Preakness next for Kentucky Derby champ Nyquist
In six days, the Preakness Stakes will be history, and we'll know then if Nyquist has a shot to make history.
The flashy colt named for an NHL player has won all eight of his career starts, the latest coming in the biggest race of them all, the Kentucky Derby.
Because he was the favorite in Louisville, Nyquist will be the overwhelming choice to win the second leg of the Triple Crown, Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Why shouldn't the members of trainer Doug O'Neill's camp be confident going into the 13/16 mile Preakness?
[...] you won't hear O'Neill or Reddam boasting of a Preakness win, even though it looks as though their horse towers over the competition.
"If he continues to train the way he is and he stays injury free and he gets a good, clean trip, we're just very optimistic he's going to be tough to beat on Preakness Day," said O'Neill, who threw out the first pitch of the Detroit Tigers-Baltimore Orioles baseball game at Camden Yards on Friday night.
In the Derby, Exaggerator was the only horse running in the stretch, but he couldn't catch Nyquist.
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux — who rides Exaggerator for his brother, trainer Keith — said he had to put the brakes on Exaggerator halfway through the race because of traffic.