Gene Menez: Handicapping the 137th Preakness Stakes

Before we get to the meat and potatoes of this story -- the Preakness Stakes selections below -- a review of the 138th Kentucky Derby is in order. The pace at Churchill Downs two weeks ago played out even hotter than expected, with Bodemeister winging the first half-mile in 45.39 and three-quarters in 1:09.80. The lightly raced front-runner nearly hung on, but I'll Have Another, who was pegged as an "other win candidate" for the 2012 Derby, pounced inside the final furlong and held on to win the Run for the Roses.

Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/gene_menez/05/18/preakness-picks/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular

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