The Preakness Runs Tomorrow

Time has really gotten away from me.   The second leg of the Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred Racing will be run tomorrow at Old Hilltop, or Pimlico Racetrack, outside of Baltimore, Maryland.  The distance is 1/8 mile (or one furlong) less than the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago.  There are eleven entries for tomorrow's race, as it was decided that Gun Runner, who finished third in the Derby, would not participate in the Preakness.  Nyquist, who won the Derby, drew post 3 in the small field.   The entries are, by post position:

1.    Cherry Wine, a grey/roan colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Paddy O'Prado
2.    Uncle Lino,   a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Uncle Mo
3.    Nyquist,    a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Uncle Mo
4.    Awesome Speed,   a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Awesome Again
5.    Exaggerator,   a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sire by Curlin
6.    Lani,   a grey/roan colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Tapit
7.    Collected,   a chestnut colt bred in Kentucky, sired by City Zip
8.    Laoban,    a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Uncle Mo
9.    Abiding Star,  a bay colt bred in Florida, sired by Uncle Mo
10.  Fellowship,    a chestnut colt bred in Florida, sired by Awesome of Course
11.  Stradivari,   a bay colt bred in Kentucky, sired by Medaglio d'Oro

There are three runners from the Derby - Nyquist, the winner; Exaggerator, who placed second; and Lani, the Japanese trained colt who's grandsire is Sunday Silence.  Awesome Speed is the son of Awesome Again, while Fellowship is the grandson of Awesome Again.  There are the four colts sired by Uncle Mo - Nyquist, Uncle Lino, Laoban, and Abiding Star.  Nine of the eleven colts were bred in Kentucky, and two in Florida.   There are two grey or roan colts; two chestnut colts; and seven bay or brown colts.
   Will there be another Triple Crown Champion this year?  We'll find  out the possibility tomorrow....