Bob Baffert watched the Kentucky Derby in exile from his California home, and when it came time to head to Baltimore this week, he waited until almost the last possible moment. To some extent, neither Preakness week nor the entire Triple Crown series itself truly begins until the guy with the snow-white hair shows up.

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is looking for back-to-back Triple Crown victories when he takes on seven other horses in the Preakness Stakes.

Just two weeks after Mystik Dan’s upset photo finish victory in the Kentucky Derby, horse racing fans will once again have an opportunity to win big in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing’s so-called Triple Crown, is slated to start at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday in Baltimore.