The Preakness Stakes Post Position Draw for 2010 took place on Wed. May 12. The draw was determined by a traditional "pill pull" in which horses' entry blanks are pulled simultaneously with a numbered pill to determine which stall a horse is assigned in the starting gate.
Here is the official Preakness Stakes Draw.
Here are the horses (along with their jockeys, trainers) for the Preakness Stakes Post Position Draw in alphabetical order:
1. Aikenite (Javier Castellano, Todd Pletcher , 20-1)
2. Schoolyard Dreams (Coa, Derek Ryan, 15-1)
3. Pleasant Prince (Julien Leparoux, Wesley Ward, 20-1)
4. Northern Giant (Terry Thompson, D. Wayne Lukas, 30-1)
5. Yawanna Twist (Rick Dutrow, Edgar Prado, 30-1)
6. Jackson Bend (Mike Smith, Nick Zito, 12-1)
7. Lookin At Lucky (Martin Garcia, Bob Baffert, 3-1)
8.. Super Saver (Calvin Borel, Todd Pletcher, 5-2)
9. Caracortado (Paul Atkinson, Mike Machowsky, 10-1)
10. Paddy O Prado (Kent Desormeaux, Dale Romans, 9-2)
11. First Dude (Ramon Dominguez, Romans, 20-1)
12. Dublin (Garrett Gomez, Lukas, 10-1)
Here's the worst part, the Draw wasn't available that I could find on TV or Radio. The race is at Pimlico and the Draw was at Laurel.
MD racing is dying, Stronach's Magna Entertainment (track owner) is on life support.
Diamond Sportsbook just called and offered to match a $100 deposit with another $100. Not exactly a confidence builder in their business model.
1. I was down near the city (Baltimore) and did a "drive-by" on Victory Racing Plate, one of the last horseshoe manufacturers. They're still in the building. Don't know if they make synthetic shoes yet.
2. Forgot to post a couple of weeks ago about the horse who lost the Triple Crown not long ago because he stopped in the Stretch at the Belmont. I think it was Big Brown. There's a Youtube video of his shoe coming loose on his right rear and it's clearly visible on the small screen.
3. I started driving past the U of Penn New Bolton Center back in the '70s. Nice back roads and they saved a filly I saw break down at Pimlico. Went past many times after Barbaro went there, there could be a small traffic jam at the gate gawking at the signs, dropping off carrots.
Should be a good race, we had frost yesterday morning but I look for good weather for the big race. I just hope the track doesn't have a bias.
Good luck to all.
