I"LL HAVE ANOTHER, who once sold for a meager $11,000.00, is a surprise Triple Crown threat. Mind you the Triple Crown of horse racing is like having the NFL Super bowl, NBA Championship and MLB World Series played in consecutive two week intervals. The last Colt to win all three races was Affirmed in 1978.
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER won the Kentucky Derby on May 5th before winning yesterday's Preakness Stakes. He won both in the same fashion, by the nose come from behind victories over BODEMEISTER, who as of yesterday morning was listed as an 8-5 favorite. The odds is what made for the drama when the winner of the Kentucky Derby was listed as second favorite for the Preakness. What were the oddsmakers thinking? Colts don't have feelings too?
It will be interesting to see the odds for the Belmont Stakes, which won't be listed until June 6th, three days before the race. But I think we can all agree that as promising as all the contenders in the stakes might appear, when it comes to placing our money on a winner we'll kindly jest, "Thank you, I'LL HAVE ANOTHER."
"you know a transcendent horse when you get on him"
I'll Have Another's Jockey Mario Gutierrez
Another Thriller N.Y. Times
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