No Such Word in the Black Eyed Susan

[covelj70]

No Such Word could be a good single in the Susan/Preakness double.  She would also be a good bet at her 4-1 early morning line.

Fast horse.
Well rested.  
Drew well so should save ground on at least the first turn
Right running style for this.
Has kept good company recently as her recent competition generally ran well in the Oaks

Gives up 6 lbs to some of the others which I don\'t love but the ground saving trip that is likely should offset that and this one is much the fastest this side of Tidal Pool.

Tidal Pool bounced in the Oaks but she was on a dead rail so we have to figure out how much that set her back and make a judgment from there but TP is obviously coming back on very short rest so a move back to the 1 tops isn\'t likely anyway even if the horse hadn\'t bounced in the Oaks.

[Michael D.]

Hi Jim. Good analysis on NSW.

I\'ll probably have Seeking the Title on top. She\'s gonna come in a bit slow, but gets Desormeaux, 116 lbs, and a good post in the 9 horse field; should get a good stalking trip here. Well bred daughter of Seeking The Gold put in a very good work while prepping for the Oaks, but didn\'t make the earnings cut. Nice timing for a new top.

[jimbo66]

Tough to differentiate the two horses you guys have come up with.  The play has to be against Tidal Pool, back on 2 weeks, after the big effort on a dead rail.  If she wins, god bless her.  But at what figures to be 6-5ish, she won\'t be on any of my tickets.

Haven\'t seen the TG figs yet, but know that No Such Word is only a shade slower than the favorite, but spots her 6 lbs.  On Beyers, Seeking the Title is as fast as No Such Word, but with seemingly much more upside, off of many few starts.  My guess would be that the figure difference is larger on TG, as TGJB seems to have Oaklawn consistently faster than Beyer (no opinion as to who is right as I don\'t bet the circuit, but have seen it with many Oaklawn shippers recently).  With the fancier pedigree and Desormeaux up, my bet is that Seeking the Title goes off 2nd choice.

If I wind up with longshots in the Preakness (which is very possible), then it may pay to use both and look to beat Borel and Tidal Pool, assuming she is pretty short.