Preakness 2024: History told Kenny McPeek to be cautious. Mystik Dan convinced him he was ready to win.
A specific memory nudged Kenny McPeek toward caution.
The year was 1995, and McPeek was a fresh-faced trainer bursting with optimistic vim after a horse named Tejano Run finished runner-up in the Kentucky Derby.
“I was 32. I got swept up in, ‘Oh, you’ve got to take him to the Preakness, you can win the Preakness,'” the voluble Kentuckian recalled Thursday morning at Pimlico Race Course, standing outside the stall occupied by his Derby champion Mystik Dan. “And in all honesty, I wish I had a do-over with that horse.
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