Lookin At Lucky wins Preakness, Super Saver fades

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    Change of jockeys, change of fortune.

    Five years ago, Martin Garcia was working in a deli making sandwiches. He couldn’t name even one of the Triple Crown races. But the 25-year-old jockey stole one of them Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert a Preakness win with a trouble-free ride.

    Garcia beat veteran Calvin Borel, who had predicted a Triple Crown sweep after his colt Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby in the muck.

    Baffert made a gutsy call between the two races, opting to take veteran Garrett Gomez off Lookin At Lucky, who was anything but in a series of mishaps in big races dating to last year.

    “Our luck had to change somehow the way the trips have been,” Baffert said.

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