preakness

In a bit of a surprise, it was I'll Have Another running down the favorites - and the incredible run of Bodemeister - to win the Kentucky Derby.  Two weeks later he'll look to make a similar run to claim the Preakness, and take us to Belmont with Triple Crown hopes alive.

The 2011 race for the Triple Crown will be renewed this weekend in Saturday's Preakness Stakes.  The grade one race at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course features five entries from the Kentucky Derby, including Derby winner Animal Kingdom.  He'll look to beat thirteen other horses to the wire Saturday, and take the second jewel of the Triple Crown. I offer you these thoughts: