2005 Preakness Stakes
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After nearly going down when
After nearly going down when bumped by Scrappy T entering the stretch, a gutsy Afleet Alex recovered and went on to win the $1-million Preakness (gr. I) in impressive fashion Saturday at Pimlico.
It was the fifth straight year the favorite won the Preakness, but it might have been the most dramatic of any of those runnings.
Coming out of the turn for home, jockey Ramon Dominguez smacked his whip left-handed on the leader Scrappy T, who bore out into the path of a charging Afleet Alex and Jeremy Rose. Afleet Alex, the 3-1 favorite, clipped heels and nearly went down. But he righted himself, straightened away, and drove to the wire to win the middle leg of the Triple Crown.
As the field broke from the gate, Rose steered Afleet Alex him from the 12 post in the 14-horse field toward the inside rail. The colt was in the two-path as the field headed around the first turn. Scrappy T had made the lead out of the gate, but High Limit and Going Wild soon took over and Scrappy T settled into third. They went the opening quarter in the 1 3/16-mile race in :23.17, and the half-mile in :46.07, not as fast as the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) two weeks ago, but quick nonetheless.
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It was the fifth straight year the favorite won the Preakness, but it might have been the most dramatic of any of those runnings.
Coming out of the turn for home, jockey Ramon Dominguez smacked his whip left-handed on the leader Scrappy T, who bore out into the path of a charging Afleet Alex and Jeremy Rose. Afleet Alex, the 3-1 favorite, clipped heels and nearly went down. But he righted himself, straightened away, and drove to the wire to win the middle leg of the Triple Crown.
As the field broke from the gate, Rose steered Afleet Alex him from the 12 post in the 14-horse field toward the inside rail. The colt was in the two-path as the field headed around the first turn. Scrappy T had made the lead out of the gate, but High Limit and Going Wild soon took over and Scrappy T settled into third. They went the opening quarter in the 1 3/16-mile race in :23.17, and the half-mile in :46.07, not as fast as the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) two weeks ago, but quick nonetheless.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racin...
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