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ATLANTA (CNN/SI) - Facts on the possible entries in the 124th Preakness. Entries are based on career earnings and limited to 14 horses. Odds are in parentheses.

Charismatic (6-1) Jockey: Chris Antley Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Post Position: 6

Comming off a stunning win in the Derby as a 31-1 shot. Charismatic's 15 starts make him the most seasoned of the 14 entrants. A son of 1990 Preakness winner Summer Squall, Charismatic was coming off a 2 1/2 length score in the Lexington Stakes when he surprised the racing world with his Kentucky Derby victory. The chestnut colt also won the Santa Catalina Stakes this year. Owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis, who own 1997 Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm, Charismatic has four wins in 15 lifetime starts, including a claiming-race win on February 11. Jockey Chris Antley now has captured the Derby twice, but is still looking for his first Preakness win.

Last year's Breeders' Cup juvenile fillies winner will try to become just the fifth female to own Preakness glory. Excellent Meeting will be making her 13th career start and is seeking her eighth win. Kent Desormeaux, who has past riding titles at Pimlico, will be aboard.

Had a great trip and ran a game race in the Derby before being caught by longshot Charismatic in the stretch. Cat Thief has just two wins in 12 lifetime starts, but has hit the board in 11 of those races. Jockey Mike Smith returns to the Triple Crown circuit this year after spending 1998 at home recovering from back injuries suffered in a fall. He won the Preakness with Prairie Bayou in 1993. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won the Preakness four times among his unprecedented 11 Triple Crown victories.

It's hard to believe that a horse mentioned in almost everyone's top three for the Derby could fall to a 30-1 also-ran. Don't buy it. Vicar is hero of the Florida route to the Triple Crown, having captured the Fountain Of Youth and the Florida Derby along the way. Vicar's last race was a third-place finish in the Blue Grass. Jockey Shane Sellers was aboard in the Derby but Nafzger opted to switch to Robbie Albarado for Saturday.

Menifee's strong race to a second-place finish in the Derby has the oddsmaker installing him as a 5-2 favorite for the Preakness. Should get a much better trip than his start from the unfavorable 19th post two weeks ago. Trainer Elliott Walden saddled Victory Gallop to victory in last year's Belmont Stakes after second-place efforts in both the Derby and the Preakness. Jockey Pat Day chose Menifee over two others to get him to the Preakness Stakes winner's circle for an amazing fifth time this decade. He has won the Preakness five times overall, including three straight from 1994-96.

Shane Sellers gets the mount on Kimberlite Pipe after riding Vicar to an 18th-place finish in the Derby. Trainer Dallas Stewart worked under the tutelage of trainer D.Wayne Lukas before branching out on his own. Kimberlite Pipe has four wins in 12 career outings and earnings of over $500,000. The Take Me Out colt ran fourth in the Blue Grass Stakes prior to his Derby start. He won half of his six 2-year-old races, but has just a win and a show effort in six races this season. Sellers' best Preakness effort was a second-place finish aboard Skip Away in 1996.

Stephen Got Even was 3-for-3 in 1999 before finishing a disappointing 14th in the Derby. But Zito rebounded Louis Quatorze from a 16th place finish in the 1996 Derby with a Preakness triumph. The Gallery Furniture.com Stakes winner is the son of 1992 Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy. Chris McCarron, who rode Stephen Got Even for the first time in the Derby, won't be aboard in the Preakness after suffering a leg injury in a fall on Tuesday. Zito was able to secure Gary Stevens when his mount Silverbulletday opted for the Black-Eyed Susan.

Wood Memorial winner Adonis had the rail in the Derby and finished 17th, so trainer Nick Zito went for the nine hole this time even though the rail was still available. Zito won this event with Louis Quatorze in 1996. The Kris S colt has three wins in seven lifetime starts. Adonis is one of 10 horses to run in the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Worldly Manner won three of four sophomore starts, under the tutelage of Baffert before being scooped up by the Godolphin Stables and carted off to Dubai to train. He won the first of two 'Derby Trials' held by Godolphin in Dubai. However, this will be his second official start. Benefits from having Hall of Famer jockey Jerry Bailey. Bailey won the 1991 Preakness aboard Hansel.

Was a victim of the Valhol fiasco which cost him a start in the Kentucky Derby. Unraced since a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on April 10. He may be credited with second once the investigation regarding Valhol and the use of an electric stimulating device is resolved. The Line In The Sand colt has run in the money in all five career starts. Torrid Sand did not race as a 2-year-old but won a pair of races at Gulfstream Park prior to the Arkansas Derby.

One of the three newcomers to the Triple Crown circuit, Badge is coming off a fourth-place effort in the Wood Memorial April 10. The Air Forbes Won colt has had eight career races -- all at Aqueduct in New York. The Gotham Stakes winner has won 3-of-5 races this season. Mike Luzzi will be aboard the colt for the first time.

Valhol's 'shocking' win in the Arkansas Derby stirred up a lot of controversy but the courts intervened and Valhol made an appearance in the Derby. The Diazo colt turned in a 15th-place clunker, realizing how tough it is to win without a jolt. Valhol picks up Edgar Prado, who replaces Willie Martinez, who took over for Billy Patin following the Arkansas Derby incident. The morning-line odds tell the story, only a tow truck could help the gelded Valhol, who has just four starts under his belt with only the tainted Arkansas Derby 'win' to his credit.

Another newcomer to the Triple Crown scene, Patience Game is coming off a 2 1/4-length win in the Derby Trail and has won two straight. The lightly-raced colt by Woodman has just four career starts, tying for the least in the field with Valhol, and has never been worse than second. Jockey Corey Nakatani finished 13th aboard Desert Hero in the Derby and has been aboard Patience Game in all his outings.