TRIPLE CROWN RATINGS

REMARKS: Vincent (Jimbo) Bracciale, who rode Broad Brush to victory in the Wood Memorial but finished third aboard the colt in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, has lost the mount to Chris McCarron for the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 17.

Bracciale didn’t have Broad Brush close to the lead in the Derby, then admitted that he moved sooner than he wanted with the Maryland-bred. Broad Brush took the lead after a mile, then lost it inside the three-sixteenths pole as Ferdinand and jockey Bill Shoemaker made their winning move en route to a 2-length victory.

McCarron, second in the Preakness with Desert Wine in 1983 and third with Eternal Prince last year, rode Bold Arrangement to a second-place finish in the Derby. Bold Arrangement is returning to England, where he’ll run in the Epsom Derby June 4.

Despite the presence of Ferdinand, Badger Land and Snow Chief in the Preakness, Broad Brush will get some support in the race because of his good early speed and his record at Pimlico, where he is undefeated. Broad Brush won the General George Stakes and the Tesio there earlier this year, both with Bracciale in the saddle.

Ferdinand was joined by Badger Land, Snow Chief and the filly Family Style on a plane that took the four 3-year-olds to Baltimore Monday. Family Style, who finished third in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs the day before the Derby, is scheduled to run at Pimlico in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes the day before the Preakness.

Badger Land was almost knocked down leaving the gate in the Derby, then closed willingly to finish fifth. “He justified my faith in him by making that late move,” trainer Wayne Lukas said. “He did well, considering that he was lucky to be on his feet early.”

Lukas has won the Preakness twice, with Codex, the sire of Badger Land, in 1980 and with Tank’s Prospect last year. Another of Lukas’ horses, Clear Choice, will run in the Withers Stakes Wednesday at Aqueduct and is also a possibility for the Preakness.

The Withers could produce a few starters for the Preakness, which is shaping up as a 10-horse race. Some other Withers horses, like Tasso, could go to the Jersey Derby at Garden State Park May 26 instead.

The Jersey Derby, a $1 million race, is worth about twice as much as the Preakness. Snow Chief, who finished 11th as the favorite in the 1-mile Kentucky Derby, will run in the 1 3/16-mile Preakness instead of the Jersey Derby because the Garden State race is the same distance as the Kentucky Derby.

Snow Chief not only had trouble with the Kentucky Derby distance, but he was also finished after running just a mile.

TRIPLE CROWN RATINGS Career Horse S 1 2 3 Earnings 1.Ferdinand 10 3 3 3 $950,300 2.Broad Brush 9 7 1 1 615,443 3.Badger Land 13 5 2 0 502,125 4.Snow Chief 14 9 2 1 1,719,04 5.Rampage 9 4 2 0 365,086 6.Tasso 10 6 2 1 881,024 7.Ogygian 4 3 1 0 127,120 8.Wheatly Hall 5 2 2 0 118,300 9.Wise Times 10 3 1 1 111,658 10.Landing Plot 13 6 1 1 213,215