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Posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
Trainer Bob Baffert won’t run Bob and John or Point Determined in next weekend’s Preakness Stakes, keeping Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro from a rematch with two of his Derby rivals.
Bob and John, who was 17th in the Derby, was the only one under consideration for the second leg of the Triple Crown, Baffert said Saturday. Point Determined finished ninth in the Derby.
He said the two colts will be shipped from Kentucky’s Churchill Downs back to California to prepare for the Belmont Stakes on June 10 in New York.
Horses confirmed for May 20’s Preakness at Pimlico are Barbaro, Brother Derek (fourth in the Derby), Sweetnorthernsaint (seventh), Like Now, Bernardini and Hemingway’s Key.
All HorseRacing Has Released Odds for 2006 Preakness Stakes.
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