Lexington horse trainer Kenny McPeek said Monday that he’ll wait until next weekend to decide if his longshot Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in the second leg of the Triple Crown. Two years ago, Woodford County’s Eric Reed, the trainer of an even bigger longshot Derby winner, chose to keep Rich Strike out of the Preakness Stakes. Reed said McPeek will make sure the Derby didn’t take too much out of Mystik Dan.
“These decisions are tough, because you've got a lot of fallout from the press, and the media and political stuff, you know, history. But Kenny knows, he knows how to handle that situation. And guarantee, whatever decision he makes will be the right one for that horse.”
