Animal Kingdom on the way to Maryland
May 10, 2011LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Animal Kingdom is on his way to Maryland.
The Kentucky Debry winner was loaded early Tuesday morning onto a van headed for Elkton, Md., where the 3-year-old chestnut colt will prepare for the Preakness Stakes on May 21.
Owned by racing partnership Team Valor International, Animal Kingdom was joined in the van by his groom, Porfirio Fernandez, and Summer Soiree, another horse trained by Graham Motion.
Animal Kingdom will stay at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton.