LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Topped by a five-furlong breeze in 59.20 seconds by Lexington Stakes winner Owendale, three new players joining the Triple Crown trail worked Saturday at Churchill Downs in preparation for the Grade 1 Preakness at Pimlico on May 18. Among the first horses to breeze at Churchill after its opening at 5:30 a.m., Owendale zipped an opening quarter in 24 seconds before slowing somewhat under his exercise rider. He worked from the half-mile pole to the seven-eighths pole, a furlong beyond the finish, and was timed galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.20 by Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols. :: Get the Preakness all-access package, including advance PPs His Saturday breeze followed a five-furlong Derby Day workout in 1:02.80 that left trainer Brad Cox looking for something quicker. “He got more out of his breeze today,” he said. “He breezed extremely well.” The two other Preakness horses to work Saturday at Churchill Downs were Signalman, who was timed going a half mile in 47.60 seconds under regular jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., and Warrior’s Charge, another Cox-trained colt who covered five furlongs in 1:00.80. Like Owendale, Warrior’s Charge breezed from the half-mile to the seven-eighths poles. A winner of two consecutive races at Oaklawn after losing his first three races, Warrior’s Charge was not a Triple Crown nominee, requiring his owners, Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables, to supplement to the Preakness for $150,000. That amount will be added to the purse to make the Preakness worth $1.65 million. “He’s kind of come on the scene late, gotten better with ground, two turns,” Cox said. Cox said post-Derby developments and the makeup of the Preakness field, which does not include any of the top three finishers from the Derby, “triggered our interest.” A week before the race, a field of up to 11 horses is likely, with the projected morning-line favorite being Improbable, the Arkansas Derby runner-up who was placed fourth in the Kentucky Derby upon the disqualification of Maximum Security. Other potential returnees from the Derby include War of Will (7th), Win Win Win (9th), and Bodexpress (13th). Trainer Ken McPeek had hoped to run Signalman in the Derby, but with his colt shy of the Kentucky Derby qualifying points needed to gain entrance into the body of the field, he elected not to enter him as an also-eligible. Winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club last year at 2, Signalman has raced twice at 3, finishing seventh in the March 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream in his seasonal debut, and third in the Blue Grass at Keeneland April 6. In the Blue Grass he was caught by a nose for second by late-running Win Win Win, a margin that vaulted Win Win Win into the Derby on qualifying points and left Signalman just short. “With all this horse has done so far to this point, you have to go into the Preakness thinking he has a big chance,” Hernandez said of Signalman. His workout Saturday was five furlongs, McPeek said, though Churchill clockers timed him for only a half-mile during an active period following the track’s first renovation break. He went in company with Indian Counselor, a maiden, pulling away by about two lengths at the finish. Win Win Win is one of two Preakness horses training at Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md., with the other being Alwaysmining, a colt riding a six-race win streak. Alwaysmining breezed a half-mile in 48.20 seconds Friday over Fair Hill’s synthetic surface. Alwaysmining, trained by Kelly Rubley, is undefeated in three starts this year, all at Laurel Park. He won the one-turn mile Miracle Wood by 4 ¼ lengths before stretching out to take the 1 1/16-mile Private Terms by 6 ¾ lengths and the 1 1/8-mile Federico Tesio by 11 ½ lengths. The Tesio victory provided him with a fees-paid berth in the 1 3/16-mile Preakness. Across the country, Anothertwistafate breezed six furlongs in 1:14.20 Saturday at Golden Gate toward a start in the Preakness. Winner of the El Camino Real Derby on synthetic, he has twice been second this spring in graded races on dirt, most recently to Owendale in the Lexington.  The following is a list of potential starters for the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Potential Preakness Starters Horse Trainer Jockey Last Race Alwaysmining Kelly Rubley Daniel Centeno Tesio, 1st Anothertwistafate Blaine Wright Jose Ortiz Lexington, 2nd Bodexpress Gustavo Delgado John Velazquez Ky. Derby, 13th Bourbon War Mark Hennig Irad Ortiz, Jr. Fla. Derby, 4th Improbable Bob Baffert Mike Smith Ky. Derby, 4th Laughing Fox Steve Asmussen Ricardo Santana, Jr. OP Invitational, 1st Market King D. Wayne Lukas undecided Blue Grass, 11th Owendale Brad Cox Florent Geroux Lexington, 2nd Signalman Kenny McPeek Brian Hernandez, Jr. Blue Grass, 3rd War of Will Mark Casse Tyler Gaffalione Ky. Derby, 7th Warrior's Charge Brad Cox Javier Castellano OP allowance, 1st Win Win Win Mike Trombetta Julian Pimentel Ky. Derby, 9th