Exaggerator Arrives at Pimlico

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) runner-up Exaggerator arrived at Pimlico Race Course at approximately 4:40 p.m. ET May 15 to join Derby victor Nyquist for a rematch in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) May 21.

The Curlin   colt, who has finished behind Nyquist four times in his career but was a fast-closing second in the Derby, settled into Stall 21 in the Preakness Stakes Barn to prepare for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

"It was uneventful," said trainer Keith Desormeaux's assistant, Julie Clark, who drove a pickup truck with a van holding the Preakness candidate in tow during a 10-hour, 15-minute trip from Churchill Downs. "The weather was cool and the traffic was really good."

The Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner is scheduled to walk the shedrow the morning of May 16, with a possible a trip to the paddock for schooling, according to Clark.

Exaggerator was accompanied by a Desormeaux-trained 2-year-old in the van that followed a larger commercial vehicle that transported four others, including May 20 Adena Springs Miss Preakness (gr. III) entrant Right There and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) runner-up Swipe.

"I didn't know the route and I figured they did, so I'd just follow along," Clark said.