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					Originally Posted by  raininthrees
					 
				 
				What a difference a year makes and here we are again. Justify obviously is the goods, but that was a grueling grueling race, the toughest event of his young career, can he step up again and be competitive we shall see. 
 
Not since, I believe smarty jones has a horse won the Preakness  
after a Muddy Derby Win. 
 
past casualties mine that bird, super saver, orb, always dreaming 
			
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 Isn't the wet track follow up circumstantial? First, you have Pletcher's 2 Derby winners that only ran in Baltimore because they were Derby winners. Orb was a beneficiary of a meltdown Derby pace. And Mine That Bird WINS Preakness if Rachel Alexandra doesn't jump into the fray after the Jackson acquisition.  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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