Trainer Michael McCarthy said that colt continues to show all of the positive markers he looks for. Even as they move further away from the Preakness, the indicators McCarthy needs to see remain the same.

A wet week is expected to continue into Black-Eyed Susan Day and Preakness Day, but conditions might clear up by Saturday’s big race.

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