Of course a Bob Baffert-trained horse won the Preakness Stakes.
Thoroughbred racing exists in a perpetual gray zone between tragedy and uplift. So what result could make more sense than a Baffert horse winning a captivating Triple Crown race on the same track where a stablemate broke down, fatally, five hours earlier?
The juxtaposition of Havnameltdown’s grim accident in the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course and National Treasure’s gallant Preakness battle with Blazing Sevens again forced us to reckon with the two sides of Baffert’s massive legacy.
