Connections:

Trainer:   Arnaud Delacour
Jockey:   Javier Castellano
Owner:   Lael Stable

Comments:

Divining Rod won his first start as a 2-year-old at Laurel Park then shipped to Tampa Bay Downs where he was 3rd in an allowance race. He made his 2015 debut in the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), finishing 2nd, then was 3rd in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2). He then went to Keeneland and won the Coolmore Lexington (G3).


They decided to pass on the Kentucky Derby and go straight to the Preakness.

Stats:

Foaling Date:   3-30-2012
Pedigree:   Tapit - Precious Kitten x Catienus
Dosage Profile:   5-9-13-1-0
Dosage Index / CD:   2.73   0.64
2014 Record:   2 Starts: 1 - 0 - 1, $24,800
Best Beyer Figure:   98
Triple Crown Nominated

More Info:

Here are links to profiles, past performances, pedigree info, and more.

• Pimlico profile
• Daily Racing Form profile
• Equibase profile
• Blood Horse profile
• America's Best Racing profile
• Horse Racing Nation profile
• Past Performances from Racing Post
• Recent workouts from DRF
• Full pedigree and dosage info

More Preakness Info:

• 2015 Preakness Contenders - with links to profiles and photos for each
• Free Past Performances - for the Preakness from BRISnet.com.
• Preakness Weather Forecasts
• Kentucky Derby Results and Photos - American Pharoah wins
• Preakness Infield Changes - After 2009's massive tightening of the rules which resulted in a huge drop in attendance, officials relaxed things slightly. You can't bring beer, but you can buy a special "all you can drink" Mug Club ticket.

• Preakness Traditions - Black-eyed Susans to the winner, the Woodlawn Vase trophy, the Alibi Breakfast, painting the weather vane, and more.
• Preakness Entry Rules - the field is limited to 14 starters, here is how they determine the order of preference if more than that enter.
• Preakness Info Central - the main list of everything Preakness
• Preakness 101 - A basic introduction the the second jewel of the Triple Crown
• Past Preakness Winners
• Fillies in the Preakness - a look at the 53 fillies who have run in the Preakness and how they finished. So far only 5 have won.
• Preakness official site - news, history, and more
• Baltimore Sun Preakness Section - news, articles, and more
• Triple Crown Mania - from Blood Horse
• Preakness Special - from DRF
• Triple Crown Trail - the prep race schedule with results
• Triple Crown Trivia Quiz - test your knowledge of the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont and compete with others.
• Triple Crown Index - the master list with even more info

The Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873, two years before the first Kentucky Derby, and was named for the horse who had won the Dinner Party Stakes in 1870, Preakness. At that point in time, Pimlico was one of the most important tracks in the country, far more respected than Churchill Downs, and 12,000 people attended that first running. There were only seven horses in that first Preakness and the winner was a colt named Survivor who romped home by 10 lengths, still the longest winning margin ever in the Preakness. The race did not prosper over time though, and in 1890 was moved to Morris Park in New York then Gravesend in Brooklyn not to return home until 1909. Over those 17 years, the race was only run 15 times so despite starting two years before the Kentucky Derby it is only on the 129th running while the Derby is on the 130th. Once the race returned to Pimlico, it was built into the grand tradition it is today with the painting of the weather vane in the winner’s colors and the playing of “Maryland, My Maryland” during the post parade.