Gary Stevens and D. Wayne Lukas both won their last Triple Crown races before I started to follow horse racing. That is until today when Oxbow held of Itsmyluckyday and Mylute to win their third and sixth Preakness' respectfully. Orb finished fourth after having trouble in the race. While we will go another year without a TC winner, I'm actually okay with that. It was a great race and there will be more races down the road for Oxbow and Orb to face off. I'm happy for both Wayne and Gary, not bad for a trainer people thought was washed up and a jockey who just came out of retirement earlier this year... at 50 no less.
The third storyline in this is Calumet Farm's first classic win in over 40 years with Foward Pass, but this was the first time that the Devil Red was not in the winners circle. Instead new owner Brad Kelley's Black and Gold where.
With this win, it also almost guarantees that Gary will not work for NBC for the Triple Crown, Oxbow I'm sure is Belmont bound. He actually has a big chance in the race.
Other notes
Itsmyluckyday suprised me big time!
How about Mylute and Rosie! Great race by them.
Departing= Overhyped, the same can be said about Will Take Charge and Goldencents
LeComte winners are awesome! (07 winner Hard Spun had two runners up in stakes races on the undercard, Oxbow won this year)
I had planned to do a PL post had Orb lost on the winner. However, I will not be doing Oxbow. It's because I've already done a post on his cross (Awesome Again x Cee's Tizzy mare) last year. It was on his cousin (they are out of full sisters) last year's Belmont runner up the very inspirational Paynter.
So we head to the mile and half race in three weeks. Will the Wayne train continue with either him or his two former assistants who where 2-3 in the Derby? Will a filly be entered? Will Orb pull a Riva Ridge/Swale/Thunder Gulch (win Derby, loses Preakness win Belmont)? We'll find out soon enough.
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