PREAKNESS after KENTUCKY DERBY, 2-AND-2

Jockey Mario Gutierrez, left, aboard, I'll Have Another, reacts after crossing the finish line in front of Bodemeister, right, ridden by Mike Smith, to win the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore.(AP / Patrick Semansky)

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I'll Have Another did just that, winning another Triple Crown race with even more flash and dash than he did in the Kentucky Derby.

 PREAKNESS HAPPENINGS

By bolting past Bodemeister — again — this time in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, all that stands in the way of racing glory is the Belmont Stakes in three weeks.

Win that and the smooth-striding 3-year-old will find himself in the company of Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed, the last to win thoroughbred racing's most coveted prize in 1978.
That's heady company for a colt who has yet to be favored in any of his seven races. That should change in the Belmont.

''We're thinking Triple Crown, baby,'' elated winning trainer Doug O'Neill said. ''He's a special horse. We'll see how he comes out of it, and if he comes out of it in good shape, we're heading to New York, baby.

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