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Total betting on Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, dropped 16.4 percent compared to last year, according to charts of the races, as the short field in the race took its toll on all pools.
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At 4:30 Saturday afternoon, quiet and hot on the northwest edge of the Pimlico property, Mage, the Kentucky Derby winner, was out of his stall, his groom slowly walking him around the shed row in the Preakness barn. A little after 7 Saturday evening, out on the racetrack, Mage lost the second leg of the Triple Crown in great part because of a walking pace.
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In a stirring three-furlong stretch battle with Blazing Sevens, the Bob Baffert-trained National Treasure prevailed by a head in the $1.65 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, giving Baffert a record eighth Preakness victory and Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez his first in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
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Results and payouts from the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes on May 20, 2023, at Preakness, won by .
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First Mission, the 5-2 second choice on the morning line for Saturday's $1.65 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, will scratch from the race due to a yet-to-be-determined issue with his left hind ankle, his connections announced Friday morning.
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The Kentucky Derby winner Mage became an even stronger favorite to continue his Triple Crown bid in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with the revelation Friday that First Mission would be scratched from the race due to an injury to his left hind ankle.
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Mage won the Kentucky Derby in his fourth career start for a four-pronged partnership. The Preakness Stakes favorite faces for OGMA Investments, a partnership helmed by trainer Gustavo Delgado's son and assistant Gustavo Delgado Jr.; bloodstock agent Ramiro Restrepo; Sam Herzberg's Sterling Racing; and Commonwealth, a sports investment app offering micro-shares in racehorses.
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Javier Castellano's prayers for a Kentucky Derby victory were answered on May 6 when he guided 15-1 shot Mage to a one-length victory in the 149th Run for the Roses. The victory capped a lengthy return to glory for Castellano, who had seen his once-bustling business tail off.
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Prior to the Kentucky Derby, John Velazquez walked from the Churchill jockeys' room to the paddock with Javier Castellano. NBC had just shown a graphic detailing Castellano's 0-for-15 record in the Derby. Entering Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the roles are reversed. Castellano is a two-time Preakness winner, Velazquez is winless.
