Triple Crown hopeful Mage heads to the Preakness with hundreds of owners cheering him on
Trainer Gustavo Delgado, left, looks on as his horse Mage is walked around the stable ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Julio Cortez]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Preakness Stakes favorite Mage is the first Kentucky Derby champion with Venezuelan ties since Canonero II in 1971. Nearly 400 different people can also call themselves a co-owner. Mage has brought them all together. Now he’ll try to make all of them happy by doing what Canonero did in taking the first two legs of the Triple Crown. A win at the Preakness on Saturday would do even more to put Venezuelan horse racing on the map.
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Trainer Gustavo Delgado, right, trainer of Preakness Stakes entrant Mage, the Kentucky Derby winner, talks with his son Gustavo Delgado, Jr., back left, and broadcaster Jerry Bailey near the stables ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Assistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr. walks Kentucky Derby winner Mage after a workout ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Assistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr. walks to the track to watch his horse Mage work out ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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