The 2010 Preakness Contest

Attention players!



For the Preakness contest, you will only be picking two horses:
1. Pick the horse you think will win (50 pts.)
2. Pick the horse you think will finish last (50 pts.)



Any person who gets both the winner and the last placed horse will win 100 points and two Preakness glasses. All points earned will be added to your Derby points and carried over to the final contest, the Belmont Stakes. The one with the most points for all three races will win the Triple Crown contest and be the proud owner of the Triple Crown glass set. Here are the entrants:



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1 Aikenite -Javier Castellano - 20-1
2 Schoolyard Dreams -Eibar Coa - 15-1
3 Pleasant Prince - Julien Leparoux - 20-1
4 Northern Giant - Terry Thompson - 30-1
5 Yawanna Twist - Edgar Prado - 30-1
6 Jackson Bend - Mike Smith - 12-1
7 Lookin At Lucky - Martin Garcia - 3-1
8 Super Saver - Calvin Borel - 5-2
9 Caracortado - Paul Atkinson - 10-1
10 Paddy O’Prado - Kent Desormeaux - 9-2
11 First Dude - Ramon Dominguez - 20-1
12 Dublin - Garret Gomez - 10-1

Preakness Quotes

“Horse racing better hold its breath and hope this filly gets to the finish line healthy and happy.” -Louisville Courier-Journal columnist Rick Bozich on the ramifications if something were to happen to Rachel Alexandra during the Blackberry Preakness Stakes (G1) today

“About 30 seconds after the Derby.”
-Trainer David Fawkes on when he decided to send Big Drama to the Blackberry PreaknessStakes (G1).

“It’s a good position to be in. Like I said all along, I think she’s the best horse in the country,and I’m not going to go back on my word.”
-Jockey Calvin Borel on Kentucky Oaks (G1)winner Rachel Alexandra

“I didn’t see the winner; Tom Durkin didn’t even see the winner.”
-Sohby Sonbol, racing manager for Zayat Stables,talking about Pioneerof the Nile on the lead turning for home in the Kentucky Derby and thinking he was going to win

“You get a look at that horse and wonder how’d that little runt beat me.”
-Gary Stute, trainer of Papa Clem, who finished fourth to Mine That Bird in the Kentucky Derby

“I love coming here, because in the stakes barn everybody is relaxed; the Derby is over. You get to see everybody and then you get to get a good look at the horse that beat you.”
-Bob Baffert, trainer of Pioneerof the Nile, who finished second to Mine That Bird in the Kentucky Derby

“A minimum of eight goggles—minimum.”
-Retired Racing Hall of Fame jockey and NBC Sports analyst Gary Stevens on how many goggles Racing Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will have to wear when riding Mine That Bird if the track is muddy or sloppy for the Preakness Stakes (G1)—compiled by Ed DeRosa and Jeff Lowe

The 2009 Preakness Contest

Attention players!

For the Preakness contest, you will only be picking two horses:
1. Pick the horse you think will win (50 pts.)
2. Pick the horse you think will finish last (50 pts.)

Any person who gets both the winner and the last placed horse will win 100 points and two Preakness glasses. All points earned will be added to your Derby points and carried over to the final contest, the Belmont Stakes. The one with the most points for all three races will win the Triple Crown contest and be the proud owner of the Triple Crown glass set. Here are the entrants:

Blackberry Preakness S. (G1)

1. Big Drama - 10 to 1
2. Mine That Bird - 6 to 1
3. Musket Man - 8 to 1

4. Luv Gov - 50 to 1

5. Friesan Fire - 6 to 1

6. Terrain - 30 to 1
7. Papa Clem - 12 to 1

8. General Quarters - 20 to 1

9. Pioneerof the Nile - 5 to 1

10. Flying Private - 50 to 1

11. Take the Points - 30 to 1

12. Tone It Down - 50 to 1

13. Rachel Alexandra - 8 to 5

Post Race Quotes

“That’s another walking advertisement for [glue-on] shoes—the
same shoes Big Brown uses. Starforaday has terrible feet. The shoes
have saved his career.”

Trainer Gary Contessa, talking about Starforaday, winner of the
$100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (G3) at Pimlico Race Course on
Saturday

“Your first impulse is, ‘Boy this isn’t fun or
great.’ But then the more the [People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)] kept
protesting and the more that I knew that we
were right and what we did was right … when
it’s down to one trainer left in America still training,
it could very well be me. And thanks to
PETA I will be trudging on. I may be racing my
own horses against myself, but I won’t be stopping.
This is a great game and these are magnificent
animals.”

Trainer Larry Jones, talking about the aftermath of Eight Belles’s
fatal injury

Going down the backside when Kent got him
out and he was laying third on the outside, I knew
it was over.”

Richard Dutrow, trainer of undefeated Preakness
Stakes (G1) winner Big Brown

“He really, really ran great. I knew he was a
real nice horse and came home great. He hooked
a superstar, you know.”

Dallas Stewart, trainer of Preakness Stakes
(G1) runner-up Macho Again

“This horse has run fourth four times in a row. That’s a lot of fours,
and I don’t like running fourth.”

Ken McPeek, trainer of Racecar Rhapsody

“It looks like Big Brown might win the Belmont farther than Secretariat.”

Trainer Patrick Gallagher on Big Brown’s effortless Preakness win

“What can I say? I thought he ran huge. I thought really he was unlucky
not to be second. He got stopped pretty bad at the top of the
stretch when the front-runners started backing up. He really had to
get him going again, which I thought was really impressive—that he
got back up to be third. Big Brown’s a very, very good horse. He’s the
real deal. It’s very exciting for the game.”

Trainer Graham Motion on Preakness third-place finisher Icabad
Crane and impressive victor Big Brown

“He stumbled out of the gate and really had no chance after that.
The jock [Jamie Theriot] thought he should have been second if everything
went right. I guess we know that Big Brown is the real deal now.”

Reade Baker, trainer of Preakness sixth-place finisher Kentucky Bear

“I thought he was going to be second because he was following Big
Brown. We got excited. He ran fifth, he tried hard. You’ve got to salute
the winner. There’s no question he’s a tremendous horse.”

Nick Zito, trainer of Preakness fifth-place finisher Stevil

—Compiled by Pete Denk

Quotes From Maryland

“I’m always hoping Nicanor will be as good as Barbaro. I’ve
gone down twice to see him since he got to Fair Hill. It’s fun to be
down there, fun to be around him. When I see him, there is a certain
happiness and sadness combined. It’s a very emotional thing
for me. When I see him, I like to rub my hands down his legs. It
makes me feel like I’m back in touch with Barbaro.”

Owner Gretchen Jackson, in the New York Times, on Nicanor,
a two-year-old full brother to Barbaro who is currently in training
with Michael Matz at Fair Hill Training Center


“I don’t have a 13th stall; it’s stall 121⁄2. Hopefully, after Saturday it’ll
be my favorite number.”

Eddie Plesa Jr., trainer of Hey Byrn, who drew post 13 for the Preakness
Stakes (G1)

“It’s Icka-baad, but hopefully after Saturday it’ll be Icka-bad as in
bad for the people who bet Big Brown.”

Jockey Jeremy Rose on how to pronounce Icabad Crane’s name

“With all the truth stretching going on today maybe we should install
a confessional near the paddock.”

Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, archbishop of Baltimore

“Kenny McPeek bought the horse and he brought him down to the
speedway to show me. It happened to be on the day that Dale Earnhardt
Jr. was down there practicing. He had just taken off in his car
and the horse broke loose from Kenny, and low and behold when they
passed the finish line, the horse was in front. …
If he comes back to the same race, I think we’ll
win.”
Jerry Carroll, who owns Kentucky Speedway
in Sparta, Kentucky, joking about his inspiration
for the name Racecar Rhapsody

“Somewhere over the limit.”

Legendary Maryland-based trainer King
Leatherbury when asked for his age

“We’re always behind in our bar bill.”

Co-owner Don Stanley, explaining the name for Coolmore Lexington
Stakes (G2) winner Behindatthebar

“It looks like it’s Big Brown’s party. I’m glad to be part of it and [to]
see what happens."

Paddy Gallagher, trainer of California Derby winner Yankee Bravo,
who most recently finished fourth in the Santa Anita Derby (G1)
—complied by Jeff Lowe

2008 Preakness Contest

Attention players!

For the Preakness contest, you will only be picking two horses:

1. Pick the horse you think will win (50 pts.)

2. Pick the horse you think will finish last (50 pts.)

Any person who gets both the winner and the last placed horse will win 100 points and two Preakness glasses. All points earned will be added to your Derby points and carried over to the final contest, the Belmont Stakes. The one with the most points for all three races will win the Triple Crown contest and be the proud owner of the Triple Crown glass set. Here are the entrants:

1. Macho Again

2. Tres Borrachos

3. Icabad Crane

4. Yankee Bravo

5. Behindatthebar

6. Racecar Rhapsody

7. Big Brown

8. Kentucky Bear

9. Stevil

10. Riley Tucker

11. Giant Moon

12. Gayego

13. Hey Byrn

Preakness Contest Results

With one race to go, the standings are as follows.

1. HT: 102 pts.

2. D-man: 96 pts.

3. Nora: 88 pts.

4. Kara C.: 84 pts.

5. Ben: 64 pts.

6. Sophie: 61 pts.

7. DEAD HEAT: Amy & Fifi: 57 pts.

8. Chris C.: 50 pts.

9. Emma: 45 pts.

10. Mel: 35 pts.

11. Toni: 33 pts.

12. Conard: 30 pts.

Preakness Contest

The Preakness contest will be a little bit different. You will only pick two horses, one you think will be first, and one you think will be last. Fifty points for each right answer. The entries are below.

Mint Slewlep

Xchanger

Circular Quay

Curlin

King of the Roxy

Flying First Class

Hard Spun

Street Sense

CP West