Visit www.horseracinginside.com for more videos! Thanks to NBCSports.com for airing this on national television! It's great to have horse racing placed out to the public! Martin Garcia, replacing Garrett Gomez as the jockey of Lookin At Lucky, holds off First Dude and HorseRacingInside.com favorite, Jackson Bend, to take the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes for Bob Baffert. Start your virtual stable today http
Calvin Borel made the right choice and history was made May 16 at Pimlico, when for the first time, the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner not only ran in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) but won the race in convincing fashion. Rachel Alexandra won the middle jewel of the Triple Crown by a length over Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird. The week following her win in the Oaks, Rachel Alexandra was purchased by Jess Jackson and Harold McCormick and transferred from trainer Hal Wiggins to Steve Asmussen. Borel, who had ridden both Rachel Alexandra in the Oaks and Mine That Bird in the Derby, was asked to continue riding the filly and he agreed. Mine That Birds trainer, Chip Woolley, picked up Mike Smith on the Derby winner. It made for one of the most intriguing Preakness Stakes ever, and after drawing post 13, Borel knew he would have to send the filly from the outset, which he did. Big Drama, under John Velazquez, who had the rail, was an obvious pacesetter and he went with the filly as the field went down the stretch the first time and through the first turn. They went the opening quarter in :23.13 and the half in :46.71. Borel was able to open up just a bit on the backstretch but he had used the daughter of Medaglia dOro a great deal to get the lead and knew he had to try and slow the pace a bit. "I was comfortable early, but down the backside they started to pick it up," Borel said. Big Drama, who had skipped the Derby, was still in second down <b>...</b>
Lookin At Lucky 2-1 2nd favourite held on to win by about a length from Jackson Bend. Congratulations to Bob Baffert and Martin Garcia. Despite a dissapointing Kentucky Derby, worst after being drawn from post position one, Lookin At Lucky made a spectacular comeback to win with ease!
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Five years ago, Martin Garcia, recently arrived from his native Mexico, was working in a deli in Northern California near Pleasanton racetrack when a patron walked in and asked him, based on his size, if he had ever thought of being a jockey. Thus began the most unlikely of ascensions. Like a budding actor discovered by an agent while sitting at a bus stop, Garcia, 25, has become a riding star. His profile has risen under the direction of trainer Bob Baffert, who in recent months has entrusted him with his best mounts. On Saturday, that partnership scored its biggest victory yet, when Lookin At Lucky, the beaten favorite two weeks earlier in the Kentucky Derby, captured the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes on a gorgeous, spring day at Pimlico Race Course. For Baffert, it was his fifth victory in the Preakness. For Garcia, who only rode in his first Triple Crown race two weeks ago aboard Conveyance in the Derby, it was his first Triple Crown race win. www.drf.com
Sunday Silence, who raised more questions than he answered when he beat Easy Goer by two and a half lengths in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, proved himself a worthy Triple Crown contender today by winning the 114th and closest Preakness Stakes ever at Pimlico Race Course. The blackish colt from California raced head and head with Easy Goer for the length of the stretch before regaining the lead in the final yards to win by a long nose. The last time a Preakness was decided in a photo finish was when Affirmed held off Alydar by a neck in 1978. Now Sunday Silence is one victory away from becoming racing's first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed, and his rivalry with Easy Goer, a son of Alydar, is the tightest Triple Crown battle since then. The two colts will hook up again in the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 10, where victory would bring Sunday Silence's owners a total of $5 million in purses and bonuses for the series. A Claim of Foul The winner had to survive a claim of foul from Pat Day, Easy Goer's rider, who alleged interference by Pat Valenzuela and Sunday Silence through their stretch duel. After reviewing the films for seven minutes, the stewards let the order of finish stand. Another unrelated foul claim, by the rider of Dansil, who was fourth, against Rock Point, who was third, was also disallowed. The bettors in a record Pimlico crowd of 90145, unconvinced by Sunday Silence's weaving Derby finish and the slow final time of that race, made Easy Goer <b>...</b>
... and Kent Desormeaux romp in leg 2 of the thoroughbred Triple Crown, at Pimlico in MD. ALTIMORE (TICKER) —Big Brown will head to the Big Apple in quest of making history. Big Brown moved a step within immortality Saturday by blowing away the field in the 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. On June 7, the undefeated Big Brown could stamp himself as one of the sport's all-time greats as he will attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown winner. "He just keeps on getting better," trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. said. "He just keeps showing everyone he's special." Affirmed was the last Triple Crown winner in 1978. During that stretch, six horses have won both the Derby and Preakness but were beaten in the grueling 1 1/2-mile Belmont, most recently Smarty Jones in 2004. Dutrow heads to New York full of confidence. "It doesn't look like he got down on his belly today," Dutrow said. "I know we have horse left. I'm going to be under the impression that he's going to be tough to beat in the Belmont." Big Brown finished a comfortable 5 1/4 lengths in front of Macho Again. Icabad Crane was a distant third. "It was almost like the Kentucky Derby. He just set sail," jockey Kent Desormeaux said. Big Brown improved to 5-for-5 in his career and joined Majestic Prince (1969), Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew (1977) and Smarty Jones as unbeaten Derby winners who also won the Preakness. Unlike the Derby where he had plenty of ground to cover when <b>...</b>
SBR.tv's Peter Loshak continues his Triple Crown Q&A series with SBR moderator and horse racing writer Reload. Reload had a good read on the Kentucky Derby picking Ice Box, who came in second. Loshak questions Reload on his opinions of Super Saver, Lookn At Lucky, and Paddy O'Prado, the likely favored horses in the 2010 Preakness, and then questions him further on possible longshots with value
I've been reluctant to post this video because it's incomplete. I believe there are two segments missing, totaling about 12 seconds. Again, I recommend Seattle Slew Dot Com for a full summary. I've used some of their info here. This was probably Seattle Slew's most difficult race during the Triple Crown, certainly the one I was somewhat worried about. The speedball Cormorant was lurking and drew the inside post. English 2-year-old champ JO Tobin was also fresh and drew inside Slew, who was far outside at #8 in a field of 9. Cormorant and JO Tobin had combined for 11 wins in 14 starts including a recent 7 race streak by Cormorant. Stretch runner Iron Constitution had just nipped Cormorant in the Withers. Many racing writers including Andy Beyer and William C. Phillips were touting Cormorant's chances leading up to this race. Phillips wrote, "The luck of the post position draw put Seattle Slew on the outside in a field of nine at a time when the rail advantage is coming up stronger than ever before, if that is possible. It does not figure that he will be able to take a clear lead from some of the fast breakers nearer the rail in the run to the clubhouse turn, or that jockey Jean Cruguet will ask him to expend the necessary energy to accomplish the feat if he can avoid it. This leads to the conclusion that Seattle Slew is coming up to the sternest test of his entire career. Undefeated, and in the opinion of many, never extended, he is on the verge of greatness if he is able <b>...</b>
Bold Ruler was born in America, regarded as a good runner as well as a good sire. Gallant Man and Round Table were big rivals in his career. His most big success as sire was to produce a triple crown winner Secretariat.
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