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Shackleford Wins Preakness Stakes


BALTIMORE — Shackleford, who appeared agitated before the race, was able to edge the Derby winner Animal Kingdom by a half length to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Astrology finished third.

It is the first triple crown victory and first Preakness start for the jockey Jesus Castanon, who has been aboard Shackleford in all five of his starts this year. Shackleford, who finished fourth in the Derby, completed the one and three-sixteenths miles in 1:56.47. He paid $27.20 on a $2 bet to win.

“He gave me his best,” Castanon said. “I just tried to keep him away from other horses and all the noise.”

John Velazquez, Animal Kingdom’s rider, said he broke so far back that he was bothered by the dirt. Velazquez, who went through five pairs of goggles during the race, said he thought Animal Kingdom still had a shot at the quarter pole.

“We worked our way through, but it was a little too much to make up,” he said.

Graham Motion, Animal Kingdom’s trainer, said “he ran a huge race” but it hurt them that they “slowed the pace down in the middle of the race.”

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