Mike Smith celebrates after riding Justify to victory during the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. 7 post position at Pimlico in the 143rd Preakness Stakes on Saturday. [2018 Preakness Stakes lineup, updated odds and picks]“They’re in the zone; they’re just peaking out,” Baffert said of his Derby winners. We’ve been running him into shape, and [the Kentucky Derby] was probably his hardest race. There have also been just eight horses in the last 51 years that have skipped the Kentucky Derby and won the Preakness Stakes.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2018 15:11 UTC