For Firing Line trainer Simon Callaghan, the louder the crowd at Pimlico Racetrack on Saturday, the better. While there’s not usually a home-field advantage in horse racing, Callaghan must think that a very raucous Preakness Derby crowd — and Preakness crowds tend to get that way — would work in his favour against the talented Bob Baffert-trained duo of American Pharoah and Dortmund. Firing Line finished second at the Kentucky Derby to American Pharoah by one length with Dortmund third, three lengths off the lead in a formidable three-horse charge to the finish line. Saturday’s second jewel of the Triple Crown marks the first time since 2009 that the top-three...
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