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"I’m hopeful he breaks as well Saturday as he did in the Lexington and gets a good forward position," Cox said of First Mission.
Coffeewithchris, a multiple stakes-winning son of Ride On Curlin, will be ridden by Maryland-based Jaime Rodriguez.
Chase the Chaos earned a fees-paid berth in the Preakness with his victory in the El Camino Real Derby on Feb. 11
The connections of Coffeewithchris alerted the Pimlico Race Course racing officials Saturday morning that the Maryland-bred son of Ride on Curlin is being pointed toward a start in the May 20 Preakness Stakes (G1).
“I have never been to a Triple Crown race before because my saying was ‘when I have a horse in it, I'll go,’” he said. “And now I do."