May 22, 2013

Track Talk: Handicapping the Preakness Stakes

e4c49aeaca6a8ff50ddb8e13895e2c13

(PhatzRadio / SI Horse Analyst – Gene Menez) — Before we get to the meat and potatoes of this story — the Preakness Stakes selections below — a review of the 138th Kentucky Derby is in order. The pace at Churchill Downs two weeks ago played out even hotter than expected, with Bodemeister winging the [...]

Track Talk: Bob Baffert says Bodemeister will go on to Preakness

6e7a81368a8c6770286372d94379a552

(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Bob Baffert, trainer of Kentucky Derby runnerup Bodemeister, told USA TODAY Sports that his highly-regarded colt will go on to the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. “He looks healthy. He looks happy,” Baffert said when reached by phone on Monday morning at Churchill Downs, where Bodemeister [...]