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American Pharoah the Preakness favorite, but will Todd Pletcher sabotage his Triple Crown bid?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/american-pharoah-the-preakness-favorite--but-will-todd-pletcher-s-avoidance-sabotage-another-triple-crown-211737583.htmlNow that trainer Todd Pletcher has done what he does best – lose the Kentucky Derby, then take his ball and go back to New York – we can begin a serious appraisal of the Preakness Stakes.,,,
The horses with the best chance to break up the Big Three all officially bypassed Baltimore Tuesday, when Timid Todd dissed the Preakness one more time. A man with four contenders – Materiality, Carpe Diem, Competitive Edge and Stanford – will race none of them. They'll instead point toward the big races in New York this summer – including the Belmont Stakes – which further entrenches Pletcher's position as America's foremost Triple Crown hater.
He doesn't like running in the second leg, and he loves ambushing the third leg. Should American Pharoah win Saturday, Pletcher figures to have multiple rested, capable horses waiting for him at Belmont.
Pletcher has run 43 horses in the Derby and seven in the Preakness, and is far more likely to contest both of the first two legs of the Triple Crown if he's won the Derby (it's happened only once, in 2010, with Super Saver). No single trainer has done more to undermine the Preakness than Pletcher, who should be about as popular in Baltimore as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Without his contingent, just eight horses are in this year's field – the smallest Preakness field in 15 years.
The horses with the best chance to break up the Big Three all officially bypassed Baltimore Tuesday, when Timid Todd dissed the Preakness one more time. A man with four contenders – Materiality, Carpe Diem, Competitive Edge and Stanford – will race none of them. They'll instead point toward the big races in New York this summer – including the Belmont Stakes – which further entrenches Pletcher's position as America's foremost Triple Crown hater.
He doesn't like running in the second leg, and he loves ambushing the third leg. Should American Pharoah win Saturday, Pletcher figures to have multiple rested, capable horses waiting for him at Belmont.
Pletcher has run 43 horses in the Derby and seven in the Preakness, and is far more likely to contest both of the first two legs of the Triple Crown if he's won the Derby (it's happened only once, in 2010, with Super Saver). No single trainer has done more to undermine the Preakness than Pletcher, who should be about as popular in Baltimore as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Without his contingent, just eight horses are in this year's field – the smallest Preakness field in 15 years.
"Timid Todd"!
edit: The timing is perfect for Baltimore to be shown in a positive light.
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