Hard Spun to win the 2007 Preakness Stakes?

Hard Spun will be going all out for the 2007 Preakness Stakes and stop Street Sense's Triple Crown dream.

Round two of the race for the Triple Crown will be at the Pimlico Race Course when the 2007 Preakness Stakes take center stage. And when you speak of Pimlico, one man is king.

Mario Pino. He had 11,037 mounts at the Pimlico Race Course and has now won 1,767 times. He will be aboard Hard Spun once it's time to bust the gates open again and with his success at the Pimlico Race Course, this could be the first time people will start talking about the man instead of the colt.

Of course, Mario Pino NEEDS to win the 2007 Preakness Stakes first and despite coming THAT close from winning the recently held Kentucky Derby, Mario Pino and Hard Spun still look like one formidable combination to upset this year's Kentucky Derby champ, Street Sense.

To make things even more interesting, Calvin Borel may have won the 2007 Kentucky Derby NOT because of Street Sense but simply because he knows the Kentucky Derby track at Churchill Downs more than the rest of the field.

NOW, round two of the race for the Triple Crown will be in Mario Pino's yard, Pimlico, and of course, Pino feels confident of winning the 2007 Preakness Stakes.

''I'm familiar with the track and things like when the turns come up,'' Pino said this week. ''I think Calvin had somewhat of an edge at Churchill and it helped him give that horse a perfect ride. He knew little things about Churchill and I know little things about Pimlico.''

Can Mario Pino ride Hard Spun to win the 2007 Preakness Stakes? Who will win the second leg of the race for the Triple Crown? Bodog has the odds.

Hard Spun 5/2

Street Sense 5/4

Curlin 7/2

King of the Roxy 15/1

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