Preakness Picks 2009

I am the Preakness Picks expert. I have been giving out my choices for 7 years. I get my information from going to the racetrack day after day for the last 15 years . I started publishing my selections for the first Saturday in May since 2000. This years 2009 Preakness Picks were decided on upon careful analysis and research...I have gotten Preakness picks in the past from a variety of resources including some cool web sites ..some of these also offer Preakness picks 2009.

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The horses have all gotten their workouts and I am pleased to see a full field of Preakness Contenders.
On Tuesday at Churchill Downs tips. Pyro, the likely favorite for Saturday's Preakness 134, had another flawless work, while two horses,War Pass Z humor, rom the Derby.

The defections of Cobalt Blue and Xchanger last year allowed both Teuflesberg and Imawildandcrazyguy to move into the body of the race. Entries for the Derby were to be taken on Wednesday morning, with posts selected Wednesday night. As of Tuesday, the horse first on the bubble for the Preakness picks was Reporting for Duty, who is trained by Steve Asmussen.

Asmussen also trains Derby starters Curlin and Zanjero. Curlin, who is unbeaten in three starts but did not race at age 2, and Street Sense, who won last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile are seen by most handicappers as the two horses who will vie for the favorites roll.

Sweetnorthernsaint ended up the Derby favorite last year at 5-1, with Barbaro 6-1 and Brother Derek 7-1.

The Derby field underwent some last-minute adjustments on Tuesday when Cobalt Blue and Xchanger came out.

Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs picks, however, Cobalt Blue looked like a new horse. With blinkers added, he galloped powerfully and at one point moved so quickly that Daily Racing Form caught him going seven furlongs in 1:26.17.

Later in the morning, though, trainer Doug O'Neill, after conferring with owner Merv Griffin, announced Cobalt Blue would not run.

Cobalt Blue's defection put Teuflesberg into the Preakness Picks 2007, delighting Jamie Sanders, the colt's trainer and co-owner, who had been anxiously hoping Teuflesberg would get in following his close fourth-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes.

And then later Tuesday, the connections of Tesio Stakes winner Xchanger informed Churchill Downs's racing office that they were out, too. That put Imawildandcrazyguy in the Derby, giving trainer Bill Kaplan a second Derby starter, along with Storm in May. Asmussen, Darrin Miller, and O'Neill also have two starters in this Derby.

Kaplan also entered Imawildandcrazyguy in the Crown Royal American Turf on Friday as a backup, but will go in the Derby if not bumped by some last-second, unexpected horse.

Mark Guidry will ride Imawildandcrazyguy.

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Trainer Todd Pletcher, who was scheduled to enter five horses in the Derby, brought his four runners - Any Given Saturday, Circular Quay, Cowtown Cat, and Scat Daddy - to Churchill Downs on Tuesday to join Sam P., who has been training at Churchill.

Stormello and Tiago, who arrived on Monday from California,came to the Churchill Downs track on Tuesday for light gallops.

The last Derby runner to come to Churchill is Nobiz Like Shobiz, who was scheduled to be flown from New York to Kentucky on Wednesday.

This year 2009 Nick Zito looks like he has some good ones as does Assmussen So go for our Preakness picks 2009 and see if we can win again!