With Pimlico triumph, I'll Have Another keeps Triple Crown dream alive.
I’ll Have Another proved the skeptics wrong by winning the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in exactly the same way he won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. The Kentucky-bred chestnut colt chased down pre-race favorite Bodemeister in the stretch crossing the finish line first by a neck. In the process, I'll Have Another kept alive hopes for horse racing’s first Triple Crown champion in more than three decades. “More than anything, I’m glad I didn’t disappoint people,” said Mario Gutierrez, I’ll Have Another’s jockey. “Like I say, it’s not about me. It is about the horse. From day one, I’ve believed in him. I’m so happy for him because he’s just a great horse.” Affirmed, in 1978, was the last colt to capture the …
Patch reports from the Infield at the Preakness Stakes.
While the dominant color at the Preakness any year is yellow, the prevailing mood in the infield at the middle jewel of the Triple Crown this year was mellow. For years, Preakness patrons had been allowed to bring their own alcoholic beverages into the Pimlico Race Course and the infield in particular was often a raucous bacchanal. A few years ago, Preakness officials eliminated the BYOB policy and instead, this year, for one price (about $75) race-goers paid for admission to the track plus limitless mugs of beer. There's still plenty of drinking, but the policy change has toned down the unpleasant edginess. Bob Lowe, of Saratoga, NY, made his sixth trip to the Preakness on Saturday and for him, the difference in the infield was …
10:01 am on Sunday, May 22, 2011
Was a good (fair) race! Is there really such a thing? But was a good make up for the KD, in ur face wall St. Antics! more ›
Joe Thomas
6:29 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Belmont is the longest race of the three. The horse doesn't appear to be very big but he does have the knack for running down other horses. Will he have the stamina to win the Belmont? more ›