HIGH LIMIT (Maria's Mon) came out of his last-place finish cut up and bleeding after grabbing both hind quarters, and Bobby Frankel initially ruled out the Preakness, saying High Limit would miss two weeks of training and not run for at least a month. However, following a veterinarian exam, Frankel told reporters that the colt was doing better than he expected and High Limit's injuries weren't bad enough to rule out a shot at the Preakness.

Apparently Noble Causeway and not Sun King nipped him by the chart.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner WILKO (Awesome Again) bled on Saturday, but that doesn't concern trainer Craig Dollase, who said a decision on the Preakness would be made later.

"He had a little bit of bleeding yesterday and that was a disappointment, but he is in good spirits today, " Dollase said. "The little bleeding issue, obviously, it can be fixed, so I fell pretty good about it, especially after seeing the way he came back.

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Hard to say the pace issue was going to do High Limit in. He had rated in the Blugrass and was 3 lengths better than CA despite jumping shadows at a dead rail. He needed a tough race on his light seasoning and he got it in the Bluegrass. Appeared to be rating when injured, we'll never know for sure, but that injury sure deprived him of a chance to beat a winner that you have to be skeptical of.



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