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Originally Posted by Derby73
More Derby-Preakness trivia...
# of horses finishing in the money in the Preakness that didn't run in the Derby:
1998: 1 (Classsic Cat finished 3rd in the Preakness)
1999: 1 (Badge, 3rd)
Top 2 in Derby finished 1-2 in the Preakness in those 2 years
2000: 1 (Red Bullet, Won)
2001: None
2002: 1 (Magic Weisner, 2nd)
2003: 1 (Midway Road, 2nd)
2004: 2 (Rock Hard Ten, 2nd and Eddington 3rd...Smarty won by 11+)
2005: 1 (Scrappy T, 2nd)
2006: 2 (Bernardini Won and Hemingway's Key 3rd)
2007: None
2008: 2 (Macho Again, 2nd and Ichabad Crane 3rd)
I am hoping only 1 finishes the in money this year, and that it is RA, preferably not 1st.
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preakness gotta be more formful than the Derby was this year.
Both of the big name newcomers will be up on the pace so likely one falters.