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An inside look at how the 148th Preakness Stakes will play out:
1. National Treasure (4-1)
Current Form: Raced wide, caught traffic and finished fourth in the Santa Anita Derby.
Is 0-for-2 this year after running third behind Forte in the 2022 BC Juvenile.
Worth a Wager: He’s baaack! Bob Baffert has won the middle jewel seven times.
Draws rail and Johnny V may inherit the lead in a race devoid of speed, but his one win was earned sprinting.
A tired third.
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National Treasure works out in preparation for the Preakness Stakes. AP
2. Chase the Chaos (50-1)
Current Form: Has three wins, the latest in February.
A win-and-your-in $100k at Golden Gate, enabling him to punch his ticket to the Preakness.
Offered little in the San Felipe and California Derby since.
Worth a Wager: Gotta believe the connections are just happy to be here.
Longest shot on the board should end up a chaos-free last of seven.
3. Mage (8-5)
Current Form: You know the story. Rallied from more than a dozen lengths back to win the Forte-free Kentucky Derby at a not-so-shocking 15-1.
Ran second to Forte in the Florida Derby previously.
Kentucky Derby winner Mage wins works out in preparation for the Preakness Stakes. Getty Images
Worth a Wager: Class edge in a not-so-elite field of eight. New Yorkers are happy for jockey Javier Castellano.
NYRA will be even happier if he can bring Mage to the Belmont with a Triple Crown on the line. We’re thinking otherwise.
Putting the Derby winner second.
4. Coffeewithchris (20-1)
Current Form: Maryland-bred has the most starts (12) of any horse in the field, but only three wins including a maiden breaker (via disqualification) over the Pimlico oval.
Ran a couple of lengths behind Perform at Laurel in his latest.
Worth a Wager: Chris is fast and has home-field advantage, but after a quick cup of coffee on the front end he should hit an endurance wall and land sixth.
5. Red Route One (10-1)
Current Form: Turf winner picked up his first dirt win in a $200k at Oaklawn.
Passed tired horses in the Arkansas Derby two starts back but was nowhere near the winner, Angel Of Empire.
Red Route One works out in preparation for the Preakness Stakes. AP
Worth a Wager: Short field and most of them do their best running from off the pace.
Can he outkick the top contenders? We are thinking this is a replay of the Arkansas.
Up for fifth.
6. Perform (15-1)
Current Form: Has performed well lately, winning two in row after dropping his initial five.
Managed to win a $125k at Laurel after a stumbling start and avoiding traffic down the stretch.
Worth a Wager: Peaking and, like Mage, he’s sired by Good Magic.
Trainer Shug McGaughey: “Is he good enough? Who knows? But he’s a horse on the improve and wants to run that far.”
We agree. Got him as the winner after First Mission was scratched.
7. Blazing Sevens (6-1)
Current Form: Fizzled out in the Fountain of Youth but rebounded, to a degree, finishing well for third behind Tapit Trice in the Blue Grass.
Won the Grade 1 Champagne as a 2-year-old, but that was one turn.
Worth a Wager: Top connections. Has Chad Brown and Irad Ortiz Jr. in his corner, but not sure he wants this distance.
Tightens to 7/8ths or a mile this summer. Saturday? Fourth.
Source: New York Post
