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Haskin's Preakness Analysis: Vroom!

Who's afraid of the Big Bad Brown? Certainly not the connections of the 12 horses who were entered against him in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). They definitely respect him, and many would be happy with a second or a third, but they're still in it to win. So, the question that now must be asked is: who can beat the baddest horse of them all? More...

Preakness Entrants

  Horse Odds   Horse Odds
1 Macho Again 20-1 8 Kentucky Bear 15-1
2 Tres Borrachos 30-1 9 Stevil 30-1
3 Icabad Crane 30-1 10 Riley Tucker 30-1
4 Yankee Bravo 15-1 11 Giant Moon 30-1
5 Behindatthebar SCR 12 Gayego 8-1
6 Racecar Rhapsody 30-1 13 Hey Byrn 20-1
7 Big Brown 1-2      

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