Preakness: Rough trip derails Animal Kingdom's Triple Crown bid - Mud from most of the track.

I love Chestnut Horses, but Animal Kindom changed over to Dirt.

Preakness: Rough trip derails Animal Kingdom's Triple Crown bid - Washington Times

BALTIMORE — Everything went right for Animal Kingdom in the Kentucky Derby, and he enjoyed a charmed experience for two weeks at Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md., in preparation for the Preakness and a shot at the Triple Crown.

But one misstep Saturday cost Animal Kingdom dearly as he struggled out of the starting gate and experienced a troubled trip en route to a second-place finish to Shackleford in the Preakness — and the end of this year’s Triple Crown hopes.

“He broke so far back that as soon as the dirt hit him, it was hitting him in his face, so he reacted by it right away,” jockey John Velazquez said.