Kent clears everything up

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

"What I don't like is the fact that Real Quiet, Funny Cide and now Big Brown all ran on the exact same dates and they all failed. May 4, May 17 and June 7. It's kind of, I don't like it. I didn't know that beforehand, I know it now."

I don't get the point of this statement.

I don't get the math of this statement. Since when do they run the Derby and Preakness 13 days apart? Is this a typo or is Kent just an idiot? It's only been a month and he can't remember the day he won a Kentucky Derby? Maybe he didn't remember the Belmont was a 1 1/2 mile race.