Street Sense and Hard Spun, the one-two finishers in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, drew outside post positions for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, which as expected attracted a field of nine. Their connections, however, didn’t seem concerned with the draw.

Street Sense, a son of Street Cry owned by James Tafel and trained by Carl Nafzger, drew post eight and is the 7-5 morning line favorite, while Fox Hill Farm’s Hard Spun, trained by Larry Jones, drew post seven as the 5-2 second pick. Street Sense and Hard Spun will be ridden by Calvin Borel and Mario Pino, respectively

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