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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
Is, oddly enough, shaping up to be the most interesting race of the year.
Besides the Derby horses going there, I've recently read from the connections of both Cal Nation and Maclean's Music that the Preakness is on their radar.
I'd also not be surprised if Bind showed up there as well.
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Cal Nation simply isn't competitive in the Preakness right now... he won an empty MSW race at GP. He came back in what looked like a sneaky tough spot - an N1X alw race where both his stablemate and a 17/1 outsider had clearly superior pace numbers to him. He did not respond well to having to work a lot harder early on at grossly overbet odds. A two-turn cutback with better pace numbers beat him in surprsingly weak time.
Maclean's Music should not be rushed to make the Preakness. He is not freaking Curlin. If they handle him like a sprinter and don't rush him - he will be a much better sprinter than a Curlin ever was as a router.
03-24-2011, 11:39 AM
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