Field for Saturday's Preakness Stakes came together in unusual ways

Field for Saturday's Preakness Stakes came together in unusual ways

The field for Saturday's Preakness Stakes, second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, came together in some odd ways, aided by decisions to skip the race.

The New Face of the Preakness

LAUREL, MD–With the first two finishers in this season's Kentucky Derby opting to bypass the Preakness Stakes, something that hasn't happened in a quarter of a century, a full field of 14 readies to earn Classic glory in Saturday's second jewel of the Triple Crown, which will be staged at Laurel Park for the first, and quite likely, the only time. Despite the absence of what looks like the divisional leaders at this point, the 151 renewal of the…