The Preakness is almost here. It looks like Sunday Break and Perfect Drift will not be part of the picture as their trainers have choosen other races for them.

I guess the questions are:

Which horses do you think have the ability to move forward?

Which horses will regress from their last efforts and which (if any) will bounce from here to eternity.

By the way when analyzing the sheets do you analyze the pace scenario as well as analyze the patterns of the horses?

I am thinking/hoping that there will be more pace in this race than in the Derby and I am looking for War Emblem to have company this time on the front end.

By the way not that I am endorsing him because I have yet to see his Thorograph numbers but Easyfromthegitgo has beaten War Emblem twice. Once in January in the Le Compte when Easy came in first and War Emblem faltered in the final 1/16th and came in 5th. Then he was beaten again by Easy in the Risen Star when Easy took 3rd and War Emblem faded in the streach and was 6th.

Thank you in advance for your opinions because they mean a lot to me.