Preakness-winning jockey Don Miller

When Don Miller got legged up on his mount in the 108th Preakness, he wasn’t expecting to win.

“Quite honestly, I was very optimistic that I might be able to get him up to fourth, potentially third if everything went amazing,” Miller recalled Saturday, speaking on Off to the Races on The Racing Biz Radio Network.

“But I gotta tell you, the idea of actually winning it was a little foreign to me.”

But getting a brilliant, ground-saving ride from Miller on a sloppy track that he loved, Deputed Testamony powered to a 2 3/4-length victory, dashing Derby winner Sunny’s Halo’s Triple Crown dreams in the process.

Miller joined us to discusss the circumstances that led to that moment and what it felt like to be a local kid of just 19 with a Preakness win.