In our Preakness profiles, we provide an in-depth look at each of the contenders for Saturday’s big race. In this one: Always Dreaming.
Always Dreaming is “ready to roll,” trainer Todd Pletcher said after the colt’s final day of preparation for the Grade 1 Preakness.
Lisa Bell, a small partner in Always Dreaming, says all she owns is “a nostril” – but that doesn’t make the experience any less amazing.
Always Dreaming has been installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, and Classic Empire is 3-1.
Among the topics discussed at Pimlico today: Todd’s goatee, Alex’s crabcake, and Jorge’s driving a donkey rather than a car…
While trainer Todd Pletcher and Always Dreaming weather the Preakness media crush, jockey Jorge Carreno and Conquest Mo Money are flying under the radar.
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Always Dreaming almost under cover of darkness this morning and was happy with his star’s gallop at Pimlico.
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming circled Pimlico’s oval twice in the company of a pony this morning, and was “full of himself,” said trainer Todd Pletcher.
Quality Road and Bodemeister sired the Oaks-Derby double last weekend — quite a feat for a pair of Virginia-breds whose own Derby dreams were dashed.
Kentucky Derby champ Always Dreaming woke up at Churchill Downs, and one flight, and one police escort, later he arrived at Pimlico looking bright-eyed and happy.