Derby Winner Looks Tough in Preakness

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After watching Street Sense slingshot his way to victory in the Kentucky Derby, James Tafel is one confident owner. He's also cautious heading into the Preakness, knowing full well the pitfalls that lie between success and failure.

"If Street Sense runs his race, I don't think anybody can beat him," the 83-year-old Tafel said, pausing a few seconds before adding, "but if something peculiar happens, if he gets bumped, if he gets tripped, if he gets bitten, all the vicissitudes of horse racing ... but if he sees daylight at the top of the stretch, I'm very confident of our ability to win the race."

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Derby Winner Looks Tough in Preakness

Tafel and just about everyone else at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday will be reminded of last year's Preakness - when Derby winner Barbaro took his ill-fated misstep a few...

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