Third in the GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Keeneland's opening weekend, Talkin (Good Magic) will skip the GI Kentucky Derby and be pointed toward the GI Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park by trainer Danny Gargan.Eleven lengths behind 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Further Ado (Gun Runner) as that one dominated the Blue Grass, Talkin would be the trainer's chief hope for a second win in the Triple Crown series behind Dornoch, also a son of Good Magic, who claimed the GI Belmont Stakes in 2024. Gargan said that even if his colt wound up with enough points to make the Derby field, the plan would be to wait for the Middle Jewel at 1 3/16-miles.“The Preakness is the kind of race that fits him,” he said by phone from South Florida, where he was preparing to pack up his winter stable to head north. “I told everybody that even if we ran second in the Blue Grass, we'd probably wait on the Preakness.”“He's not a real big horse. He's average-sized, not a big strong, strapping colt and I don't want to do too much. He's sound, he's really good. I don't want to overwhelm him, and the Derby can be too overwhelming. Twenty horses, and you can get pushed around there and run nowhere or run a mediocre 10th or eighth. I've done that.”Gargan continued, “I want to win another Triple Crown race. [Talkin] fits the smaller field. I think he'll like that track. It's a shorter distance. He really doesn't want to go a mile and a quarter, probably. Hopefully that's the race he can jump up and run big…I'd love to win the Preakness.”Talkin will reportedly remain at Keeneland to train before shipping to laurel Park. The trainer expects that Joel Rosario will ride back, but has Kendrick Carmouche as a back up should something happen.“I'm going to run three or four horses that week,” Gargan said of Laurel. “I have a filly [Grade I-placed] Snowyte that I'm going to run in the fillies and mares route race [Allaire Dupont Distaff]. Golden Tornado, who was probably my best 2-year-old last year, might make his 3-year-old debut in the Sir Barton.”Trendsetter Is Out of Preakness, The Hell We Did Remains PossibleWhile trainer Ben Colebrook ruled out a start in the Preakness for GIII Stonestreet Lexington winner Trendsetter (Modernist), he is neither nominated to the Triple Crown nor will he be supplemented for the race, runner-up The Hell We Did (Authentic) remains a possibility for Maryland's Middle Jewel.Conditioner Todd Fincher has said the Preakness was on his mind heading into the 1 1/16-mile Lexington and the race remains a possibility after Saturday's result. It was The Hell We Did's first time going two turns with all his prior tries at six furlongs. Fincher expects his charge to be much better the second time he goes two bends.“I had envisioned a great race and a win, and then go to the Preakness, but that is a long way away,” he admitted. “We have options. We'll talk with the owners and decide. I think the next time he goes two turns, he'll be a lot better.”“He'd only run six furlongs. We were hoping there would be three or four go to the front [in the Lexington], and we could just chill back there. The pace wasn't super-fast, and he naturally has speed. He put himself in the race–probably not fit enough for that. Very happy with him. He should only improve from here on out.”With five weeks between the Lexington and the Preakness, the race has become a reliable source of contenders, including 2024 Lexington winner turned Preakness runner-up Gosger (Nyquist) and 2021 Preakness victory Rombauer (Twirling Candy), who'd finished third in the prep. Owendale (2019) and Senior Investment (2017) both ran third in Maryland after winning the Keeneland stakes.The post Preakness Possibles Shape Up after Saturday Graded Action appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.