Went the Day Well nearly gave his connections a second straight victory in the Kentucky Derby on May 5 – and he still appears to have plenty of upside, which is one reason why he is being wheeled back in the 137th Preakness Stakes next Saturday at Pimlico.
The lineup for the 137th Preakness Stakes underwent some alterations Friday as Dullahan and Trinniberg were removed from consideration while newcomers Teeth of the Dog and Zetterholm were added to the mix.
If he had it to do again, Harvey Clarke probably still would have sold I’ll Have Another. Clarke sells many of the foals his 10-mare band produces, and, back in 2010, there was nothing about the Flower Alley colt that suggested he would go from $11,000 auction yearling to 2012 Kentucky Derby winner.
We jet ahead right to the review section this week in Countdown as we look back at all 20 starters in Kentucky Derby 138 with notes on what went right, what went wrong and what could/should be next.
Dullahan, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will pass the Preakness Stakes and point to the Belmont Stakes on June 9, his owner, Jerry Crawford, announced Friday morning.
No longer is the question – who will win the Kentucky Derby from amongst a field of 20? Now, it’s simply – can Derby winner I'll Have Another do it again?
Trainer Doug O’Neill’s days have been a constant whir of activity at his 75-horse stable at Hollywood Park and a lengthy list of media appearances following his victory with I'll Have Another in last Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister made quite the impression on his first day back to the track Wednesday at Churchill Downs, enough to think that he is well on his way to making a start in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 19.
A couple weeks is all it took for Ivan Puhich to be in the right place at the right time when Doug O’Neill needed a jockey for a key workout aboard I’ll Have Another, the best 3-year-old in the barn. After 1 1/16 miles in the Robert Lewis Stakes on Feb. 4 at Santa Anita, it was crystal clear to O’Neill and owner Paul Reddam that Ivan’s rider, the unsung Mario Gutierrez, fit the 43-1 winner I’ll Have Another like a glove.
Owner Shivananda Parbhoo is so impressed with how well Trinniberg has come out of the Kentucky Derby that he said Tuesday if Derby runner-up Bodemeister doesn’t run in the Preakness, Trinniberg will run in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
