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PREAKNESS CONTENDERS

The rankings - field is not final yet

Medina Spirit - Derby winner
"came out of the race well," trainer Bob Baffert says.

Concert Tour - Baffert trainee was undefeated until third in the Arkansas Derby, skipped Kentucky Derby, breezed five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 Sunday morning at Churchill. Confirmed for the Preakness.

France Go de Ina - Japan-based runner, trained by Hideyuki Mori, was sixth in the UAE Derby after a flat-footed start. He's scheduled to fly to Los Angeles May 5 and to Baltimore two days later.

Rombauer - Mike McCarthy trainee, an automatic qualifier by virtue of his win in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields, finished a well-beaten third in the G2 Blue Grass. Confirmed for the Preakness.

Crowded Trade - Chad Brown trainee ran third in the G2 Wood Memorial won by 72-1 Bourbonic, who finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby. Brown is pointing Crowded Trade to the Preakness.

Risk Taking - Brown is also pointing G3 Withers Stakes winner to the Preakness. He was seventh as the favorite in the Wood Memorial.

Midnight Bourbon - 2020 G1 Champagne Stakes winner, trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, finished sixth in Kentucky after a wide journey.
Confirmed for the Preakness.

Ram - The D. Wayne Lukas-trained son of American Pharoah,
a winner of two straight, is confirmed for the Preakness.

Unbridled Honor - Todd Pletcher trainee, second in the Lexington, breezed a half mile in 49 4/5 seconds Saturday at Churchill Downs
and is confirmed for the Preakness.

Keepmeinmind -
Seventh-place finisher from the Kentucky Derby is expected in Baltimore.