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Exaggerator - Kent Desormeaux, Santa Anita Derby

Exaggerator: mudlover enjoyed sloppy conditions at Pimlico racetrack

  PICTURE: Benoit  

 By Nicholas Godfrey 12:02AM 22 MAY 2016 

Report: USA, Saturday

Pimlico: Preakness Stakes (Grade 1) 1m1½f, dirt, 3yo

THERE will be no Triple Crown in America this year after Exaggerator (Keith Desormeaux/Kent Desormeaux) emphatically turned the tables on his Kentucky Derby conqueror Nyquist in the 141st Preakness Stakes at a soggy Pimlico.

In front of a record crowd of about 134,000 at a Maryland track turned into a quagmire after heavy rain, mud-loving Exaggerator brushed aside Nyquist at the head of the stretch before clearing away to win the $1.5 million contest by three and a half lengths.

“I can’t fathom it…it’s going to take a while,” said jockey Kent Desormeaux, riding for his trainer-brother Keith. “I’m in shock right now. I think Nyquist had company all the way around the course and they stayed really wide, and I had a dream trip today.”

Outsider Cherry Wine nipped Nyquist to claim second place at the wire as the odds-on favourite plugged on gamely inside the final furlong. “I didn’t think we could get beat but he still ran a huge race,” said Nyquist’s trainer Doug O’Neill after watching his colt forfeit his unbeaten record on his ninth career start.

“My hat’s off to Exaggerator and Team Desormeaux,” O’Neill added. “Nyquist is amazing horse and still ran a great race. He’s still a winner in our book. These horses aren’t machines. They all lose at one time or another. He just didn’t bring it today.”

Four times Exaggerator had faced Nyquist before the Preakness, and four times he had been beaten, most recently when closing late on to finish runner-up in the Kentucky Derby.

The fifth time was to be different. Unlike Nyquist, Exaggerator was a proven quantity on a sloppy track, having posted the best performance of his career with a startling effort from miles off the pace to win the Santa Anita Derby. With every drop of rain that fell from Baltimore’s grey skies, so his chances improved.

Moreover, Nyquist looked sure to face more pace pressure in the Preakness than he did at Churchill Downs – and so transpired as Uncle Lino matched him stride for stage in the early stages after Nyquist’s jockey Mario Gutierrez pushed him hard from the gate to get the lead.

Although he held a narrow advantage into the first turn, Nyquist was already held out in the four path, wasting precious ground. Gutierrez either could not, or would not cede his forward position; the pace was contested and toxic, resulting in early fractions of 22.38s and 46.56s.

Desormeaux, on the other hand, gave Exaggerator a ground-saving ride, moving up easily at halfway to sit within about five lengths of the lead before closing on the far turn and then being switched outside Nyquist as they hit the stretch.

But anyone expecting a pitched battle were to be rudely disappointed as the syndicate-owned son of Curlin ran right past his rival to score in decisive fashion. The final time was 1m58.31s.

“I just hope this isn’t only because of the muddy track because he’s been training phenomenally all week,” said trainer Keith Desormeaux, winning his first US Classic. He is now looking towards the Belmont Stakes in three weeks’ time for a potential second. “We’ll be there with bells on,” he grinned; Nyquist may also be back for round three in what is becoming a famous rivalry.

Kent Desormeaux, the veteran jockey, cut his teeth on the Maryland circuit, making his name as a superstar ‘bugboy’ in the 1980s and winning multiple riding titles in the state. “Knowledge is power,” he said of his journey a racetrack he knows well. “I was on the fence and they all stayed wide. You want to paint the fence here.

“They stayed really wide. After the abbreviated trips I’ve had on his previous starts, I had the dream trip today.”

Desormeaux, 46, was winning the third Preakness of a career full of ups and downs: he has ridden over 5,600 winners altogether, but has also struggled with alcohol issues. “I got an amazing trip and he’s an amazing horse,” he added.

Exaggerator, who cost $110,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September Sale in 2012, is the first horse since 1993 to win the Preakness after coming second in the Derby.

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Pimlico: Maryland Sprint Hcap (Grade 3) 6f, dirt, 3yo+

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