The injury is certainly career-ending, but if there are no complications, it will not be life-ending and he will be retired to the breeding shed.Īfter winning the Kentucky Oaks with Abel Tasman, veteran trainer Bob Baffert was asked what he thought about the Kentucky Derby. He was vanned to the New Bolton Center, where the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Center is located. There was no initial indication that there was additional damage to the area around the fracture. The latest blow came Sunday when Royal Mo suffered a sesamoid fracture of his right front ankle during his last workout before Saturday’s Preakness. What’s that old blues song - if it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all? This year, the thinking is the exact opposite, and it’s the absence of California horses that is so glaring. Last year, the Preakness Stakes was labeled as the next meeting in the intense rivalry between two West Coast colts, Nyquist and Exaggerator, who ran first and second, respectively, in the Kentucky Derby.Įxaggerator turned the tables and won the Preakness, with Nyquist finishing third. The next and final race in the Triple Crown is the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. What’s at stake is a possible Triple Crown bid if Always Dreaming, the Kentucky Derby winner, can beat this field.
After the gates open, the 1 3/16-mile race will take about 1 minute 56 seconds, give or take a second or two. The load into the gate will be quick as there are only 10 horses compared with the 20 in the Kentucky Derby. The big races tend to go off around five or six minutes after the post as the tracks try and collect all the bets they can. Now that’s not to say the race will actually go off at that time. Hiking in the Rockies, well, it’s 4:48 p.m.Īnd enjoying life in Los Angeles, your afternoon is interrupted at 3:48 p.m. If you’re in Maryland, or anywhere else on the East Coast, it’s 6:48 p.m. So what is post time for the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course? It’s time to plan your day, and you want to be home for the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.
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