Near-Record Heat For Preakness Stakes Another Test For Epicenter

BALTIMORE (AP) — Epicenter lost the Kentucky Derby because of a hot pace.
Now he’ll face hot temperatures in the Preakness.
Two weeks after getting passed by 80-1 long shot Rich Strike just before the finish line at the Derby, Epicenter goes into Saturday’s Preakness as the favorite and clearly the class of the nine-horse field. In a race without Rich Strike and no chance at a Triple Crown, there is still some buzz largely because of filly Secret Oath and that it will be a test