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Kentucky Derby winner Chateaugay showed the skeptics he is a good horse in Saturday's Preakness, but Candy Spots proved he is a great one. With a brilliant stretch drive, the oddly-marked California colt captured the 89th running of the Pimlico classic by 3 1/2 lengths and established himself firmly as the best three-year old in the nation...
...flowers around his neck and hoist him to their shoulders and parade him through the streets. If he had not been too busy riding horses in New York last week, Panama's Braulio Baeza, 23, could have had just such a homecoming. Panamanians were woozy with pride. Aboard Chateaugay, Baeza had become the first foreign jockey ever to win the Kentucky Derby. As if that was not enough, the second horse, Never Bend, was ridden by another Panamanian, Manuel Ycaza. In Panama City fans clustered around TV sets to watch reruns of the Derby. One station ran the tape...
...Chateaugay is a good horse: his Derby race was phenomenal. But he's going to be a real flop in the Preakness. I've seen too many horses run one brilliant race over their heads and then go sour to take Chateaugay's chances too seriously...
Last year, for example, Decidedly shattered Whirlaway's track record as he romped to a brilliant triumph in the Derby. He looked solid in the Preakness. Decidedly run eighth, beaten by 14 lengths. The same sort of let-down is going to happen to Chateaugay...
Candy Spots will beat out Never Bend, followed by Sky Wonder, Chateaugay, On My Honor, Lemon Twist, and Country Squire...