Pramedya is owned by Roy and Gretchen Jackson, who owned Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby who pulled up lame during the Preakness.
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Eastern at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
Undefeated Nyquist drew post position No. 3 and was the morning-line favorite (3-5).
Baffert (Collected) can win his 13th Triple Crown race with a win in the Preakness.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky). Kentucky Derby victor Nyquist, left, ridden by exercise rider Jonny Garcia, walks to the barns alongside an outrider at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Friday, May 20, 2016.
The National Weather Service is predicting a 100 percent of rain throughout the day, along with wind at gusts of up to 20 miles per hour.
Ten years after Barbaro broke down during the Preakness, tragedy struck Saturday as Pimlico opened the race card for the second leg of the Triple Crown. The last two years have seen California Chrome and American Pharoah do what Nyquist seeks to accomplish today. Seven of those races were on a fast track; the other was on a good track. The next year, he ran 16th in the Derby won by Super Saver with Major League Baseball manager Joe Torre a co-owner.
The gray colt improved to 3 for 3 with a front-running victory.
It is race day once again. Not only did that benefit those on the infield, but it allowed the condition of the track to improve from sloppy to muddy.
The Preakness has been won by a horse that didn’t start the Derby eight times since 1952.
“It’s numbing”, said Doug O’Neill, Nyquist’s trainer. “They tell me the numbers are going to be strong”.
Campitelli said they thought the horse was in “really good health” and why he died was still a bit of a mystery.
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