Kid Cruz Win Might Lead to ‘Michael Sam Moment’, Owners Promise

Kid Cruz at 10-1 odds might be the sentimental favorite to win this year’s Preakness Stakes race.

Linda Rice hopes to become the first female trainer to win a Preakness Stakes.

Owners Steven Brandt and Ric Boylan are both gay and life partners.  The two are considering sharing what they termed a “Michael Sam moment”, alluding to the gay NFL Draft pick who kissed his boyfriend live on national television last week.

"We thought, 'Wow, it would be great for Linda to be the first woman (trainer) to win a Triple Crown (race)," Brandt said before this week's annual Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course, where he and Boylan were introduced as owners of Kid Cruz, a 20-1 shot in the morning line.
"And he (Boylan) said, 'Well, you know, we might be, I don't know that we are, but it's quite possible we could the first married gay couple to win a Triple Crown (race) or to even be in one.'
"Of course, you don't know who's in other partnerships that race. But we kind of were thinking, 'Wow, that would be kind of nice.”

Kid Cruz odds of winning this year’s Preakness have gotten shorter over the past 24 hours.

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com