LOUISVILLE, Ky. – If the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby run back as expected in the May 16 Preakness Stakes, they will dominate the prerace wagering regardless of what other horses might be entered in the second jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico in Baltimore.

Pimlico oddsmaker Keith Feustle said Tuesday from Maryland that he expects to make Derby winner American Pharoah the heavy favorite at “about even-money” and “Dortmund slightly lower than Firing Line,” with both in the 3-1 range.

Just as in the Kentucky Derby, it looks like trainers Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher will determine the complexion of the Preakness Stakes, though unlike the Derby, the Preakness is shaping up as having a field perhaps half the size of the Derby.

Mubtaahij, the eighth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will ship to New York within the next couple weeks to be pointed to a start in the Belmont Stakes.

The eight-length winner of the United Arab Emirates Derby, Mubtaahij came out of his race Saturday in good condition, according to Trevor Brown, assistant to trainer Mike de Kock, and will try again in the third leg of the Triple Crown after failing to reproduce the form that won the United Arab Emirates Derby by eight lengths.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – American Pharoah, Firing Line, and Dortmund, the first three finishers in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, are being pointed to the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 16, their trainers said Sunday morning at Churchill Downs.

Bob Baffert, who won his fourth Derby with American Pharoah and also trains the third-place finisher Dortmund, said, “Right now, I don’t see why not,” when asked if both would contest the Preakness.

Racing nationwide may be in a slump, but the Kentucky Derby keeps getting bigger.

This year’s Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs broke records in all categories other than on-track handle, the first break-out performance for the race since 2012. Away from the track, the Derby broadcast ratings soared, even on a day when most of the U.S. was bathed in good weather.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trainer Simon Callaghan stood in the middle of the Churchill Downs racetrack calmly talking to a handful of reporters just minutes after his first Kentucky Derby starter, Firing Line, had suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of the favorite American Pharoah. The rookie handled himself like a guy who’d done this sort of thing a dozen times before.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The horses for the 141st Kentucky Derby had left the paddock and were on their way to the track. Bob Baffert stayed behind and walked around, a bundle of nervous energy. The song “My Old Kentucky Home” came over the loudspeaker.

“I hear this song, I think, ‘It’s almost over,’ ” Baffert said. “My job is done.”

He was asked, after three Kentucky Derby victories and all he’s accomplished in the sport, if he still gets nervous for a big race.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Here are the top-five finishers, with all available mutuel prices involving the 141st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs:

Top 5 order of finish, $2 mutuels

1 – American Pharoah, No. 18, win $7.80; place, $5.80; show $4.20
2 – Firing Line, No. 10, place, $8.40; show, $5.40
3 – Dortmund, No. 8, show, $4.20
4 – Frosted, No. 15
5 – Danzig Moon, No. 5

Exotic payoffs

The following is the complete order of finish for the 141st Kentucky Derby:

1. American Pharoah
2. Firing Line
3. Dortmund
4. Frosted
5. Danzig Moon
6. Materiality
7. Keen Ice
8. Mubtaahij
9. Itsaknockout
10. Carpe Diem
11. Frammento
12. Bolo
13. Mr. Z
14. Ocho Ocho Ocho
15.  Far Right
16. War Story
17. Tencendur
18. Upstart

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