I'll Have Another won by 1 1/2 lengths in the Derby and by a neck in the Preakness.Patrick Smith/Getty Images Maybe now people will start respecting I'll Have Another. Maybe now they'll no longer underestimate the undersized chestnut colt with the big heart -- the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner who has a chance to make horse racing history. Three months ago, the public dismissed I'll Have Another in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, sending him off as an impossible 43-1 long shot. He won. Two months later in the Santa Anita Derby, the bettors preferred Creative Cause and made I'll Have Another the 4-1 second choice. He won. Two weeks ago in the Kentucky Derby, the nation made him the ninth betting choice ... Continue reading →

Without speedy starters Trinniberg and Hansen, Preakness favorite Bodemeister should have more closing speed on Pimlico's shorter track.Rob Carr/Getty Images Before we get to the meat and potatoes of this story -- the Preakness Stakes selections below -- a review of the 138th Kentucky Derby is in order. The pace at Churchill Downs two weeks ago played out even hotter than expected, with Bodemeister winging the first quarter-mile in 45.39 and the mile in 1:09.80. The lightly raced front-runner nearly hung on, but I'll Have Another, who was pegged as an "other win candidate" for the 2012 Derby, pounced inside the final furlong and held on to win the Run for the Roses. Both I'll Have Another and Bodemeister are back to run in Saturday's ... Continue reading →

SI.com's Tim Layden offers perspective from Derby day at Churchill Downs. - Video - SI.com Continue reading →