A two-time Preakness-winning jockey advised a Preakness-winning trainer that the horseman's first Kentucky Derby winner is worthy of entering the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown.
In other words, look for Mystik Dan in the starting gate for the 149th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Robby Albarado, a two-time Oaklawn riding champion, gave Kenny McPeek good news after a mile-and-half gallop at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., where Mystik Dan won by a nose May 4 in a three-horse photo finish.
"He felt great," said Albarado, who gallops the colt. "I thought every day would be a progression for him, and it is. He's coming back to himself. He's starting to get back into that race mode right now.
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