Bode leads Baffert to Preakness

Frank Carulli sets the 2012 Preakness Stakes morni: Pimlico oddsmaker Frank Carulli talks about setting Bodemeister as the 8-5 favorite for the 2012 Preakness Stakes. (Yetta Feltner/Shoot-It Photography ) BALTIMORE — I'll Have Another won the

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Having just arrived Wednesday afternoon at Pimlico, the trainer quickly grabbed a shank and began walking Bodemeister so that a groom could prepare a stall to receive as its new resident the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 137th Preakness.

Three of the top participants from the Kentucky Derby are out for the Preakness. Dullahan, who finished third, Union Rags, who finished seventh and Hansen, who finished ninth, have all been scratched from the lineup.

SALISBURY — The 137-year-old Preakness Stakes has become the crown jewel of Maryland sporting events, and is the second-largest horse race in the entire country. On Saturday, May 19, the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore will celebrate the