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Curlin Foils Street Sense

Posted May 19, 07 6:11 PM CDT in Sports    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – Curlin won the Preakness by a nose today in Baltimore, upsetting favored Street Sense and ending the Kentucky Derby champion's chances of capturing the first Triple Crown since 1978. Street Sense rallied to the lead in the stretch, but Curlin found another gear and slipped past in the final strides to take the victory in just his fifth career start.

Curlin, the third-place Derby finisher, returned $8.80 as the second choice in the nine-horse field. Jockey Robby Albarado, who had walked away from a dramatic spill on the track two races earlier, scored his first victory in a Triple Crown race. Derby runner-up Hard Spun took third in the Preakness.

Source Blood-Horse (Ky.)

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Calvin Borel riding Street Sense looks to Preakness winner Robby Albarado aboard Curlin as the rest of the pack follows after Curlin won the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore,...   (Associated Press)
Curlin ridden by Robby Albarado, (4) passes Street Sense ridden by Calvin Borel to win the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)   (Associated Press)
Curlin ridden by Robby Albarado passes Street Sense ridden by Calvin Borel to win the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)   (Associated Press)
Curlin ridden by Robby Albarado passes Street Sense ridden by Calvin Borel to win the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes horse race in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)   (Associated Press)
Robby Albarado kisses the Woodlawn vase in the winners circle after the 132nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Saturday, May 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)   (Associated Press)
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