Re: Patterns going into the Preakness (383 Views)
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big18741 (IP Logged)
Date: May 13, 2005 04:48AM
Giacomo fully extended and bearing in.
Closing Argument-chases a ridiculously hot pace battles all the way to the wire and bears out.
Afleet Alex under a drive on the turn and not good enough to pass a 71-1 shot who chased one of the faster paces in Derby history and can't hold off the 50-1 plodder who has a loss to Going Wild on his resume in the Sham stakes.I think he'd have trouble winning the Sir Barton stakes on the undercard at Pimlico by 5 lengths.He'd do well just to repeat the 2.5 from the Derby.I see him going back even further.
The drifting for the top two doesn't bode well especially on short rest.They emptied the tank in the stretch and I see both going backwards despite what the pattern stats might show.
It's a good spot to look at one of the also rans or the new shooters.