Saturday, May 17, 2014
THE PREAKNESS 2014
THE PREAKNESS STAKES
Post Time 6:18pm
Coverage starts on NBC at 4:30
UPDATE - California Chrome WINS the Preakness and has a chance to win the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes on June 7. We've bought our tickets to the Belmont Stakes! -- watch for upcoming stories!
California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby and is a big favorite to win the Preakness. Of course, if he wins the Preakness, he will be going into the Belmont Stakes on June 7 with a chance to become the first horse in decades to win the Triple Crown.
Only two other horses from the Kentucky Derby are competing in the Preakness, General a Rod, who came in 11th, and Ride on Curlin who came in 7th.
Rosie Napravnik, the acclaimed female rider will be riding Bayern, trained by Bob Baffert.
Here is the list of horses running. The Kentucky Derby finish position (if the horse ran) is in red brackets[], the Morning Line (expected odds) is in parenthesis(). The four top favorites are in brown.
UPDATE - THE FINISH IS IN BLUE. Interestingly, three of the top four favorites ended up in the top three. All three horses that were in the Kentucky Derby finished in the top four.
1- 3 - California Chrome [1] (3-5)
2- 10 - Ride on Curlin [7] (10-1)
3- 8 - Social Inclusion (5-1)
4- 2 - General a Rod [11] (15-1)
5- 4 - Ring Weekend (20-1)
6- 9 - Pablo Del Monte (20-1)
7- 1 - Dynamic Impact (12-1)
8- 7 - Kid Cruz (20-1)
9- 5 - Bayern (10-1)
10- 6 - Ria Antonia (30-1)
LINKS
THE PREAKNESS - OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.preakness.com/
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE HORSES
http://www.preakness.com/race-info/contenders
NBC SPORTS - THE PREAKNESS
http://www.nbcsports.com/horse-racing/countdown-triple-crown/2014-preakness-stakes-contenders
QPORIT - THE KENTUCKY DERBY - 2014
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-kentucky-derby-2014-recipe-for-mint.html
THE BELMONT STAKES - OFFICIAL SITE
Labels: Art Sherman, Belmont Stakes, Bob Baffert, California Chrome, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Social Inclusion
