5/18: PREAKNESS

Orb (Shug McGaughey/Joel Rosario) Kentucky Derby, 1st
Normandy Invasion (Chad Brown Javier Castellano) Kentucky Derby, 4th
Mylute (Tom Amoss Rosie Napravnik) Kentucky Derby, 5th
Oxbow (D. Wayne Lukas/Gary Stevens) Kentucky Derby, 6th
Will Take Charge (D. Wayne Lukas/Jon Court) Kentucky Derby, 8th
Itsmyluckyday (Eddie Plesa Jr. Elvis Trujillo) Kentucky Derby, 15th
Goldencents (Doug O'Neill/Kevin Krigger) Kentucky Derby, 17th
Vyjack (Rudy Rodriguez/Garrett Gomez) Kentucky Derby, 18th
Govenor Charlie (Bob Baffert Martin Garcia) Sunland Derby, 1st
Departing (Al Stall Jr./Brian Hernandez Jr.) Illinois Derby, 1st
Street Spice (Greg Geier/Jeffrey Sanchez) Illinois Derby, 5th
Titletown Five (D. Wayne Lukas/TBA) Derby Trial, 5th

Fear the Kitten back to Plan A... Belmont.

McPeek passing Preakness with Bellarmine..

Titletown Five going. Throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks?

5/11: PETER PAN

Incognito (KMc)
Transparent (KMc)
Abraham (Pletcher)
Battier (Pletcher)
Freedom Child (Albertrani)
Narvaez (Bezara)
Saint Viguer (C. Brown)
Sr. Quisqueyano (L. Oliveras)
Infinite Magic (Ribaudo/Mettee)
Declan’s Warrior (Zito)*

I thought I recalled Graham Motion saying that Crop Report was taking this path to the Belmont as well - any word Steve?

Not being included in racing office probables as written in the advance.. And now with Rick Mettee of course as part of the Team Valor helm shift.

Now Titletown Five is in?

The Orb camp has got to be liking this - it could get "Derby ugly" up front again with Oxbow, Goldencents, T-Town 5, and even Govenor Charlie going at it.
Betcha Vyjack doesn't fly out the gates this time.

Love that Incognito is finally testing his class in the Peter Pan. They've been slow/cautious with this guy. He's ready to show what's he's made of.

Excited to see Freedom Child....

Team Valor is running Infinite Magic in the Peter Pan.

Not sure its out there yet but Smith is riding Will Take Charge in the Preakness.

Mylute a confirmed Preakness starter; Street Spice passes..

Battier a SCR from Peter Pan..

vyjack, normandy invasion 'on the fence'.

itsmyluckyday's breeze scheduled for today postponed due to a wet track.

West Point declares Freedom Child a Belmont Stakes starter... while passing the eighth pole in the Peter Pan..

Per Dave Grening, Normandy Invasion is out of the Preakness. "Running back in two weeks would be a mistake" said owner Rick Porter. Jim Dandy or Haskell is the next spot with the ultimate goal the Travers.

He should be well rested by then. :rolleyes:

Isn't everyone's ultimate goal the Travers ? or the Alabama ? Or is that just my warped thinking ?

In Departing vs. Orb, not only do you have the Claiborne/Phipps/Janney angle, but you've got the Illinois Derby winner vs. the KY Derby winner who coincidentally had the most Derby points going into the race if memory serves. Like anybody, I want a TC winner and it's the right horse, breeding and connections for the history books, but if we sadly end up Crown-less for another year, it might have the positive effect of forcing them to put the Illinois Derby in the points system however much Churchill despises Hawthorne.

Vyjack passes on Preakness.. 9 runners as of now.