With just five career starts and only one third place finish this colt will be gunning to take down the Preakness picks favorite and bust a Triple Crown run for the current betting favorite ORB. Sired by WAR FRONT, DEPARTING is coming off a first place finish in the Illinois Derby and has had almost a months rest before he gets loaded into the gates at Pimlico.

The 2013 Preakness Stakes post time is set for 6:19PM and DEPARTING will be one of the freshest horses in the field. He could be one to watch, if weather conditions hold out for the race. The current forcast does call for clouds and the potenial for showers at post time.

Trainer A. Stall Jr. has given Brian Hernandez the mount for the Preakness, as he has for every start of this contenders career, which has earned $628,000 for DEPARTING and his owners.

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