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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Betting Against Baffert?

The rescheduled Triple Crown season of 2020 draws to a close with Saturday's Grade 1 Preakness Stakes from Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, and while it has been a year like no other, there is one factor that has brought some normalcy to the event: the presence of Hall of Famer and seven-time Preakness winner Bob Baffert.

Baffert is five-for-five in the Preakness with winners of the G1 Kentucky Derby and he brings morning-line favorite Authentic to Old Hilltop off his upset of Tiz the Law in the Sept. 5 Run for the Roses. For good measure, Baffert also will tighten the girth (or at least attempt to) on Thousand Words, the colt who was scratched from the Derby after flipping in the saddling paddock at Churchill Downs.

In this final edition of the 2020 Triple Crown News Minute, Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth assess the current crop of 3-year-olds relative to the older horse division that they will soon be taking on at the Breeders' Cup world championships Nov. 7 at Keeneland. And, of course, they also make their selections for the Preakness Stakes and explain why they are going against the grain and not picking one of the Baffert runners.

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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: An Eventful Year, An Eventful Week

It's been the longest road to the Kentucky Derby in the storied race's history, with more than a few bumps and detours along the way in this year of the coronavirus pandemic. But, finally, Kentucky Derby day is almost upon us.

In this edition of the Kentucky Derby News Minute, publisher Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth review some of the week's big stories, including the outside post position draws for the three leading contenders, the new Derby starting gate, the unfortunate withdrawal of another top runner, Art Collector, and the respect his trainer, Tommy Drury has garnered for making what is probably the toughest call of his career. They also discuss the fact that two horses without any qualifying Derby points made it into a field that drew only 18 entries (and has been cut to 17 with the news late Thursday afternoon that King Guillermo will be scratched due to a fever).

Throughout the Road to the Derby, Paulick and Hackbarth have given their picks for the Derby preps and for this year's Triple Crown lid-lifting Belmont Stakes, and suffice it to say Hackbarth has left Paulick in a cloud of dust. For the Kentucky Derby, she's gone out on a 30-1 limb, while Paulick has settled on one of the favorites.

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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Who’ll Fight ‘The Law’?

While Saturday's $1-million Runhappy Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., offers qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby (100-40-20-10 to the top four finishers), this Grade 1, mile and a quarter fixture is anything but a “prep.”

Barclay Tagg has made no secret of his desire to win this “Mid-Summer Derby,” and Tiz the Law has not missed a beat for him since winning the G1 Belmont Stakes on June 20 – the opening leg of the Triple Crown in this upside-down year of the coronavirus pandemic.

But to win the Travers, the Constitution colt will have to earn it. Three-time Travers-winning trainer Bob Baffert has shipped unbeaten Uncle Chuck in from California, and the Uncle Mo colt has drawn comparisons to Arrogate, the 2016 Travers winner for Baffert who set a track record of 1:59.36 winning by 13 1/2 lengths.

Country Grammer and Caracaro, the 1-2 finishers in the G3 Peter Pan at Saratoga on July 16, could also make things difficult for Tiz the Law.

In this edition of the Triple Crown News Minute, Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth go through the field of eight 3-year-olds to determine whether any of them are capable of fighting 'The Law' and upsetting Tagg's even-money morning line favorite.

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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Del Mar’s Shared Belief

We're down to the final four Kentucky Derby qualifying points races for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby, with Saturday's Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar near San Diego, Calif., the lone Derby prep race of the weekend.

Coming up next will be the Aug. 8 Travers Stakes (Saratoga) , Aug. 9 Ellis Park Derby (Ellis Park) and Aug. 15 Pegasus (Monmouth Park).

The Shared Belief, which offers 50-20-10-5 to the top four finishers, drew six entrants, but Bob Baffert will scratch Uncle Chuck and send this son of Uncle Mo to the Travers.

Trainer Blaine Wright may opt for the Ellis Park Derby for Anneau d'Or, meaning all four remaining runners could receive Derby points. Honor A.P. will be heavily favored and already has all the points he needs to qualify for the Kentucky Derby.

In this edition of the Triple Crown News Minute, Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth discuss the recent Haskell Stakes and offer their thoughts on how the Shared Belief will be run and whether anyone has a chance to upset the favorite.

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