#1 Hockey Sucks Go have another lockout:D


#2 Not a big name but Bushwhacked might be out with a 103 Fever and 2 new names being discussed are Exhi and Rule

DRF reported today that Drosselmeyer was likely for the Dwyer. Makes sense as no way Winstar wants one of their other horses to beat Super Saver in the Preakness.

Winstar is not running Rule against Super Saver.

Would be great to see A lil warm....:$:

"A Little Warm, who was a possible Preakness runner, has been fighting a temperature since shipping last week from Florida to Delaware Park and is not currently under consideration for the race, trainer Tony Dutrow said Monday."

http://www.drf.com/news/article/112667.html

NT

:tro:

I laughed.

If running Rule can result in another pace like in the derby...

Wabbit.

I'm looking at the NTRA stakes schedule. Can it possibly be right that the Preakness is the only graded stake run at Pimlico on Preakness day??

I hope not. In trying to find an answer at their website I came across this oddity:

"Among the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winners are classic fillies as Nellie Morse, who was the only filly ever to also take the Preakness;"

One grade 2 and 4 grade 3's in addition to the Preakness

http://www.preakness.com/preaknessWeekStakes

Preakness day always turns out to be the chalkfest Derby day isn't for some reason.

First Dude is in and Mission Impaziable might be

Drosselmeyer and Turf Melody are drawn into the Dwyer

Preakness Contenders (PP's)
 

Preakness Contender PP's

Possible Preakness starters
By David Grening

1. Aikenite (Todd Pletcher)
2. A Little Warm (Tony Dutrow)
3. Caracortado (Mike Machowsky/Paul Atkinson)
4. Dublin (D. Wayne Lukas)
5. Hurricane Ike (John Sadler)
6. Jackson Bend (Nick Zito)
7. Paddy O Prado (Dale Romans/Kent Desormeaux)
8. Pleasant Prince (Wesley Ward)
9. Schoolyard Dreams (Derek Ryan)
10. Super Saver (Todd Pletcher/Calvin Borel)
11. First Dude (Dale Romans)

12. Mission Impazible (Todd Pletcher) Possible
13. Lookin At Lucky (Bob Baffert/Garrett Gomez) Possible
14. Northern Giant (D. Wayne Lukas) Possible
15. Yawanna Twist (Rick Dutrow) Possible

Noble's Promise OUT... going to England.

http://drf.com/news/article/112762.html

It would make more sense for Dublin to go to Ireland...

Yawanna Twist, the lightly raced son of Yonaguska finished second in a pair of Grade 3 races this spring, the Gotham (March 6) and Illinois Derby (April 3) could join the Preakness field it was learned Friday. Yawanna Twist worked six furlongs in 1:17.20 on May 4 at Churchill Downs.

“Rick said we are going to see how he works and if all goes well we’ll get on that plane with the rest of them and head on over,” said Jim Riccio of Steel Your Face Stables. “We started late with him so it was tough to get a line on how good he actually is. He has to be 100 percent for us to step up against these other horses.”

Conveyance is out,LAL is still 51%

I think First Dude is confirmed Steve

Slowly but surely, the race is being conceded to Super Saver.

Make Music For Me, according to the DRF Hollywood track report will run next in the Belmont (Alphie's Bet will point to a turf race vs. his elders).

All we need now is for the "51%" Lookin At Lucky to drop out and then hopes will rest squarely on Dublin's well-rumoured limbs.

The silver lining, will be a pre-race rainstorm (which I heard was possibly in the cards), which although also favorable to the favorite, will at least give Paddy O'Prado a stronger chance to duplicate his Derby effort.

I think the next defection will be A Little Warm, who had a fever after shipping up to Delaware and was supposed to work this weekend. He has not worked, so hopefully Tony Dutrow will re-think this and run him in the Woody Stephens on Belmont day.

NT