Epicenter is 6-5 favorite for Preakness without Rich Strike
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Rich Strike is not in the field for the Preakness Stakes. Epicenter is the morning line favorite. Happy Jack, Simplification and Secret Oath are the other horses in. Bob Baffert's horse, Early Voting, is in there. The horse won the Kentucky Derby. It's the second Preaks without the Derby winner in four years. The winner of the last two Preakers was disqualified. There are nine horses entered for Saturday's $1.65 million race. They are: Epicentre, Simpleification, HappyJack, Secret oath, Taiba, Messier, Armagnac, Creative Minister, Skippylongstocking, Fenwick, and