Preakness Field of 14 Completes Final Training as 9-2 Favorite Iron Honor Faces 5-1 Taj Mahal
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Updated · Horse Racing Nation · May 14
Preakness Field of 14 Completes Final Training as 9-2 Favorite Iron Honor Faces 5-1 Taj Mahal
9 articles · Updated · Horse Racing Nation · May 14
Fourteen Preakness contenders went through final Thursday preparations at Laurel Park, with Saturday’s 1 3/16-mile race now two days away and the field largely sticking to routine gallops, jogging and schooling.
Iron Honor remained the 9-2 morning-line favorite after a 1 1/8-mile gallop, while undefeated Taj Mahal—5-1 from the rail—trained from his familiar home base at Laurel, where he is 3-for-3 and won the Federico Tesio by 8 1/4 lengths.
Ocelli, third in the Kentucky Derby, held 6-1 odds among the leading challengers, and Derby returnees Incredibolt and Robusta also trained Thursday after shipping in for the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Several longer shots emphasized fitness and settling in: The Hell We Did was listed at 15-1 after his Lexington second, while 30-1 runners Bull by the Horns and Robusta completed light maintenance work.
The final workouts underscored a wide-open Preakness built around local familiarity for Taj Mahal, New York form for Iron Honor and Ocelli, and a mix of Derby veterans and fresh shooters trying to peak on race day.
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