SILVER CHARM TABBED PREAKNESS FAVORITE CAPTAIN BODGIT, FREE HOUSE DRAW ATTENTION.(Sports)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 15, 1997 | Copyright information

Bob Baffert doesn't expect Silver Charm to duplicate his Kentucky Derby performance.

This does not mean, however, the trainer is conceding the Preakness at Pimlico on Saturday.

``I can't see him running the same race he did in the Kentucky Derby, but he still will run good because he's got a lot of class,'' Baffert said yesterday. ``He knows how to win.''

Silver Charm was the 4-1 second choice when he beat 3-1 favorite Captain Bodgit by a head in ...

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