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Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008
According to a Maryland Jockey Club official, Behindatthebar, who drew post 5, has been scratched from Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (gr. I) because of a bruised left front foot Friday morning at Belmont Park.
Behindatthebar is trained by Todd Pletcher for the Sanan family’s Padua Stable, Michael Shustek, and Don Stanley. Behindatthebar won the Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. II) at Keeneland last April 19 and has three wins from five starts and has earned $227,100.
The scratch of the son of Forest Wildcat from the second leg of the Triple Crown, leaves a field of 12 for the $1 million Preakness this Saturday, May 17, at Pimlico Race Course. The 1-2 morning line favorite Big Brown will now break from the 6th post.
A leading 15 Preakness winners have come from the 6th post.
The revised Preakness post position can also be good news for Hey Byrn who is moving to post 12 from 13. No Preakness horse has won from the 13th post while 3 Preakness winners emerged from the 12th post, most recently Afleet Alex in 2005.
All carrying 126 pounds, the updated Preakness entries, from the rail out with jockeys and morning line odds:
Macho Again under jockey Julien Leparoux, 20-1- Tres Borrachos under jockey Tyler Baze, 30-1
- Icabad Crane under jockey Jeremy Rose, 30-1
- Yankee Bravo under jockey Alex Solis, 15-1
- Racecar Rhapsody under jockey Robby Albarado, 30-1
- Big Brown under jockey Kent Desormeaux, 1-2
- Kentucky Bear under jockey Jamie Theriot II, 15-1
- Stevil under jockey John Velazquez, 30-1
- Riley Tucker under jockey Edgar Prado, 30-1
- Giant Moon under jockey Ramon Dominguez, 30-1
- Gayego under jockey Mike Smith, 8-1
- Hey Byrn under jockey C.C. Lopez, 20-1
The 2008 Preakness Stakes is scheduled as the 12th race in Pimlico’s May 17 horse racing program. Preakness post time is 6:15 pm.
"Behindatthebar Scratched Off The Preakness Stakes" was posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pm and is filed under Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Preakness Stakes, Stakes Races, Triple Crown, USA Horse Racing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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