Analyzing The Preakness

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Beyer thought the pace was slow. I will quote him from today's article: "Oxbow was able to set such an easy pace, covering the first six furlongs in 1 minute 13.26 seconds".

I would only agree with what he wrote if "easy" meant uncontested.

If he meant "easy" to mean slow, I would disagree.

An uncontested lead is dangerous on dirt, but the pace should correctly be classified as "even" "fair" or "average"