Analysis: Here are the horses looking to stop Mage from continuing his pursuit of the first Triple Crown since Justify in 2018.
McGaughey returns to the Preakness for the first time since his Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished fourth in 2013. Perform, a son of Good Magic , needed six attempts to break his maiden, but the switch to routes around two turns appears to have been the answer. His maiden win came at one mile and 40 yards — a strong effort despite a slow pace — while his race after that, a win in the Federico Tesio Stakes, was at 1⅛ miles at Laurel Park.
One more note about those unsuccessful tries in the maiden ranks. In his first start as a 3-year-old, PerformBlazing Sevens faltered on the Kentucky Derby trail after his win in the Grade I Champagne Stakes over a sloppy track, never finishing better than third in his three races since the big victory at Aqueduct. He has won just once over fast dirt — a six-furlong maiden win in his debut — with another third-place finish in four career starts.
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