Kentucky Derby winner Mage draws the No. 3 post and is made the 8-5 favorite to win the Preakness. Disarm, fourth in the Derby, is skipping the race.
Disarm, the fourth-place finisher in the Derby, was not entered in the Preakness and instead will be pointed toward the Jim Dandy Stakes and Travers Stakes, both at Saratoga in upstate New York. No explanation was offered for skipping the Preakness.
Before the draw Monday, assistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr., son of Mage’s trainer, said he hoped Mage would draw to the outside. Instead, he got the No. 3 post. It really isn’t a problem with only eight horses in the second jewel of the Triple Crown.Mage was installed as the 8-5 favorite, but most expect the colt to go off at even lower odds Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. He will be the only horse to run in both the Derby and Preakness this year.
Disarm works out May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The horse placed fourth in the Kentucky Derby but will not run in the Preakness on Saturday. Pimlico is just glad to have the Derby winner in the field. Last year, Rich Strike, the 80-1 winner at Churchill Downs, skipped the Preakness because of the two-week turnaround. In 2021,
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