Nyquist and California Chrome continue to dominate the NTRA’s Top 3-Year-Old and Top Thoroughbred Polls, respectively.
Preakness champ Exaggerator had his final gallop at Pimlico Saturday morning and is scheduled to head to Belmont Sunday.
Preakness winner Exaggerator returned to the Pimlico track Tuesday morning, and Nyquist’s temperature returned to normal.
Despite a loss in the Grade 1 Preakness, voters in the latest NTRA poll left Nyquist in the top spot for three-year-olds, while California Chrome remains first for older horses.
From atop the Pimlico pressbox, here’s what the running of the Preakness looked like call-by-call.
On a cool, rainy, and topsy-turvy day at Pimlico, Exaggerator upset the Preakness Stakes and spoiled Nyquist’s Triple Crown bid.
In our Preakness profiles, we provide an in-depth look at each of the contenders for Saturday’s big race. In this one: Exaggerator.
Yet more horses arrived at Pimlico today for Saturday’s Preakness, while the connections of two contenders opted to pass on the Middle Jewel.
Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator walked the shedrow today and is slated to ship to PImlico Sunday.
Undefeated Nyquist answered the critics and silenced the doubters with an impressive score in this afternoon’s Kentucky Derby.