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American Pharoah heads small field of 8 horses in Preakness

FILE - In this photo taken Saturday, May 2, 2015, jockey Gary Stevens (10) and Firing Line, lead eventual winner American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, left, during the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Stevens nearly won another Derby two weeks ago aboard Firing Line. The 52-year-old rider knows his way around Pimlico Race Course, too, and says his once-aching knees are feeling great and he’s ready to go in the Preakness. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
FILE - In this photo taken Saturday, May 2, 2015, jockey Gary Stevens (10) and Firing Line, lead eventual winner American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, left, during the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Stevens nearly won another Derby two weeks ago aboard Firing Line. The 52-year-old rider knows his way around Pimlico Race Course, too, and says his once-aching knees are feeling great and he’s ready to go in the Preakness. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) FILE - In this photo taken Saturday, May 2, 2015, jockey Gary Stevens (10) and Firing Line, lead eventual winner American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, left, during the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Stevens nearly won another Derby two weeks ago aboard Firing Line. The 52-year-old rider knows his way around Pimlico Race Course, too, and says his once-aching knees are feeling great and he’s ready to go in the Preakness. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

BALTIMORE (AP) – Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah will face seven challengers in Saturday’s Preakness.

Vying to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, American Pharoah will part of the smallest Preakness field since 2000.

Trainer Bob Baffert has two entrants: American Pharoah and Dortmund, who finished third in the Derby.

Firing Line, who took second in the Derby, is also entered. Firing Line has come in either first or second in all six of his career races.

The other horses in the field are: Bodhisattva, Danzig Moon, Divining Rod, Tale of Verve and Mr. Z.