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Did you know:
-The Preakness was named for a horse named Preakness
who won a stakes race at Pimlico in 1873. The
Stable name was also Preakness and was based
in Wayne, New Jersey.
-The first African American jockey to win the
Preakness was George “Spider” Anderson
in 1889.
-Between 1890 and 1906, the Preakness was run
in Bronx, New York, at Morris Park Racetrack
and at Gravesend N.Y. Racetrack.
-1948 was the first year
the Preakness was televised.
-The top Preakness winning
jockeys are Eddie Arcaro, 6 and Pat Day, 5.
Now back to this year’s race. Here is
how I see it, a field of five or maybe six,
but still a lot of strategy for the jocks.
Alex Solis up on Brother Derek will have no
choice but to go to the front. After his terrible
trip in the Derby, he must try to win this wire-to-wire.
Solis’ biggest problem is to settle Brother
Derek down so he has a kick left for the final
eighth of a mile when Barbaro is breathing down
his neck.
Sweetnorthernsaint will
also be up close to the pace and should be stalking
whoever takes the lead. Jockey Kent Desormeaux
will not have the traffic problems he had in
Kentucky and will be ready to strike around
the final turn, with an eye over his shoulder
watching for the Big Guy.
Like Now does not have
a rider assigned yet, but he is in over his
head and should not be a factor. However, he
too may run to the front, which could make a
fast pace and set it up for Barbaro, again.
Hemingway’s Key (Jeremy
Rose) and Bernardini (Javier Castellano) will
have to run the race of their young lives to
stay with this small group of well- bred opponents.
So then we have Edgar Prado
and Barbaro. Prado is made for this horse. He
can rate with the best of all time and Barbaro
loves to come on late.
In the Derby, Barbaro was
just off the pace of .46 and then 110. for the
six-furlong and he still had plenty left to
finish with a rush. The only way to beat him
Saturday is to try and steal the race wire-to-wire.
Free Preakness Stakes
Pick - So what’s the pick, easy- a Barbaro-Sweetnorthernsaint
exacta box.
P.S… Don’t
forget on Friday the Preakness Special a $500,000
race for older horses will be run, a great race
for you BetUS.com bettors.
Funny Cide, West Virginia,
Wanderin Boy, Invasor (Uruguayan champion),
We Can Seek, and Harlington are slated to start
in a very completive race. It is on national
TV Friday afternoon.
For any questions
or horse picks, email me at [email protected].
Posted on Tuesday, May
16, 2006 @ 10:03:23 AM
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