Big Brown gets seventh post in Preakness

Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown will break from the seventh post position in the Preakness Stakes and was installed as the 1-2 favourite on Wednesday. If the muscular Big Brown wins tomorrow's race he would enter the June 7 Belmont Stakes with hopes of becoming the first winner of the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. Big Brown is unbeaten in four career starts and has earned more than $2.1 million. He won the Kentucky Derby by nearly five lengths after starting from the outside 20th post. Arkansas Derby champion Gayego, the only horse other than Big Brown to run in the Kentucky Derby and make the trip to Pimlico Race Course, will break from the 12th post in the 13-horse race and was listed at 8-1. The third choice in the 133rd Preakness at 10-1 was Behindatthebar, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt who was the Grade II Lexington Stakes at Keeneland last month.