Marion County trainer Kenny McPeek looks to add a second Preakness Stakes victory on Saturday with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
With Muth out, Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will likely be favored in this Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.
The last Triple Crown champion was Justify in 2018.
Derby-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. will be atop Mystik Dan again for the Preakness on Saturday, May 18, at Pimlico Race Course.
The charge against 57-year-old Tod Wojchiechowski stemmed from a confrontation with a PETA investigator who was recording video of the euthanasia of a thoroughbred following an accident during an OBS under tack show in April.
24-year-old Mia Farley has received the prestigious Jacqueline B. Mars Spring National Competition and Training Grant.
Trainer Kenny McPeek and the horse’s ownership wouldn’t commit to whether the colt would race in the Preakness on May 18 in Baltimore, which requires a quick two-week turnaround.
Brian Hernandez Jr. became the first jockey to complete the Derby/Oaks double since Hall of Famer Calvin Borel achieved the feat in 2009.
Derby winner, Mystik Dan, had his early schooling at trainer Kenny McPeek’s Silverleaf Hills Training Center which is located just south of Ocala.
From imperfections to illness and incidents, Ocala thoroughbred Catalytic has overcome it all with courage and character.