Kentucky Derby winner, Street Sense, was chosen as the overwhelming 3-5 favorite on Wednesday for Saturday’s $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Street Sense recently won the Jim Dandy Stakes here last month.

Jim Dandy was the colt’s first since he was beaten by Curlin in the Preakness Stakes. The 3-year-old did not run in the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown.

Trained by Carl Nafzger, Street Sense will be ridden by Calvin Borel and leave from post position #4 in the field of seven that will cover 1 1/4 miles on Saturday.

Street Sense is attempting to become the 10th horse to win the Derby and Travers. Thunder Gulch was the last to accomplish the feat in 1995.

$1 Million Travers Stakes Race Entries, Jockeys, and Odds:

PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey, Odds
1. Helsinki (KY), 126, Julien Leparoux, 20-1
2. CP West (KY), 126, Cornelio Velasquez, 5-1
3. For You Reppo (KY), 126, Garrett Gomez, 20-1
4. Street Sense (KY), 126, Calvin Borel, 3-5
5. Grasshopper (KY), 126, Robby Albarado, 8-1
6. Loose Leaf (KY), 126, Kent Desormeaux, 21-1
7. Sightseeing (KY), Edgar Prado, 6-1

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Finally, the official 2007 Preakness Stakes horse entries, morning line odds and post positions in the starting gate. Who will be the winner at the Pimlico race course in Baltimore, Maryland? Will it be Street Sense, Hard Spun or Curlin? Or a longshot?

2007 Preakness Stakes
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Pimlico race course in Baltimore, Maryland

Post Horse  Trainer  Jockey M/L Odds
1 Mint Slewlep W.R. Bailes  Alan Garcia 30-1
2 Xchanger Mark Shuman  Ramon Dominguez 15-1
3 Circular Quay Todd Pletcher  John Velazquez 8-1
4 Curlin  Steve Asmussen  Robby Albarado  7-2
5 King ofthe Roxy Todd Pletcher  Garrett Gomez 12-1
6 FlyingFirstClassD. Wayne Lukas  Mark Guidry  20-1
7 Hard Spun Larry Jones  Mario Pino  5-2
8 Street Sense Carl Nafzger  Calvin Borel  7-5
9 C.P. West Nick Zito  Edgar Prado  20-1

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Street Sense                 5-4    Chelokee                     20-1
Curlin                       7-2    C P West                     20-1
Hard Spun                    5-2    Flying First Class           30-1
King of the Roxy            15-1    Xchanger                     30-1
Circular Quay               15-1    Mint Slewleps                50-1

The world will be watching to see whether Cavil Borel and Street Sense can duplicate their win at the Kentucky Derby and in so doing, be one step closer to winning the Triple Crown.

The $1 million Preakness Stakes will be run at Pimlico Race Course at 6PM ET and televised on NBC. Horse fans will bet on the Preakness Stakes online at All Horse Racing.

The last horse to win the Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978 and Street Sense is thought by many to have what it takes to win one of sport's most elusive championships. Owner James Tafel thinks so. "If Street Sense runs his race, I don't think anybody can beat him," the octogenarian owner of Street Sense said. "If he sees daylight at the top of the stretch, I'm very confident of our ability to win the race."

Horse Racing News: Michael Matz's Chelokee has not yet been confirmed for the Preakness Stakes and may instead run in the Barbaro Stakes, previously known as the Sir Barton Stakes.

The draw for post positions for the Preakness Stakes will be held on Wednesday afternoon and televised beginning at 4:30PM ET on ESPN2.

To celebrate the Triple Crown, All Horse Racing offers free bets on the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and 2007 Belmont Stakes.

Can Street Sense win the 2007 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland? The Preakness is the 2nd jewel in the Triple Crown of American horse racing - the last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978. 

In general, sportsbooks and racebooks think that STREET SENSE WILL NOT WIN THE PREAKNESS STAKES

* Street Sense will NOT WIN Preakness -170
* Street Sense will WIN +135

As to the BIGGER question whether Street Sense WILL WIN the Triple Crown in 2007 (Belmont Stakes, too).
* Street Sense will NOT WIN TRIPLE CROWN -600
* Street Sense will WIN TRIPLE CROWN +350

For those not willing to bet their cash on Street Sense's Preakness and Triple Crown adventure - HorsesWild offers fantasy horse racing betting using virtual cash or VCASH to place a bet on their vBookie virtual horse racing bookie - just for fun ayt?

The last surviving Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew died in 2002. Thus, the American horse racing world is in dire need of a Triple Crown winner - which will be like an injection of ecstasy to this dying thoroughbred industry. Oh by the way, AHR will offer a FREE Preakness Stakes bet again!

A lucky, smart and persistent British horse bettor (punter as Britons call them) nailed the bookies for a whopping TWO MILLION POUNDS with a horse racing parlay (horse racing accumulator as Britons call them) in a span of two days at that! Whoa!

BRITAIN’S (United Kingdom) most prolific hosre gambler took the high street bookmakers for almost £2MILLION over the Bank Holiday weekend.Professional punter Harry Findlay, 44, backed SIXTEEN winners in two incredible days of horse racing in Britain UK.

Along with two mates, he staked £61,000 on Saturday and £82,000 on Sunday on the internet horse betting website RaceO — and landed both eight-horse accumulators for a £1.85million profit.

He said: “I’ve come close before so it’s a real buzz to land the big one twice.”

But Scot Harry is used to huge wins, having banked £1MILLION when the horse Denman won at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Full story about British horse bettor wins 2M in 2 days

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Preakness Stakes at Pimlico racetrack is next stop for Street Sense - winner of the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Carl Nafzger trainee will now prepare for Preakness Stakes on May 19, the second jewel of the Triple Crown race.

Making this year’s Kentucky Derby more memorable was its special guest, England’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Phillip, who made a visit to the Downs part of her six-day official visit to the US.

Hard Spun finished second while heavy favorite Curlin succumbed to 3rd place at the Run for the Roses. Both horses also confirmed running at the Preakness.
Nafzger was initially resistant to let Street Sense run at Pimlico, but he briefly let his mind wander to a possible sweep of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

“As soon as we win the Preakness, we’ll go to the Belmont,” he said, smiling.

Nafzger has saddled two Preakness Stakes starters, including second-place Unbridled in 1990 who gave him his first Run for the Roses victory.

Many of the 20 Kentucky Derby horses will skip the Preakness, including trainer Todd Pletcher’s record-tying five starters: Any Given Saturday, Circular Quay, Cowtown Cat, Sam. P and Scat Daddy. But Pletcher will have a presence in Baltimore with King of the Roxy, second in the Santa Anita Derby. See other possible Preakness Stakes Starters >>
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