Re: Patterns going into the Preakness (443 Views)
Date: May 13, 2005 10:04AM
I have no strong view on whether AA's training etc.. will make him go backwards or not. However, I've always felt this horse would prefer 9F to 10F and I discounted his chances slightly in the Derby because of that.
Anyone think the reason he flattened out a bit was because that last furlong was just a tad more than he can run and deliver a peak performance?
If so, excluding the other issues (just for the moment), maybe he can run another negative number at 1 3/16s if he's still sharp.