Orb, the Derby winner, had been bet down to 3-5 odds in the Preakness.
"Of the six horses I bought last year, three are in the Preakness, " he noted.
Although he's already won the Preakness five times, he's eager to make it six.
No horse who finished that far back in the Derby has won the Preakness.
With a victory, McGaughey can add a Preakness win to his suddenly blossoming resume.
Two weeks after her dazzling Oaks win, Jackson ran her in the Preakness Stakes against males.
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He and co-owner Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, who also bred Orb, have never won the Preakness.
"I can't wait to get to the Preakness and do it again, " he said.
Lukas, a five-time Preakness winner, thinks the next race will be the toughest for Orb.
Two years earlier, Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro broke his leg racing in the Preakness Stakes.
The last horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont was Affirmed in 1978.
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Last week, Barbaro was favored to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore.
But just a few moments after the Preakness Stakes got underway Saturday evening, catastrophe.
He was the 5-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby, and that impressive win dropped his Preakness odds.
"I watched Wayne Lukas when I was growing up, " said Paul Bulmahn, owner of Preakness entrant Mylute.
For McGaughey, being the favorite in the Preakness is preferable to coming in as the long shot.
Wayne Lukas leads all trainers in Preakness starters (37) and he's tied for second-most wins with five.
In 1890, the Preakness and Belmont were run on the same card at Morris Park in New York.
Calumet will have its first Preakness starter since Alydar in 1978, with Oxbow set to run this year.
Goldencents is trained by Doug O'Neill, who won the Derby and Preakness last year with I'll Have Another.
The most recent horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness was Big Brown in 2008.
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"They're all special because they were with a different client, " Lukas said when asked to compare his Preakness wins.
As Keppler will quickly point out, the Preakness is just two weeks away.
The Preakness follows in two weeks and the Belmont Stakes is June 8.
Dutrow trained Big Brown to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes wins in 2008.
No matter, it gave Stevens his third Preakness win to go along with his three Derby and three Belmonts wins.
Orb needed a Preakness win to set the stage for a Triple try three weeks later in the Belmont Stakes.
Doug O'Neill, who trained I'll Have Another to wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last year, will saddle Goldencents.
Desormeaux has won the Preakness twice: once aboard Real Quiet in 1998 and again 10 years later on Big Brown.
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