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If fast-finishing Alydar doesn't make an earlier move in the Preakness than he did in the Derby, he's going to come in a speedy second and Affirmed will have a good shot at winning the Triple Crown. William Leggett reports from Pimlico.

The mild bull of the Pampas, Guillermo Vilas, has been marking time since last season's triumphs. As the Argentinian tennis player-poetaster readies his game for the Italian and French Opens, Curry Kirkpatrick examines his troubled psyche.