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Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another is led around his stable just after arriving at Belmont Park in New York on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Jockey Mario Gutierrez and I'll Have Another are the talk of thoroughbred racing after victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. (Associated Press)

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Smarty Jones (center, with jockey Stewart Elliott aboard) won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 2004, only to finish second to Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes. (Associated Press)

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Bodemeister, who finished second to I'll Have Another in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, will not compete in the Belmont on June 9 in New York. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

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Bodemeister and Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another are stealing the thunder leading up to the Preakness, which takes place Saturday, but under-the-radar horses like Went the Day Well could surprise with less pressure on them. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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H. Graham Motion, trainer of fourth-place Kentucky Derby finisher Went the Day Well, speaks to reporters at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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Jockey Mario Gutierrez , left, owner J. Paul Reddam , middle, and trainer Doug O'Neill hold the trophy after I'll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Trainer Doug O'Neill has been a man in demand since arriving in Baltimore shortly after winning the Kentucky Derby. His horse, I'lll Have Another, figures to wage a battle with favorite Bodemeister at Pimlico on Saturday. A win would position I'll Have Another to be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. (Associated Press)

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Exercise rider Johnny Garcia rides Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness hopeful I'll Have Another during a morning workout at Pimlico Race Course, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race takes place on Saturday.(AP Photo/Garry Jones)

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Bodemeister, under jockey Mike Smith, led the field around the first turn in the Kentucky Derby. The colt was overtaken in the final 100 yards by I'll Have Another. (Associated Press)

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Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another checks out the people watching him outside his barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Wednesday. Trainer Doug O'Neill (below) will try to make it two for two in the Triple Crown races with a victory in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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I'll Have Another (left) surged past Bodemeister in the final 100 yards to pull off the upset in the Kentucky Derby on May 5. Both horses are entered in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. (Associated Press)

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Kentucky Derby Winner I'll Have Another is led through a barn by foreman Benjamin Perez before walking the track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Wednesday. The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, is May 19. (Associated Press)