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

Written by:
Dan Shapiro
Published on:
May/17/2014
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.

 

2014 PREAKNESS STAKES - WINNER

92001

DYNAMIC IMPACT

+1615

92002

GENERAL A ROD

+1815

92003

CALIFORNIA CHROME

-165

92004

RING WEEKEND

+5250

92005

BAYERN

+1215

92006

RIA ANTONIA

+4550

92007

KID CRUZ

+1015

92008

SOCIAL INCLUSION

+785

92009

PABLO DEL MONTE

+4250

92010

RIDE ON CURLIN

+1015

 

2014 PREAKNESS - WHICH HORSE WILL FINISH 2ND?

92131

DYNAMIC IMPACT

+1015

92132

GENERAL A ROD

+1015

92133

CALIFORNIA CHROME

+385

92134

RING WEEKEND

+2550

92135

BAYERN

+805

92136

RIA ANTONIA

+1815

92137

KID CRUZ

+465

92138

SOCIAL INCLUSION

+425

92139

PABLO DEL MONTE

+2050

92140

RIDE ON CURLIN

+485

 

2014 PREAKNESS - WHICH HORSE WILL RUN LAST?

92143

DYNAMIC IMPACT

+1015

92144

GENERAL A ROD

+625

92145

CALIFORNIA CHROME

+3050

92146

RING WEEKEND

+345

92147

BAYERN

+1015

92148

RIA ANTONIA

+285

92149

KID CRUZ

+2050

92150

SOCIAL INCLUSION

+1815

92151

PABLO DEL MONTE

+605

92152

RIDE ON CURLIN

+1815

 

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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