Challengers Lining The 'Street' For Preakness

UNDATED (AP) _ Kentucky Derby winner ``Street Sense'' could face ten challengers when he attempts to capture the Preakness and set up a shot at the Triple Crown. <br/><br/>``Mint Slewlep''

Thursday, May 10th 2007, 7:39 am

By: News On 6

UNDATED (AP) _ Kentucky Derby winner ``Street Sense'' could face ten challengers when he attempts to capture the Preakness and set up a shot at the Triple Crown.

``Mint Slewlep'' became the latest confirmed starter yesterday. Mint Slewlep ran fourth in the Withers at Aqueduct in his last start. The bay colt is trained by Robert Bailes, and is best known for sending out ``Scrappy T'' to a second-place finish in 2005 Preakness after the horse nearly knocked winner ``Afleet Alex'' to the ground at the top of the stretch.

Others set to take on Street Sense on May 19th at Pimlico include Derby runner-up ``Hard Spun'' and 17th-place finisher ``Teuflesberg.'' Also expected are ``King of the Roxy,'' ``Xchanger,'' and one of two three-year-olds trained by D- Wayne Lukas _ ``Flying First Class'' or ``Starbase.''