{"id":98249,"date":"2018-05-18T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getmoresports.com\/?p=98249"},"modified":"2018-05-18T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:02:26","slug":"factors-favor-justify-win-preakness-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmoresports.com\/factors-favor-justify-win-preakness-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"All Factors Favor Justify To Win Preakness Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traffic has cleared for Justify, but the rain keeps pouring down. Both are very good signs for this horse.<\/p>\n

After emerging from the Kentucky Derby crowd to win impressively on a sloppy track, Justify will race against only seven other horses in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

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Naturally this Triple Crown hopeful is a massive favorite to win. Sloppy conditions would favor Justify, as does the No. 7 position.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the draw shook out, Justify drew very well, outside,” Good Magic trainer Chad Brown told reporters Friday. “He\u2019s away from everyone and doesn\u2019t have any pressure on him. So we\u2019re just going to have to get a clean break and save some ground, not let him get too far away.\u201d<\/p>\n

There has been some rumbling about a possible foot injury, but Justify’s workouts have been just fine. He has been raced lightly in his career, so fatigue shouldn’t be a factor either.<\/p>\n

Trainer Bob Baffert has traveled this path before. He has won four Derbys and each time his horse went on to win the Preakness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were the best horse and they were doing really, really well,” Baffert told reporters.<\/a> “They were peaking at the right time. With him, (Justify is) doing the same. He\u2019s doing really, really well. We just need some racing luck.\u201d<\/p>\n

He compares Justify to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. \u201cWhat they have in common is they\u2019re both superior horses, so there is wiggle room,\u201d Baffert said.<\/p>\n

Jockey Mike Smith believes Justify can adapt to whichever pace develops. \u201cHe\u2019s run well both ways,\u201d Smith told reporters. \u201cAlong with the talent, he has a great mind. Whatever I want to do, he\u2019s happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

LOOKING FOR SECOND-CHANCE MAGIC<\/h5>\n

As the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion, Good Magic got lots of attention heading into the Kentucky Derby. And, sure enough, he took a good run at Justify.<\/p>\n

Brown thought long and hard before committing to the Preakness to take on Justify one more time. He arrived confident that Good Magic will be ready to race.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a horse that\u2019s going to show up every time. That, I know,\u201d Brown told. \u201cHe\u2019s earned a lot of respect, even in defeat at the Derby. I feel like a lot people respect this horse now, that he\u2019s legit. He\u2019s not just a horse that had a lucky day at Del Mar in the Breeders\u2019 Cup. He\u2019s a real top-class, classic racehorse.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he will need to run better than he did in the Derby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to take another step forward, which I\u2019m optimistic the horse can,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to have to see if Justify, a horse that\u2019s moved forward every start of his life so far, we probably have to see him finally take a slight regression to make up that amount of distance between the two. And it\u2019s a horse race. That can happen. It\u2019s hard for horses to keep moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

ROYALTY AMONG THE LONGSHOTS<\/h5>\n

By winning the Federico Tesio Stakes, Diamond King emerged as a longshot worth an investment. Jockey Javier Castellano will like coming out of the No. 4 post — as opposed to the inside, where Quip is stuck — but the sloppy track will not favor this horse.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s pretty much all speed and he\u2019s got to go, as well. It\u2019s going to be interesting to see how the early pace shakes out,” co-owner Chuck Zacney told the Baltimore Sun. “We\u2019ve got a top jockey and the horse is doing really well. Hopefully the track\u2019s in decent shape. That\u2019s the only concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

So if Justify falters . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best horse doesn\u2019t always win,\u201d trainer John Servis told the Sun. \u201cI was always taught that you should never be afraid of one horse. Two, yeah. But never one. You never know what will happen. But I know that my horse is ready to rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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