Mystik Dan is possible to compete in the $2 million, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on May 18 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
The post position draw for the Preakness is set for Monday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. Post time for the Preakness is set for 6:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. NBC will be televise the race.
Mystik Dan will enter the Preakness off a victory in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs.
Mystik Dan
Color: Bay
Bred in: Kentucky
Sire: Goldencents
Dam: Ma’am, by Colonel John
Price tag: Homebred
Owners: Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing (Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway), Daniel Hamby, Valley View Farm (Scott Hamby)
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr.
Record: 3-1-1 in seven starts
Career earnings: $3,741,360
Last race: Won Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs by a nose over Sierra Leone
Running style: Mid-pack
Notes: McPeek will be looking for his second Preakness victory after winning with Swiss Skydiver in 2020. That Preakness was delayed until Oct. 3 — four weeks after the Kentucky Derby — because of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Mystik Dan has experience running twice in a two-week span. He broke his maiden Nov. 12 at Churchill Downs and then raced 13 days later, finishing fifth in an allowance optional claiming race. … Lance and Brent Gasaway are cousins, and Sharilyn is Brent’s wife. Daniel and Scott Hamby are brothers.
What they’re saying: “I’m just really proud of him,” McPeek said. “He’s such a special little colt. To think that he might be moving forward is even better.”
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com. Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
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