Recap - Brisnet
Gallorette Recap - Brisnet
Maryland Sprint Recap - Brisnet
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International - Berkshire, England
10:45 a.m. ET Lockinge S, G1, Newbury, 4+, 1miT, R5 CARD Race Replay
Dubawi's Night of Thunder Leads a Hannon 1-2 in the Lockinge: Night of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) gives Godolphin a sixth renewal of Newbury's G1 Lockinge S.
Night of Thunder rumbles to Lockinge victory
Across the Pond - Lockinge Preview - click here
Last year's 2000 Guineas winner NIGHT OF THUNDER posted some solid efforts in defeat in top company later in the campaign and can provide his yard with a fourth winner in the last 6 runnings of this race. Stablemate Toormore was just behind the selection in the QEll and has a good record fresh, while Integral was twice a Group 1 winner last term and should be in for another fine season.
Timeform 1-2-3
1: NIGHT OF THUNDER (12)
2: TOORMORE (13)
3: INTEGRAL (18)
2014: (8 ran) Olympic Glory (3), Age 4, Wgt 9 - 0, SP 11/8 - L Dettori / R Hannon
Forecast: 9/4 Night Of Thunder, 4/1 Integral, 7/1 Toormore, 10/1 Custom Cut, 14/1 Moohaarib, 16/1 Aljamaaheer, Tullius, Cougar Mountain, Here Comes When, 20/1 Trade Storm, Yuften, Captain Cat, 25/1 Top Notch Tonto, Arod, Breton Rock, Hors De Combat, 33/1 Cable Bay, 66/1 Master Carpenter
SUNDAY
4:45 ET Vigil S G3 WO $150,000 4+ 7f AW R8 CARD
International - Japan
? a.m. ET Victoria Mile G1 Tokyo $1,636,000USD 4+ f/m 1 mi T R11 CARD
Preview - click here
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HORSES
Horse by horse handicapping analysis
Lukas has himself a long shot in Preakness
Bodhisattva - 4-18-15 - Pimlico - Federico Tesio S - 1 1/16 mi - Replay
Divining Rod - 4-11-15 - Keeneland - Coolmore Lexington - 1 1/16 mi - Replay
Well-bred Divining Rod new challenger
Bodhisattva works 5/8ths at Laurel
NEWS
American Pharoah joins world's best racehorses list
Handicapping Insights by Dick Powell of Brisnet
Brisnet's Dick Powell has some interesting comments on both the Kentucky Derby and also the TV coverage of the Derby...what was good, what was bad. Also, he takes to task the Jockey Club and some of the owners/trainers who promised to reveal Vet records prior to a big race and have failed to follow up on their promise. He cites the story about Dortmund having a bout with colic before the big race, which was not reported until after the race.
Snow Sky tames Panther in Yorkshire Cup
Nayef's Snow Sky Toughs Out Yorkshire Cup Win
Living like a king: the pampered life of a racehorse
Belmont Insider - 5-14-15 - Richard Migliore and Jason Blewitt - talk Preakness and other current racing news
Bal a Bali eyes Shoemaker Mile, Arlington Million
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