I’ll Have Another and trainer take day off

Associated Press

BALTIMORE

The trainer for I’ll Have Another is keeping his Kentucky Derby winner off the track at Pimlico Race Course on a wet Tuesday morning in Baltimore.

Trainer Doug O’Neill figured his chestnut colt deserved a day off, especially because the horse is running well and feeling sharp following his May 5 victory.

On Saturday, I’ll Have Another will attempt to win the Preakness and keep alive his bid to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown.

O’Neill has been enjoying the sites of Baltimore since his arrival last Wednesday. He’s watched the Baltimore Ravens practice and tried crabs for the first time. He’s to throw out the first pitch at Tuesday night’s game between the Orioles and New York Yankees.

O’Neill broke a trend by shipping the his horse to Pimlico Race Course just two days after the Derby, and he arrived in town two days after that. Since then, he’s been preparing I’ll Have Another for the Preakness and doing all things Baltimore.