{"id":3134,"date":"2013-05-16T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:24:49","slug":"derby-hero-orb-to-carry-maryland-pride-in-preakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/derby-hero-orb-to-carry-maryland-pride-in-preakness\/","title":{"rendered":"DERBY HERO ORB TO CARRY MARYLAND PRIDE IN PREAKNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE, 05-16-13\u00a0\u2013 Prominent Marylander Stuart Janney III dropped in on trainer Shug McGaughey at the Preakness Stakes Barn Thursday morning at Pimlico Race Course, closely monitoring the morning activities of his Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Orb.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a huge sense of pride. I\u2019ve been out here most mornings before the Preakness for most of my life, so it\u2019s great to bring this horse here,\u201d the Butler, Md. resident and chairman of Bessemer Trust Company said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janney and the Phipps Stable bred and campaign Orb, who captured the Derby by 2 \u00bd lengths with a 17th<\/sup>-to-first performance. The Janney family and the Phipps family have had a longstanding history in horse ownership and association with McGaughey.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for the last 20 years together. Some they own entirely. Some I own entirely. I think we\u2019d all say that we\u2019re very glad we were together at the Kentucky Derby and lucky enough to win it with a horse that we happened to own together,\u201d Janney said. \u201cI said after the race, \u2018Shug was very clever to do that so that he didn\u2019t have one owner that was ecstatic and another owner who was less than ecstatic.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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Orb produced the first Kentucky Derby success for Janney, Phipps and McGaughey.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was maybe a feeling of relief that it\u2019s actually happening. I thought we went to Churchill with the best horse. You never know. There are a lot of reasons that the best horse doesn\u2019t always win. Rain was one of them,\u201d Janney said. \u201cBut I did feel a huge sense of relief when he crossed the finish line and a great feeling of elation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Orb, who has been installed as the even-money favorite for Saturday\u2019s 138 Preakness Stakes (G1), jogged at Pimlico Thursday morning before galloping a mile under exercise rider Jenn Patterson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday I just wanted to see how he was moving and how he got over the racetrack,\u201d McGaughey said. \u201cI\u2019m very pleased with what I saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hall of Fame trainer said he didn\u2019t lose any sleep over Orb drawing the No. 1 post position at Wednesday\u2019s draw.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me. The \u20181\u2019 is different here than it is at Churchill. The race starts at the three-sixteenths pole here and it\u2019s a straight shot,\u201d McGaughey said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be fine. If I got to pick it out, that wouldn\u2019t have been what I picked, but I\u2019m not worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Noting the nine-horse field of the Preakness, McGaughey expressed full confidence in jockey Joel Rosario, who rode Orb to victory against 18 rivals at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think he\u2019ll get a good spot in the race with the speed outside of him. I think Joel will get him where he wants him to be and we\u2019ll take it from there. That\u2019s all you can do,\u201d McGaughey said. \u201cThe same thing in the Derby, I thought he had him in a good place. Before he asked him to run, I began to think, \u2018Are you too far back?\u2019 But when he pushed the button, I knew we were going to be a factor. I didn\u2019t know if he would win, but I knew he\u2019d be a factor. I think we\u2019ll see the same thing Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McGaughey continues to adhere to the \u201cif it happens, it happens\u201d attitude he maintained during Derby week.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think if he goes over and runs his race, I\u2019m quietly confident that he\u2019ll be tough to beat,\u201d McGaughey said. \u201cIt\u2019s just like I was at the Derby. I was quietly confident all week that he was going to run his race and if that was good enough, it would be good enough. I feel the same this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shug McGaughey will be available at 8 a.m. Friday during a press conference to be held adjacent to the Preakness Stakes Barn. Jockey Joel Rosario will follow McGaughey at 8:15 a.m., while Rosie Napravnik will meet with the press at 8:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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MYLUTE<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Trainer Tom Amoss and the gray colt went in different directions Wednesday in their respective journeys from Churchill Downs to Pimlico Race Course.<\/p>\n

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Amoss headed south to his home state to attend the graduation of his daughter, Ashley, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, while the fifth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby was flown from Louisville, Ky., to Baltimore for the Preakness.<\/p>\n

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The college graduation season and the Triple Crown often produce personal and professional conflicts. For Amoss and Mylute, the schedule of events has worked out nicely.\u00a0 Amoss will be able to handle all of his commitments and still be at Pimlico in plenty of time to saddle the colt for the 138th Preakness, which has a post time of 6:20 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The 280th LSU commencement will be held Thursday afternoon and Ashley\u2019s diploma ceremony at the Manship School of Mass Communication is on Friday afternoon. The Amoss family will celebrate the graduation Friday evening and Amoss, his wife, Colleen, Ashley and younger daughter, Hayley, will fly from New Orleans to Baltimore-Washington International Airport Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough the Preakness is something I\u2019m very proud of in terms of my professional life, nothing makes me prouder on a personal level than my daughter graduating from college,\u201d he said. \u201cThat comes first.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Todd Quast, the general manager and trainer at GoldMark Farm, which co-owns the colt with Whisper Hill Farm, works closely with Amoss and is at Pimlico with Amoss\u2019 staff.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTom ships horses all around,\u201d Quast said. \u201cThis is obviously a bigger race than most that you ship off to, but his crew is very comfortable with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Quast said there never was a question about how Amoss would handle the schedule this week.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFamily is first,\u201d he said. \u201cHis daughter is graduating from LSU. He graduated from LSU. His wife graduated from LSU. I think he would have been disowned if he wouldn\u2019t have gone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd this horse is so relaxed, so easy going, that it was really a non-issue. I told him, \u2018Go. We\u2019re fine.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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Quast said that Mylute, runner-up to Revolutionary in the Louisiana Derby (G2), was calm throughout the trip from Kentucky and has settled in at Pimlico, the seventh track he will race over in his 11-month career.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe handled it; didn\u2019t turn a hair,\u201d Quast said. \u201cThere were horses that came off a little hotter, a little sweatier. If he did, it would be a big thing because he is so laid back. He is the consummate professional horse. His demeanor off the track is what you would want. He eats, sleeps and nothing bothers him. It\u2019s a perfect type of situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mylute went to the track with exercise rider Maurice Sanchez at 6 a.m. Thursday to jog a mile and gallop 1 \u00bc miles.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe looked around and said, \u2018All right, I\u2019m home.\u2019 \u201d Quast said. \u201cHe handled it very, very well. He\u2019s very seasoned and very relaxed wherever he goes. He handled it super, had good energy, came off the track good and cooled out good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rated second in the morning line at 5-1, Mylute, who drew the No.\u00a05\u00a0post position, will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik.<\/p>\n

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DEPARTING<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider\u2019s Illinois Derby (G3) winner Departing got his first taste of the Pimlico racing surface Thursday morning by galloping 1 \u00bd miles under exercise rider Trina Pasckvale.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere were a lot of tents out there in the infield for him to look at and that kept his mind occupied a bit. He has been tough on Trina the past few days,\u201d trainer Al Stall Jr. said.<\/p>\n

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Departing had flown to Pimlico from Churchill Downs on Wednesday, marking the gelding\u2019s first plane trip.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had vanned him to Houston and to Chicago,\u201d Stall said. \u201cHe got a little stirred up on the plane, but not in a bad way. He dropped his head when he got here and he was fine. I am glad we shipped yesterday and not Thursday or Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Departing, who will break from the No. 4 post position under Brian Hernandez Jr. in Saturday\u2019s 138th<\/sup>\u00a0Preakness, has won four of five starts with the only blemish coming in a third-place finish in the Louisiana Derby (G2).<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe did not have a lot of trouble in the Louisiana Derby,\u201d Stall said. \u201cIt is like going from the college game to the pros, except for RG III or Andrew Luck. Everything is a little faster and the holes were moving a little faster than he was.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the Illinois Derby, he took Brian where he needed to go. I think the extra ground (a sixteenth of a mile farther than the 1 1\/8-mile Illinois Derby) will help him. There is plenty of gas in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stall said that Departing would go to the track at 6:30 on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe only have the one horse to train and the one that runs (Tread in the Miss Preakness on Friday) is going to walk,\u201d Stall said.<\/p>\n

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GOLDENCENTS —\u00a0<\/strong>W.C. Racing, Dave Kenney and RAP Racing\u2019s Goldencents made his daily trip to the track Thursday morning shortly after 8:30 for yet another smooth mile gallop under regular rider Kevin Krigger.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe looked great, just comfortable stretching, in control but with good energy,\u201d said trainer Doug O\u2019Neill, who will try to become the first trainer to win back-to-back editions of the Preakness since Bob Baffert in 2001 (Point Given) and 2002 (War Emblem). Kevin\u2019s just done a brilliant job with this horse and I really like what we\u2019re seeing. They communicate with you through their energy and the way they eat, and he\u2019s doing super.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A three-time stakes winner including the Santa Anita Derby (G1), Goldencents drew post 2 and was rated as the 8-1 fourth choice in the field of nine when positions were drawn Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe \u20182\u2019 has won the Preakness numerous times, so we\u2019re hoping to add to that,\u201d said O\u2019Neill, who won with his first starter last year when I\u2019ll Have Another overtook the Baffert-trained Bodemeister in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. I\u2019ll Have Another never saw his Triple Crown hopes come to fruition when a leg injury forced him to be scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes.<\/p>\n

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This year, O\u2019Neill has the chance to play spoiler to Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who has won five in a row after a stirring score in the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOrb obviously looks like the horse to beat,\u201d the 44-year-old O\u2019Neill said. \u201cHe\u2019s not like a one-race hit. All year long he\u2019s been super impressive. Hall of Fame trainer, future Hall of Fame jockey, and he\u2019s looked great here at Pimlico. But we\u2019ve seen Goldencents do some brilliant things in the afternoon. If he does, I think he can beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other than Orb, Goldencents has the best credentials of the opposition in the Preakness. He won a stakes race at age 2 (Grade 3 Delta Jackpot) and has won the Sham (G3) and Santa Anita Derby as a sophomore. His dismal 17th<\/sup>-place finish in the Kentucky Derby may be attributed to the sloppy, sealed track.<\/p>\n

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A fast track is expected Saturday at Pimlico, with which O\u2019Neill became familiar last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople think of this track as being more of a speed-favoring track than Churchill,\u201d he said. \u201cAs long as the horse is doing well and gets a hold of the track, I think he\u2019s got a big chance to knock Orb off.\u00a0 I would assume with the tighter turns (Goldencents) would be forwardly placed. I think all of us would like a dry track, just so there\u2019s no excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while there\u2019s less on the line this year for O\u2019Neill, the Preakness still ranks high on his to-do list.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year off the Derby win, you come in dreaming of the Triple Crown,\u201d he said. \u201cThis year we\u2019re dreaming of the double crown. I know it doesn\u2019t get a lot of play, but to have a horse that\u2019s worthy of\u00a0 being in a Preakness race is an honor and a privilege. I think we\u2019re extremely lucky to have two.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to National Racing Museum and Hall of Fame historian Allan Carter, no horse who has finished as far back as 17th<\/sup>\u00a0in the Kentucky Derby has won the Preakness. Louis Quatorze, who was 16th<\/sup>\u00a0in the 1996 Derby, had the greatest turnaround in history when he won the Preakness that year for trainer Nick Zito.<\/p>\n

GOVENOR CHARLIE<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mike Pegram\u2019s Sunland Derby (G3) winner Govenor Charlie had a routine first morning at Pimlico since shipping from Kentucky Wednesday and went to the track shortly after 6 o\u2019clock Thursday for some exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe handled the track fine. He galloped a mile to let him get over the track,\u201d said Jimmy Barnes, trainer Bob Baffert\u2019s longtime assistant. \u201cHe went over it fine and seemed to like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baffert, who is scheduled to travel from California to Baltimore on Thursday, waited until he was sure the colt was fully recovered from a minor hoof injury before committing to the Preakness. Govenor Charlie was examined at the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., in mid-April after the injury was discovered. He was able to return to training, but Baffert decided that he was not ready for the Kentucky Derby on May 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was minor, but I wanted to make sure that there was nothing else involved,\u201d Baffert said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I sent him to the clinic and they did the scan on him. I wanted to make sure that we weren\u2019t missing something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Govenor Charlie has had three timed works since the visit to Rood and Riddle, including a snappy six-furlong breeze in 1:10 4\/5 Monday morning at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re running because after his last work he\u2019s back to 100 percent,\u201d Baffert said. \u201cI just lost that little time with him, five days of training and an important work. I had to get him right and now he\u2019s 100 percent. The way he worked the other day, it looked like he\u2019s doing well. He\u2019s back to his old self.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Tuesday morning, Baffert was willing to say that the colt would go on to the Preakness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing is that he came out of the work really well,\u201d Baffert said. \u201cIt looks like he\u2019s sitting on a big race. He had to be 100 percent and he had to be training really well. He handled the work really well and didn\u2019t get tired. We\u2019ll find out if he\u2019s good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

ITSMYLUCKYDAY<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. is set to saddle Itsmyluckyday for a start in Saturday\u2019s Preakness Stakes with full confidence that the Gulfstream Park Derby and Holy Bull (G3) winner will fire his best race.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s given me every sign that he\u2019s ready for the war; he\u2019s ready for the race; he\u2019s ready for the battle,\u201d said Plesa, after sending Itsmyluckyday for a gallop around Pimlico\u2019s racetrack Thursday morning. \u201cLet\u2019s just get it on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The veteran South Florida-based trainer also knows what his colt will be up against when he clashes with Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the best 3-year-old in the country, no question about it. He could be Horse of the Year. We could be sitting here in a very short period of time and they could be talking about him as Horse of the Year,\u201d Plesa said. \u201cOrb has been sensational since he turned 3, and he\u2019s absolutely the horse to beat for all of us. He deserves the accolades he\u2019s getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Itsmyluckyday, who finished second behind Orb in the Florida Derby (G1) on March 30, finished 15th<\/sup>\u00a0in the Kentucky Derby, which was contested over a sloppy, sealed racetrack.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me it is a throw-out, no doubt about it. I just want him to be able to show what he\u2019s capable of doing and what he did at Gulfstream wasn\u2019t a byproduct of a bias for a surface, and I don\u2019t think it was,\u201d Plesa said. \u201cWe believe he is capable of running those numbers at any racetrack. I thought the Derby was going to be the place, and it wasn\u2019t. As long as this racetrack is fast, he\u2019ll have no excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe struggled with the racetrack (at Churchill), there\u2019s no question about that. Did it take anything out of him? No more than a regular race. He\u2019d have been running back in two weeks anyway. If I thought it took anything out of him, A) I wouldn\u2019t have worked him and B), I don\u2019t have to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Itsmyluckyday, who turned in a sharp half-mile workout (47 1\/5 seconds) at Monmouth Park Sunday before shipping to Pimlico Tuesday, has shown all the signs of being ready to revert back to the form he showed in Florida last winter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis work Sunday — he just worked so effortlessly \u2013 his energy level, the way he looks \u2013 all the things that you would look for,\u201d Plesa said. \u201cHe\u2019s just doing great. He\u2019s ready to run. All we\u2019re asking for is a fast racetrack. I don\u2019t want to use that as an excuse again I don\u2019t want excuses. I just want to be a realist.\u201d<\/p>\n

OXBOW\/TITLETOWN FIVE\/WILL TAKE CHARGE \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>D. Wayne Lukas has been hovering around history since the start of the millennium, and the Hall of Fame trainer is scheduled to have three chances in Saturday\u2019s Preakness Stakes to finally set the record for most Triple Crown successes.<\/p>\n

The former basketball coach, who traded his whistle for a saddle in the 1970s, has been tied with the legendary \u201cSunny Jim\u201d Fitzsimmons for the most wins in Triple Crown races (13) by any trainer in history since Commendable won the 2000 Belmont Stakes.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Lukas has one of his best opportunities in recent years with a three-pronged attack in the nine-horse field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be nice to get over that, but the guy that holds it with me is pretty special in this game,\u201d Lukas said Thursday morning after Oxbow, Titletown Five and Will Take Charge returned from morning gallops at Pimlico. \u201cI think we\u2019ll get over it. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll be Saturday, but there\u2019s an excellent chance we\u2019ll get that 14th<\/sup>\u00a0one somewhere down the line. You know, though, the sooner the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukas has had pretty good numbers in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, having saddled five winners from 37 starters \u2013 more than any trainer in history.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d like nothing more than to add a sixth Preakness, which would put the 77-year-old Wisconsin native one behind turn-of-the-19th<\/sup>-century trainer Robert Walden. Lukas is tied for second with Bob Baffert (Govenor Charlie) and Thomas Healey, whose last winner came during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Preakness is special to me,\u201d Lukas said, while admitting he\u2019d be in favor of Orb winning if he can\u2019t get the prize for one of his three ownership groups on Saturday. \u201cAs a trainer you think more or less of achieving something for a certain client.\u00a0 You don\u2019t run against the other guy or even the other horse. You\u2019re pretty much centered on your own program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Titletown Five, owned by some former Green Bay Packers including Paul Hornung and Willie Davis, would be a long shot \u2013 already at 30-1 in the morning line. Will Take Charge was rated at 12-1 and Oxbow, who was sixth in the Derby, was made 15-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a good morning,\u201d Lukas said after dismounting his pony. \u201cI like the way the track\u2019s playing. I think it\u2019s very fair for everybody. I was real comfortable with it. I like it when they go by and you can\u2019t hear them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukas said he was a bit miffed and was joking with track handicapper Frank Carulli after Mylute was made the second choice behind Orb in the morning-line odds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally don\u2019t think Mylute should be the second choice in the race, unless they bet on Rosie (Napravnik),\u201d Lukas said. \u201cI think Will Take Charge and Oxbow are about equal and their odds are going to fall somewhere between 5-1 and 8-1. The other horse is going to be a long shot, probably one of the longest shots on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oxbow and Will Take Charge ran 1-2 in the Rebel (G2) in March at Oaklawn Park. Will Take Charge was a troubled eighth in the Kentucky Derby behind Oxbow\u2019s pace-pressing sixth on the sloppy, sealed track. He expects both to run well here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill Take Charge is 17 hands,\u201d Lukas said. \u201cHe and Orb have a similar style. They\u2019re not stop-and-start horses, so he didn\u2019t get to run his race in Louisville. Oxbow is a gutsy little horse. I think they both had a chance to be part of the equation in the Derby.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Lukas readily admits the percentages are in his favor with a third of the field being saddled by a guy who knows how to win this race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel comfortable with the field,\u201d he said. \u201cIt only takes one horse to spoil your day.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Pimlico Race Course<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historic Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness\u00ae Stakes, the middle jewel in horse racing’s famed Triple Crown, first opened its doors on October 25, 1870, and is the second oldest racetrack in the United States. Pimlico has played host to racing icons and Baltimoreans have seen the likes of legendary horses such as Man o\u2019 War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Affirmed and Cigar thunder down the stretch in thrilling and memorable competition. For more information on Pimlico, visit\u00a0www.pimlico.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pimlico Race Course is a Stronach Group company, North America\u2019s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner\/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America’s premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.<\/p>\n

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