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 BALTIMORE (AP) - Street Sense had just returned from his first gallop around Pimlico Race Course, and the Kentucky Derby winner was enjoying a sponge bath outside the Preakness stakes barn under the watchful eye of Carl Nafzger.
"Great. Perfect," the trainer declared Friday as the dark bay colt was being led back to stall No. 40, the traditional home of the Derby winner. "He handled it good, did everything right. He relaxed, jogged back by the crowd, looked at the grandstand ... I'm confident."
Now it's on to the real challenge: Win the $1 million Preakness Stakes on Saturday, then attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 by capturing the Belmont Stakes in three weeks.
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