Preakness Day Card

[Silver Charm]

Looks like 18 Scratches so far. The Gallorette has 4 horses with the 1 and 2 and 9 and 10 out.

The rain will clear out shortly. I don\'t know how quickly (if at all) the Main Track will dry out.

I kept falling into the hands of Mr. Irad Ortiz Jr when I was looking at these races last night which isn\'t necessarily good. No value. So I will look some more but he is aggressive. I don\'t like Prevalence in the Maryland Sprint. Too inconsistent. Super Chow stays in. Picks up JJ and likes it wet. But Prince of Jerico has me most intrigued. Gets 4-6 lbs from the 2 and 3. Ran 2nd here last year coming off a route. Good at the distance. Brittany Russell is the Queen of these Tracks. And I expect this son of Munnings to focus on Sprints this year. This is one of the more competitive races on the Card.

[ajkreider]

Saw a stat on the intranets this week that Irad was 1-22 going two turns on dirt at Pimlico.

[Silver Charm]

Great point and someone else made the same point (wrongly). But there are only TWO Dirt Routes on the Card. Sir Barton and the Preakness.

I don\'t like Irad in the Sir Barton. Shug adds blinkers and he is there on the grounds. But this horse has no price. And he likes to take them back a little too much for my liking. However the blinkers do go on soooooo.

Mighty Message may be ready for a jump up. At least there is a price and with Tuscan Sky scratched could get a favorable stalking trip if he is good enough

[HP]

I thought the 2 Real Macho was live at a price in the Sir Barton and now gets Prat.

Good luck!

HP

[Ace]

I bought the sheets and analysis today. Great job on the 2nd race, that made my day profitable. I didn\'t hear anyone mention the Preakness winner before the race. I wouldn\'t have bet him with your money.  Frankly surprised he was only 9-1

[jerry]

It was a ratty field of horses. I wouldn’t have been surprised if any of them had won.

Hats off to the sheriff though. I’ve never been a Lukas fan from way back to D Wayne-off-the-plane but I’m happy for him. To get it done at 88 against the best in the business is quite a feat.

[jbelfior]

Who was the bigger head scratcher yesterday......Crabs & Beer or Seize the Gray?


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[HP]

I liked Crabs and Beer but keyed Beatbox and lost.

[jerry]

C&B, although that was another race without any strong standout aside from Beatbox.