Preakness 150: The Facts

By Rick Francis —-

The 150th Running of the Preakness Stakes

The Facts:

HORSE ODDS JOCKEY TRAINER RECORD EARNINGS NOTES

1) GOAL ORIENTED 6-1 (Prat/Baffert) 2 2-0-0 $111,960k; 2 FOR 2, No stakes wins
2) JOURNALISM 8-5 (Rispoli/McCarthy) 6 4-1-1 $1,638,880k; 2nd Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Derby winner
3) AMERICAN PROMISE 15-1 (Juarez/Lukas) 10 2-1-1 $444,874k; 16th Kentucky Derby, Virginia Derby winner
4) HEART Of HONOR 12-1 (Osborne/Osborne) 6 2-4-0 $340,949k; makes first North American start
5) PAY BILL 20-1 (Mena/Gorham) 8 4-1-1 $234,475k; winner of two straight, 4 of last 5
6) RIVER THAMES 9/2 (Ortiz, I.Jr/Pletcher) 4 2-1-1 $261,900k; close in lst two, 3rd in G1 Blue Grass
7) SANDMAN 4-1 (Velazquez/Casse) 9 3-1-2 $1,254,595k; 7th Kentucky Derby, Arkansas Derby winner
8) CLEVER AGAIN 5-1 (Ortiz, J/Asmussen) 3 2-1-0 $198,400k; winner of two straight both at Oaklawn Park
9) GOSGER 20-1 (Saez/Wlsh) 3 2-1-0 $292,200k; winner two straight, G3 Lexington winner