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Sunday, May 20, 2012

This is a great horse - I'll Have Another catches Bodemeister again - Horse racing

Flying, All Four Off The Ground
Horse racing can use a Triple Crown winner after 34 years without one. The last long dry spell was only 25 years, between Citation in 1948 to Secretariat in 1973. The last Triple Crown was won by Affirmed in 1978. Affirmed beat my horse's grand sire, Alydar, in three close races where he barely came in second in all three races. Unfortunately, the trainer of Bodemeister does not plan to enter him in the Belmont Stakes. Secrtariat had Sham to pace him, Affirmed had Alydar and it looks like I'll Have Another has Bodemeister.  I'm partial to Chestnut Horses anyway, but this horse wants to win and knows where the finish line is. m/r

I'll Have Another catches Bodemeister again - Horse racing- NBC Sports
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL May 19, 2012

Alydar and Affirmed

BALTIMORE - Two weeks ago, J. Paul Reddam's I'll Have Another ran down pacesetter Bodemeister to take the Kentucky Derby under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, I'll Have Another took on that pacesetting rival in the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes and gutted out a neck victory to take the second jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico.
The front-running Bodemeister took command straightaway and set more reasonable fractions of :23 3/5, :47 3/5, 1:11 3/5 and 1:36 3/5 this time around than what he did in the Derby. Jockey Mario Gutierrez settled I'll Have Another in behind and to the outside as Creative Cause kept pace with Bodemeister on the backstretch.
Bodemeister, Creative Cause and I'll Have Another swung around the turn in tandem, but the gray Creative Cause couldn't keep pace as his two rivals faced off yet again. Bodemeister held the advantage for much of the stretch run, but I'll Have Another kept inching closer and just got up in the shadow of the wire to finish 1 3/16 miles on the fast dirt in 1:55 4/5.
"We wanted to be a little bit closer to Bodemeister this time because normally that horse runs a huge race," Gutierrez said. "My horse has a tremendous kick in the end. He has been proving that in the last three races. He didn't disappoint again today. He has proven a lot of people wrong. I just have to prepare because I want to be at the same level as him. He's an amazing horse."
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