Early Voting Defeats Epicenter in Preakness

"Perhaps if he were stabled in a different barn, the speedy Early Voting would have started in the May 7 Run for the Roses after finishing second by a neck in the Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino (G2). But Brown was not swayed by the temptation.

He kept Early Voting out of the Kentucky Derby, avoiding the son of Gun Runner's inclusion in a brutal early pace on the first Saturday in May that might have left him gasping for air in the stretch.

Instead, he targeted the Preakness Stakes (G1) and was rewarded for his patience and savvy judgment when Early Voting rolled to a 1 1/4-length victory over favored Epicenter in the $1,650,000 middle jewel of the Triple Crown for 3-year-olds May 21 at Pimlico Race Course, giving Brown and Klaravich owner Seth Klarman, who celebrated his birthday Saturday, their second classic victory together-both of them coming in the Preakness."

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