Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense will try to win Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
The Preakness Stakes hunt is on for Street Sense and six times in the last 10 years has the Kenticky Derby champion gone on to win race in Pimlico.
Other horses expected to contest the Preakness include Chelokee, the Florida Derby third-place finisher; Coolmore Lexington winner Slew’s Tizzy; F
ederico Tesio winner Xchanger; and one or both of the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Derby Trial winner Flying First Class and Lexington runner-up Starbase.
C.P. West, trained by Nick Zito, will go in either the Preakness or the Barbaro Stakes on the undercard. The Barbaro Stakes, named for last year’s Derby winner who suffered catastrophic leg fractures in the Preakness, formerly was the Sir Barton Stakes.
Trainer Todd Pletcher, whose best finish with his record-tying quintet was sixth-place Circular Quay, said none of his Derby horses will attempt the Preakness. He will run Santa Anita Derby runner-up King of the Roxy.
The top three finishers of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby appear headed to the May 19 Preakness Stakes as long as they come out of the race well, their trainers said.
A year ago, Bernardini skipped the Derby and won the Preakness, a victory overshadowed by the breakdown of Barbaro.
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