Lookin At Lucky Wins Preakness

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Lookin At Lucky rebounded from a disappointing run in the Kentucky Derby to win the second leg of the Triple Crown by capturing the Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. Bob Baffert’s entry finally got a decent post position and responded well to a jockey change as Martin Garcia turned in a perfect ride. Lookin At Lucky won by three quarters of a length over second place First Dude, with Jackson Bend finishing third.

Horse racing betting enthusiasts who wagered on Lookin At Lucky were paid $6.80, $4.60 and $3.80 for his winning effort as a 2-1 second choice. First Dude returned $16.60 and $9.20, while Jackson Bend paid $6.60 to show. Race favorite and Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was never a factor in the Preakness, fading badly and finishing 8th. Super Saver had gone off as a 9-5 favorite.

Trainer Bob Baffert alluded to his bad luck in big races as he celebrated the victory:

"Our luck had to change somehow the way the trips have been. When I saw those red colors making that cruise, I thought, `Oh boy, he's running today.'"

Jockey Garcia—who was working in a deli making sandwiches five years ago—said that he tried to focus on the race itself and not the magnitude of the event:

"Even when I start riding, I don't even know what is Preakness, what is Kentucky, any race. I just know that I need to go and ride a horse and win. I didn't know anything about big races."

Baffert made the call to replace veteran Garrett Gomez with the less experienced Garcia, and afterwards praised the young jockey:

"He came out here today and he was so cool and calm. He rode a perfect race. Martin can get a horse to settle really well, and I could see he had the horse in a nice rhythm."

Neither Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver nor Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky will be in the field for the final leg of the Triple Crown at The Belmont Stakes. Both Baffert and Super Saver’s trainer Todd Pletcher said that it would have been a different story had they been running for the Triple Crown. Pletcher expanded on this thought:

"We would have loved to have come here and win the Preakness and go to the Belmont with a chance to win the Triple Crown. That would be the ultimate challenge."

There hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner since 1978 when Affirmed swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont to become one of only 11 horses to complete the trifecta. Since then, 11 horses have won the first two legs before falling short in the Belmont, most recently Big Brown in 2008.

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