Not since Affirmed in 1978 has a thoroughbred won horse racing's prestigious Triple Crown. All eyes, therefore, will be on Street Sense this Saturday at the 2007 Preakness Stakes.
The current favorite for the $1-million Preakness Stakes (G1) drew post eight for the 1 3/16-mile contest, and trainer Carl Nafzger said Jim Tafel’s homebred Street Cry (Ire) colt will have to improve off his Kentucky Derby victory to capture the Preakness.
"Every athlete, every reporter, every professional has to continually step it up," Nafzger said. "If you don’t, then you’re gone." (Read the rest of the "Street Sense Walks" story here.)
Street Sense won the Derby by just over two lengths. He'll have to do better than that this weekend, but then that may be a tall order considering he's never been to Pimlico before. Street Sense is among eight Preakness entrants without a race at Pimlico. Only Xchanger has raced over the surface; he won the 1 1/8-mile Federico Tesio Stakes on April 21.
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