BALTIMORE -- Doug O'Neill couldn't have done any better if he had picked Nyquist's post position himself. After Nyquist, the Kentucky Derby winner, landed the No. 3 post for the Preakness in a blind draw Wednesday, O'Neill looked like a man with a winning lottery ticket...
Horse racing expert Barry Abrams from the ESPN 'In the Gate' podcast breaks down the 142nd Run for the Roses and make his selection - plus throws in a few dark horses for the race.
Brilliant but untested, American Pharoah was put to a fight in the Kentucky Derby and won. Sent off as the 5-2 favorite by the record crowd of 170,513, the brown colt rallied in the stretch to beat Firing Line by a length Saturday and deliver trainer Bob Baffert's fourth Derby win and first sinc…