WINNER of his sole outing at two, Early Voting headed into last weekend’s Grade 1 Preakness Stakes with sound credentials.

In two sophomore starts he had won the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct, and run second in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at the same venue, beaten a neck. Now, on just his fourth run, he gave owner Seth Klarman, who races as Klaravich Stables, the perfect gift for his 65th birthday, an occasion he marked with celebrations at Pimlico.