Fresh off a Kentucky Derby win a couple of weeks ago, Big Brown easily won the Preakness at Pimlico in Baltimore. The 3-year-old, who was the heavy favorite for this race, finished about five lengths ahead of Macho Again and Icabad Crane, setting the stage for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
I have to say that I wasn’t particularly interested in this race, especially because of what happened to Eight Belles after the Derby. I didn’t want to see another horse possibly go down, so I skipped it and decided to just read about it after the fact.
I’ll probably tune in for the Belmont though because seeing a horse win the Triple Crown is a pretty rare feat that has only happened 11 times in the past. Affirmed was the last thoroughbred to do it, way back in 1977.
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