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As the paddock takes figure for the 133rd moving of the Preakness Stakes this Saturday, the actual enquiry on everyone's minds is, do we at length have a foal that can holiday the 30 period Triple Crown drought? In a period abuzz near the 14th single-handed triplex production in major association baseball history, it should be notable that just 11 horses have won the Triple Crown in 133 eld.

Big Brown is the equus caballus to beat, and after his irrefutable feat at the Kentucky Derby, he appears talented of besting all comers. So discouraging was his win that lone one some other Derby starter, Gayego, is entered in the Preakness. Here's the Preakness field:

Behindatthebar, house-trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by D R Flores, is 2 for 3 this period of time after shift from his former trainer, Craig Dollase, and won the G2 Lexington Stakes at 1 1/16 miles last example out.

Big Brown, housebroken by Richard Dutrow Jr. beside Kent Desormeaux up again, answered all concerns astir his famine of submit yourself to next to his Kentucky Derby win.

Gayego, pot-trained by Paulo Lobo and ridden by Mike Smith, over a disappointing 17th in the Derby after acquiring squeezed fund and newspaper clipping his heels proto in the race.

Giant Moon, Richard Schosberg leader next to Ramon Dominguez reverting as jockey, finished 4th at the G1 Wood Memorial finishing event out near J F Chavez aboard and is singular 1 for 3 as a 3 period of time old.

Hey Byrn, habituated by Eddie Plesa Jr. and ridden by Charles Lopez was someone acuminate for the G2 Ohio Derby Derby May 31st but was switched to the Preakness by the controller so she could "come and sense datum the crab cakes." That aside, Hey Byrn's solely loss this twelvemonth was to Big Brown at the G1 Florida Derby after man bumped difficult at the activation.

Icabad Crane, broken in by Graham Motion and ridden by Jeremy Rose was the primo by a pave the way at Pimlico's Federico Tesio Stakes last time out and is 2 for 3 as a 3 period old, but no ranked bet go through.

Kentucky Bear, hardened by Reade Baker beside H J Theriot II up, is lone 1 for 3 time period next to no hierarchal stakes wins. It remainder to be seen if this foal has any top at this stratum.

Macho Again, training shoe Dallas Stewart, more often than not ridden by Julien Leparoux, won the Kentucky Derby Trial later outing, but has yet to win forgotten 7.5 furlongs or at the hierarchal bet even.

Racecar Rhapsody, disciplined by Ken McPeek near Robby Albarado up is 1 for 6 period near his lone win at 6.5 furlongs concluding October. Has yet to closing stages finer than 3rd at a stat mi or more or at hierarchic bet plane.

Riley Tucker, with Bill Mott as tutor and Edgar Prado addressable to ride, has singular over and done with out of the business sometime in his 7 lifetime starts and was 3rd to Behindatthebar end instance out at the G2 Lexington Stakes.

Stevil, inured by Nick Zito next to John Velazquez up, has not won since cave in his maiden at 6.5 furlongs at Belmont past period and has not over and done with better-quality than 4th in graded gamble business relation.

Tres Borrachos, beside trainer C. Beau Greely and ridden by Tyler Baze is 1 of 7 lifetime beside a 3rd site conclusion to Gayego in the Arkansas Derby later lose your footing.

Yankee Bravo, qualified by Patrick Gallagher beside Alex Solis up, is 3 of 5 period of time but solitary 1 of 3 as a 3 period old and fattened 4th in the Santa Anita Derby in his later away day.

Well, that's the batting order. With one and only 2 horses regressive from the Derby, it's interesting to write down that of the ending 24 Preaknesses, single 2 have been won by a equid that didn't beginning in the Derby. Can Big Brown win the Preakness and go on to be the close Triple Crown winner? He has the reproduction and the talent, but one 100 and cardinal iv horses have won the Kentucky Derby. To twenty-four hours solely xx horses have absent on to win the Preakness. Will Big Brown brand it 20 one?

Preakness Facts:

The initial Preakness Stakes was held in 1873 beside a reward of $2,050.00 at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland at a distance of a statute mile and a half, but has been run at six nothing like distances between a mile and a stat mi and a half in the past stabilizing at a stat mi and 3 sixteenths in 1925

Pimlico is America's ordinal first active track

The Preakness Stakes is named after Preakness the premier equid to win the "Dinner Party Stakes" (now celebrated as the Dixie) which was the initial gamble contest run on Pimlico's pipe day October 25, 1870

The Preakness has not always been run at Pimlico; from 1890 until 1908 it was control at in New York, primary at Morris Park and later at Gravesend, these are better-known as "the Lost Preaknesses"

Survivor won the original Preakness by 10 lengths, frozen the biggest side-line of conquest to date

Four fillies have won the Preakness, but no foal has of all time won the Triple Crown

Slightly more than half to the Preakness races have been won by bays

A Pimlico tradition since 1909; as in a minute as the Preakness contestant is announced strict a artist applies the flag of the winner's garment to the windward blade atop the representation of the Old Clubhouse cupola, the original having been spoilt by blaze in 1966

In 1918 the Preakness was run in two divisions due to the amount of entrants providing two Preakness winners that year, War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr.