Field Set For Preakness Stakes 137

16. May 2012  - Published by Dan Clasgens

Derby winner I’ll Have Another will attempt to keeps its Triple Crown aspirations alive against a field of 10 challengers in Saturday’s 137th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimilco.

The Kentucky Derby winner as made the 5/2 second choice. He breaks from post 9 in the field of 11 entered for the Preakness.

Bodemeister, who ran the third fastest opening mile in Derby history two weekends ago, is entering the face as the morning line favorite at 8/5 odds.

Four of the top five finishers in the Derby are in the field. Six Derby contestants were entered for the second jewel of the Triple Crown with five newcomers.

Here is complete summary of Wednesday’s post-position draw:

Preakness Stakes (G1), Post Time: 6:05 ET Saturday

Purse: $1,000,000; 1 3/16 miles

Post

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

ML

1

Tiger Walk

I. Correas

K. Desormeaux

30-1

1

Teeth of the Dog

M. Matz

J. Bravo

15-1

1

Pretension

C. Grove

J. Santiago

30-1

1

Zetterholm

R. Dutrow, Jr.

J. Alvarado

20-1

1

Went The Day Well

H. Motion

J. Velazquez

6-1

1

Creative Cause

M. Harrington

J. Rosario

6-1

1

Bodemeister

B. Baffert

M. Smith

8-5

1

Daddy Nose Best

S. Asmussen

J. Leparoux

12-1

1

I'll Have Another

D. O'Neill

M. Gutierrez

5-2

1

Optimizer

D. Lukas

C. Nakatani

30-1

1

Cozzetti

D. Romans

J. Lezcano

30-1

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