kingdom is a co-favorite with dialed in. kenny rice is live in the middle of all the excitement for us in baltimore. this makes it three years in a row we had this meeting on preakness morning. good morning to you. tell us about the talk. it is always good to see you on preakness morning, alex. we have a lot of excitement going on here because the big horse animal kingdom arrived about 30, 35 minutes ago, about an hour away from here at fair hill, maryland. he came in and he s in his stall, number 40, the stall that houses the preakness the derby winner traditionally. there is a lot of excitement with him. can he be that super horse and win the preakness? so, okay, this year s preakness, though, kenny, how do you see it as being any different this year than in previous years? does it change the tenor just based on the horses from year to year? yes it does. coming into this year there was a horse named uncle mo who was last year the best 2-year-old. everyone was looking at him t
today s other competitors. reporter: coming into this year there was a horse named uncle mo who was last year the best 2-year-old. everyone was looking at him to be the next super horse. he got injured and went to the sideline. there was no second place horse at the time. animal kingdom at 20-1 comes in the winner. he comes in here today but he ll be challenged by 13 other horses. there s dialed in and a new horse that s coming on to the scene, dance city, that are likely to contend with him today. i like dialed in. let s bring them. be sure to watch the 106th preakness stakes at 4:30 eastern time on nbc. a gap oust the gate has left newt gingrich trailing the pack. here s a look at how a ten-second sound bite on meet the press kicked off catastrophic campaign week for the gop veteran. i don t think right wing social engineering is any more