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Mystik Dan will look to win the second leg of the Triple Crown when he takes on seven other horses in the Preakness. He won the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish since 1947. Kenny McPeek's horse, who was a Derby long shot, did not open as the Preakness favorite. But Bob Baffert-trained Muth was scratched Wednesday after spiking a fever upon arrival at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Muth's absence makes it a field of eight for the race.
