The Triple Crown, part II: Preakness Stakes

WinStar Stables does own Super Saver and Pletcher trained four different horses in the Derby.

I'm rooting for Super Saver. I'm ready for another Triple Crown winner.

 

last time I'll take SportsJournalists.com nation's picks.

 

Pletcher, as Wenders pointed out, had four in the Derby. I have no problem with that. But once his Derby horse wins, setting up a potential run for the Triple Crown, it seems like he should get his other colts out of the way.

With the amount of money at stake for a Triple Crown winner, how pissed would an owner be if a horse trained by his guy prevents his colt from winning the second or third leg? I know I'd be upset to see a guy who I'm paying a shitload of money help another horse stop my colt from winning the Triple Crown and costing me millions.

Nevermind the possible chicanery a trainer could pull by having multiple horses.

I know that all the owners know what they're getting into with the big-time trainers, but it just seems to me that after the Derby, a trainer should limit himself to that one horse.

 

They had them. I forget what they were but they definately had them.

 

Possibly the worst shot in all of sports is the millionare douchbag winning (or buying) something else.

They need to run a horse race where the owners of the horses cannot have a net worth more than $200,000. Get these cake eaters out of here.

 

Didn't they used to couple the horses owned and/or trained by the same guy? If they did, when did they stop doing that for the Triple Crown?

 

It's called Elmer's Derby.

 

Late--running middle-distance horse. Not ideal for the TC. Post didn't help him, either.