LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Graham Motion barely slept in the euphoric 48 hours after he sent out Animal Kingdom to win the Derby last Saturday at Churchill Downs, although when he did, his staff was there for him – as always.
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Named the new voice of the Triple Crown days after Tom Durkin withdrew from the position in late April. He is the announcer at Monmouth Park and Gulfstream Park and has recently worked as a backup to Trevor Denman during the Breeders’ Cup. His call of the stretch drive between Mywifenosevrything and Thewifedoesntknow in a race last summer at Monmouth earned national attention. Daily Racing Form caught up with Collmus, 45 and a native of Baltimore, just before and after his first Derby call.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Mr. Commons, third in the Santa Anita Derby last month, will be ridden by Victor Espinoza in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 21, trainer John Shirreffs said on Thursday.
Robby Albarado, who was taken off eventual Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom the day before the race, has picked up the mount on King Congie for the $1 million Preakness on May 21, a race in which he will face Animal Kingdom at Pimlico.
As the prospective field for the May 21 Preakness Stakes came into sharper focus on Wednesday, the horse they will all have to beat yet again, Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, returned to the track for his first piece of light training since Saturday’s Derby, jogging one mile at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland, trainer Graham Motion said.
“He looks super, looks great,” Motion said.
