Aikenite joins Preakness field
May 8, 2010LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver will have some company when he travels to Pimlico next week for the Preakness.
Super Saver will be joined by stablemate Aikenite, who will give trainer Todd Pletcher another entry in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Aikenite finished second in the Derby Trial in his last start April 24. Owner Cot Campbell said the performance was good enough to earn the 3-year-old colt a spot in the 1 3/16th-mile Preakness next Saturday. Javier Castellano has the mount.
Campbell also owned 1990 Preakness winner Summer Squall. He hopes the 20-year anniversary of the victory is a ``good omen.''
Pletcher is the first Derby-winning trainer to send two horses to the Preakness since D. Wayne Lukas entered Derby winner Charismatic and Cat Thief in 1999.