We love the Triple Crown and we are here just for you.

What's good, everybody, welcome into our Preakness Stakes episode of the early edge.

I am the coach, and every time there's a big event, it doesn't matter the sport.

We've got an episode just for you under the umbrella.

And this week, the second leg of the Triple Crown, it's the Preakness Stakes, the 146th running this Saturday,

647 Eastern on NBC. There's only one man that can do us justice when it comes to horse racing. Let's bring

him in right now. He is Gene Manez. Sir, how are you? I'm doing great, coach. You know,

two weeks ago in the Kentucky Derry, even though we had the Oaks Derby double, I felt like it was

a missed opportunity, so we're going to go back and try to win it even bigger this time at the Preakest States.

I know you will.

But before we go forward, we have to look back because of all the controversy.

What's the latest, I guess, with the Kentucky Derby winner who will run this week.

What do you have?

So as we know, two weeks ago, Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby, but failed a post-race exam for a cortico

steroid. We're still waiting on the split sample to come back, but it's very likely that

Medina Spirit will be disqualified from the Kentucky Derby once the whole process plays out the appeals process.

Now, that is no comfort to anyone who had Mandaloon at 26 to 1 to win in the Kentucky Derby.

You're not going to be able to cash those tickets.

That's gone.

Moving forward now, the Maryland racing officials and trainer biopards. going to be able to cash those tickets that's gone.

Moving forward now, the Maryland racing officials and trainer Bob Baffer have reached an agreement

that Medina Spirit will undergo additional testing and monitoring leading up to Saturday's

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