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2012 Preakness Contenders: Liaison
May 16th
Horse: Liaison Trainer: Bob Baffert Pedigree: by Indian Charlie out of a Victory Gallop mare (Galloping Gal) Career Record: 8-3-0-1 Career Earnings: $487,560 Notable Races: G1-Kentucky Derby (6th); G1-CashCall Futurity (1st); G2-San Felipe (4th); G1-Santa Anita Derby (6th)
Can He Win The Preakness?
After a promising start to his career in 2011, Liaison has suffered nothing but defeats during 2012. He clipped heels and tossed the jockey in his first race of the year, the G2-Lewis. And then he proceeded to finish behind I’ll have Another, Creative cause and Bodemeister in his next three races. All of those colts have continued to develop this spring while Liaison’s best form appears to be behind him.
If Liaison is to have any chance at victory in the Preakness, he’s going to have to get out of the gate much cleaner than he has in his recent starts. his best races occur when he’s able to sit a length or two off of the pace, as opposed to being shuffled towards the middle of the pack.
It’s tough to see Liaison as a likely winner in the Preakness but he might be able to sneak into the top four if he’s able to get a clean trip around the track.
2012 Preakness Contenders: Liaison
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History of the Preakness Stakes
May 16th
The Preakness Stakes, along with the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, is the second race of the coveted Thoroughbred Triple Crown. the race is often referred to as the run for the Black Eyed Susan’s. This is because the winner of the race will be draped with flower wreath of Black Eyed Susan’s. the race is always run on the third Saturday in May at the historical Pimlico race course in Baltimore Maryland. the race is open to both fillies and colts; however, the fillies will usually compete in the Triple Crown races that are not open to the colts. Fillies that do choose to run in the race will be required to carry a weight of 121 pounds, while the colts will have to carry 126 pounds.
The Preakness Stakes will almost always attract the winner of the Kentucky Derby because that is the only horse that will be able to win the Triple Crown. There will often be some of the other horses that were entered in the Kentucky Derby, along with a few horses that did not run in the Kentucky Derby. the Preakness Stakes is the shortest of the three Triple Crown races at a length of nine furlongs. the Kentucky Derby is ten furlongs, while the Belmont is the longest of the three races at twelve furlongs.
The Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873 and is named after a Thoroughbred race horse named Preakness. This horse won the Dinner Party Stakes on October 25, 1870, which was the day that Pimlico race course opened. the former Governor of Maryland named the race in honor of the colt.
The first Preakness Stakes that was held in 1873 only had seven starters; however, the horse that won the race, Survivor, set a record that would stand until the year of 2004. the record that Survivor set was the largest margin of victory, which was ten lengths. This record was broken in 2004 by Smarty Jones when he won the race by eleven lengths.
One of the oldest traditions surrounding the Preakness Stakes is the changing of the colors on the weather vane at the top of the cupola in the infield. as soon as the results of the race are official, a painter will apply the colors of silks of the winning jockey to the jockey atop the weather vane, were they will remain until the next year’s winner of the Preakness Stakes is crowned.
History of the Preakness Stakes
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MLB: Roger Clemens Juror Dismissed For Sleeping
May 16th
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
A juror in the Roger Clemens perjury trial was dismissed Wednesday for repeatedly showing up late and sleeping during testimony.
The unemployed 27-year-old was selected despite telling attorneys he would rather stay in bed than sit through the former baseball star’s trial, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The unidentified juror subsequently vowed to remain “wide awake” but US District Judge Reggie Walton booted him from the panel after he failed to do so.
Walton, however, did have a little sympathy for jurors, indicating Tuesday he was becoming disturbed by the snail’s pace of proceedings, noting jurors were beginning to look “bored” and urging attorneys to speed things up.
The trial, in which government prosecutors are once more trying to prove Clemens lied to Congress in 2008 about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, resumed Wednesday minus the sleepy juror.
Clemens, 49, has steadfastly denied using performance-enhancing drugs. If convicted on all charges, he could face 15 to 21 months in prison.
MLB: Roger Clemens Juror Dismissed For Sleeping
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