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2023 Triple Crown Prospect Profiles: Derby Winner Mage and His Chances in Preakness

Welcome to 2023 Triple Crown Prospect Profiles – updated after the first jewel of the Triple Crown from the previous title of Kentucky Derby Hopeful Snapshots – where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail.

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Kentucky Derby Winner Mage Dethrones Forte at No. 1 Atop Triple Crown Poll

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll.

Week 15 of the 2023 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll, covers racing performances through May 7. Based on his victory in the Kentucky Derby, Mage rocketed up the charts to No. 1 while former leader Forte moved to the second spot. Other top finishers from the Kentucky Derby, Two Phil's, Angel of Empire, and Disarm also made the list.

Afleet Alex and jockey Jeremy Rose win the 2004 Sanford Stakes, their first of many graded stakes wins.

Afleet Alex: Amazing Athlete Earned Improbable Preakness Win

Everyone has an opinion in horse racing. It’s one of the most alluring aspects of the sport. Debates rage about which horse was better, which performance was greater, or which rivalry was the most memorable.

Handicappers, racing writers, and fans rarely — in fact, almost never — agree.

But there is one performance that stands out as unequivocally one of the best races a horse has ever delivered on the Triple Crown stage: Afleet Alex’s Preakness Stakes victory in 2005.

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Kentucky Derby Winner Mage Headlines Prospective Preakness Stakes Field

Mage, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner, headlines the potential starters in the May 20 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course 48 hours after the colt won the 149th run for the roses.

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Mage Doing 'Pretty Amazing' Following Kentucky Derby Victory, Preakness a Possibility

Damp air from early morning rain enveloped trainer Gustavo Delgado Sr.’s backside barn at Churchill Downs May 7 as Mage, the newly crowned winner of the 149th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, hung his head outsi

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