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It's always hard to figure the casual racing fan's feelings about horses and horsemen. Rich Strike, who seems pretty ordinary, got lucky winning the Derby and all of a sudden it seemed like he had millions of fans. Right after the Derby trainer Eric Reed was asked about the Preakness and said, "Of course, we're going to the Preakness, why wouldn't we?" Then he changes his mind and skips the race that is by far the easiest of the three TC races to win, especially for the Derby winner, who won the Preakness 11 times in the last 25 years. I still think that the owner might have over thought the situation and forced Reed to skip the Preakness.
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