Kentucky Derby Winner Takes Preakness

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(CNN) -- Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another surged to a surprise win Saturday at the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown alive.

I'll Have Another went into the race with 3-1 odds, behind Bodemeister, the favorite with odds at 2-1.

Bodemeister took an early lead and stayed in front for most of the race. But on the home stretch, I'll Have Another broke loose, charging up the side and past Bodemeister to score a dramatic win.

Bodemeister came in second and Creative Cause took third.

The Preakness, the second of three races that make up the storied U.S. Triple Crown, is run at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

No horse has swept the Triple Crown -- the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes -- in 34 years.

The Belmont Stakes is scheduled to be run on June 9.

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It would be cool to see another triple crown winner, but nothing will ever beat the races Secretariat ran. 'Big Red' is in a class of his own.