Rivals lining up to take on Mine the Bird

USA: There is unlikely to be any shortage of rivals willing to take on shock Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird when he bids to win the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday week.

Pioneerof The Nile, Musket Man and Papa Clem - second, third and fourth respectively at Churchill Downs - are likely to run in the Pimlico Classic.

Front-runner Join In The Dance, who finished seventh, and tenth-placed General Quarters are set to join them.

Likely new shooters include the unbeaten Hull, who won his third race in the Grade 3 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs on April 25 for Dale Romans.

Kiaran McLaughlin may run Charitable Man, seventh to General Quarters in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland after a long layoff.

Other possibles in an unusually large turnout may include Blue Grass Stakes fourth Terrain,Santa Anita Derby fourth Take The Points, Swale Stakes second Big Drama, Tesio Stakes winner Miner's Escape and Coolmore Lexington Stakes runner-up Conservative.