Preakness Field Grows to 9
- The list of Preakness probables has grown to nine, now that trainer Steve Klesaris has decided to enter allowance winner Diabolical, and two other longshots -- Greeley's Legacy and Platinum Couple -- are also expected to enter. "I think he has the ability to compete," said trainer George Weaver of Greeley's Legacy, who finished fourth in the Gotham. "If I can get back to his Gotham race, I think we can be right in the thick of things. That's what it boils down to. I think he fits, the timing is right and the horse is right."
- One horse that won't start is Ah Day. Trainer King Leatherbury decided the $100,000 it would take to supplement the Federico Tesio winner into the race was too much. "I wasn't going to put it up," said Leatherbury. "I was working on a deal with someone else whereby they would put up the $100,000 and we would split any purse money the horse earned. We couldn't make it work out."
- Bernardini turned in his final workout for the Preakness this morning at Belmont, going five furlongs in 1:01.3 over the muddy main track.
- Post positions will be drawn for the Preakness today, and ESPN will televise the event starting at 5 p.m. Andrew Beyer asks trainers to consider inside posts at today's draw, while Mike Watchmaker dispels a couple of myths about the Pimlico track: "The turns at Pimlico are almost identical to the ones at Churchill Downs ... As for the Preakness favoring speed horses, that's baloney, too."
Posted by JC, May 17, 2006 02:30 PM
