Curlin trainer Steve Asmussen, center, holds the Woodlawn vase with his sons, and jockey Robby Alvarado, right, in the winners circle after the 132nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. Part owner Shirley Cunningham Jr. is behind Asmussen.
Jockey Robby Albarado celebrates in the Winner's Circle after riding Curlin to victory in the Preakness, which is known as the "race for the black-eyed susans," a flower.
Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado, left, inches up on Street Sense, ridden by Calvin Borel, in the final stretch to win the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007.
Curlin nipped Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense on the final stride to win the Preakness Stakes.
Calvin Borel, yellow and blue shirt, riding Street Sense, looks at Preakness winner Robby Albarado, left foreground, aboard Curlin, as the rest of the pack follows after Curlin won the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007.
Curlin Wins!
Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado, passes Street Sense ridden by Calvin Borel to win the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. (Note the news photographers' cameras underneath the rail.)
Jockey Alan Garcia riding Mint Slewlep heads towards the first turn during the 132nd Preakness Stakes.
Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, ridden by Calvin Borel, works out Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Street Sense, with Borel aboard, will run Saturday, May 19, in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Preakness entry Curlin is led by Carlos Rosas around the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 16, 2007, after arriving from Churchill Downs. Curlin, trained by Steve Asmussen, was third in the Kentucky Derby behind winner Street Sense. The Preakness, the second jewel of the Triple Crown, will be run Saturday.
Trainer Larry Jones takes Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun out for a walk at Delaware Park in Stanton, Del., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Hard Spun will compete in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore Saturday, May 19.
Chelokee, ridden by assistant trainer Peter Brette, left, walks as trainer Michael Matz, right, who also trained Barbaro, looks on Friday, May 11, 2007 at Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. Chelokee will run in the Barbaro Stakes, not the Preakness, on Pimlico's Preakness Day card. Chelokee's connections had been considering running in the Preakness.
Mint Slewlep, stabled in the Preakness Stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., reacts as he gets his picture taken Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Holding the Preakness Stakes hopeful is Wilhelmia Moehrieg.
Preakness Stakes entrant Flying First Class nips at exercise rider Stacey Prior during his bath at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Md., Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Flying First Class is trained by D. Wayne Lukas.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks to the media outside the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 16, 2007, after arriving from Churchill Downs. Lucas, who has trained five Preakness winners, will send out Flying First Class in the race.