Preakness 2013: Weak Post Draw Won't Give up Orb from Winning in Pimlico.

Triple Crown hopeful Orb must overcome a poor draw in order to become the sixth horse ever since 2002 to win the primary two legs on Saturday in the 2013 Preakness Stakes.

The Kentucky Derby winner will run out of post No. 1 this particular weekend. That's the main bad news for Orb taking into account Tabasco Cat was the final to win the Preakness in the rail back in 1994.

But prior to deciding to count out the athletic colt, consider the following main reasons why he's poised to gain the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

While it's usually game over for virtually any horse that draws the rail for the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness is usually more forgiving.

Pimlico Race Course is related to Churchill Downs in terms of surface and distance not surprisingly, but there isn't a lot trouble looming early on according to Orb's coach Shug McGaughey (via ESPN. com):

It's not nearly the problem it would be in the Derby. The Derby is kind of catty-cornered. You got to shove your method out of there or you aquire shut off down inside. It's pretty straightforward the following. There are only 90 years horses. There's not planning to be that kind of jockeying into the first turn. We'll just hold our position and listen to how the race plays out.

There is only nine horses racing within this year's Preakness Stakes, that bodes well for Orb, who won't will need to worry about being freight trained by the pack early on.

While a quick start is important, it's not going to be the end in the world for jockey Joel Rosario and Orb once they don't break away early considering there are actually only eight others horses to take care of, as opposed to 18 others for the Kentucky Derby.

In a large field there's a simple better chance for a good closer like Orb to find swallowed up in a pack, but this year's Preakness field is small enough where Orb can get over his poor draw.

While Orb shall be pitted against Kentucky Derby farm pets like Goldencents, Mylute and Itsmyluckyday on Saturday, he will not be pitted against of your horses that finished toward the very best at Churchill Downs couple of weeks ago.

Golden Soul, Ground-breaking and Normandy Invasion, who finished second through fourth with the Derby, are all absent out of this weekend's race.

Fifth- along with sixth-place finishers Mylute and additionally Oxbow will race, but neither came all around matching Orb's world-class pace down the stretch for the Derby.

The other best contender, Departing, didn't race inside Derby, running in your Grade III Illinois Derby in its place. But unlike Orb, Going out of has yet to establish he possesses the achievement to win a Double Crown event.

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