Preakness Stakes - May 15, 2004 - Results PURSE: $25,000 $15,000 to WIN $5,000 to PLACE $3,000 to SHOW $1,500 to 4th $500 to 5th POST POSISTIONS 1. Magical Hunt 2. Amazon Flame 3. Romancing Superstitions 4. Native Son 5. Cold Wave ____________________________________ Hello & welcome to sunny, and warm Pimlico race track! This is Equine Senses 2nd annual running of the Preakness Stakes, or black eyed susans as some will call it. We have a fairly small field today with some very nice horses in it! First up we have Magical Hunt, one of the two fillies on todays card. She is sired by Witch Hunt, who has sired many great stakes winners. Her dam, Kanga, is also a former stakes runner. Next up, we have Amazon Flame. A fiery chestnut sired by the immortal Tropical Designation, out of Scorching Princess (a former stakes racer herself). Amazon Flame is half-brother to Scorching Might who has amased 1700+ points as a racer. Third up, we have the second filly in our field of five, Romancing Superstitions. This dynamic filly came in second in the Kentucky and has proved that she can run with the best of the boys! In the fourth post posistion, we have Native Son, the 2004 Kentucky Derby Winner! Winning by a neck in the Kentucky Derby, will he be able to do the same in the Preakness? Can he go the full mile and three-sixteenths? And last, but not least we have Cold Wave. This son of Secretariat came in third ran his heart out in the Kentucky Derby and placed third. Will he capture the Preakness like his sire did two plus decades ago? POST TIME: Not a cloud in site for the Preakness Stakes! It is a hot ninty degress, but there is cool breeze blowing in from east.The dirt track is fast, turf firm. How will todays hot weather affect our runners? Here is track announcer Allie with the call of the race: Welcome to the 2004 Equine Sense Preakness Stakes! The horses are being preped for the gate now and all ofthem seem to be sweating except for Native Son who looks like the picture perfect horse today. Magical hunt is loaded without a problem and then Amazon Flame goes in next. Then Romancing Superstitions, she's giving some trouble, but the gatehandlers are ready for this notorious filly. They've load today's favorite Native Son next to her and that girl seems to be giving him the eye! Cold Wave loads quietly and all is quiet as we wait for the bell... AND THEY'RE OFF! All five break cleanly and tear off down the track. Magical Hunt is the first to break the line and pickes up the lead, but Cold Wave is right behind her. Then It's Native Son who is content to settle a lenght behind to front runners. Then Amazon Flame being stalked on the end by Romancing Superstitions. We move under the wire for the first time with no movement in the ranks. Magical Hunt and Cold Wave start pouring on the heat as they sweep into the turn, they are quickly growing the distance on Native Son, who's jockey is waiting for the charge to make his move. Magical Hunt is turning up the pace on this hot day and sweeping out onto the backstreatch line as if its the drive for the wire! Cold Wave is letting her go as she makes the distance grow, Look at that Filly! Cold Wave is dropping back more, and Amazon Flame has come out of nowhere! Amazon Flame is on fire as he blows past Native Son, who doesn't seem to care, and catches up to Cold Wave. Native Son seems to be enjoying his gallop today but the stalking filly, Romancing Superstitions, is catching up. She's on Native Son's hind flank and he finally cares! The filly draws even with Native Son's shoulder and gains no more, they are opening of in the middle of the backstretch! Magical Hunt comes into the turn tireing! She's still pouring on the speed, she got heart folks! Amazon Flame and Cold wave have just pasted her in the middle of the turn, but Native Son and Romancing Superstitions are right on their tails. We are moving through the stretch and Native Son takes a hole on the rail and shoots around Cold Wave and Amazon Flame! Romancign Superstitions has to go wide! She's diggin in! Native Son has the lead as we hit the stretch! AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME! Native Son has a slight lead but Romancing Superstitions is not giving up! The jockey's are asking for more and Romancing Superstitions is finding another gear! Look at the stirde folks! She's simply flying! But Native Son isn't giving up without a fight. Almost to the wire and these two horses have 14 lengths on the others! Native Son! Romancing Superstitions! Natvie Son! Romancing Superstitions! Its going to be a photo folks! These two horse won't give it up! They've increased the distace bewtween themselves and the others by almost 17 lengths! Here's the WIRE! Too close to call! With Amazon Flame a neck in front of Cold Wave, and Magical Hunt bringing up the rear, still fighting for speed. What a great race folks! And the Photo is in... and its official! Native Son has been denied the triple crown! Romancing Superstitions has taken first, Native Son in second but just the nod of his head, then Amazon Flame, and Cold and Magcal Hunt bringing up the rear. Congratulations to the winner, Romancing Superstitions! We will see you all at the Belmont! ____________________________________ RESULTS WIN: Romancing Superstitions PLACE: Native Son SHOW: Amazon Flame 4th: Cold Wave 5th: Magical Hunt All results were tabulated by using http://www.randomizer.org The post posistions were randomized once and one time only. All results are fair and final. Race call done by Allie. Thanx Allie!