Analyzing The Preakness

[Rupert Pupkin]

How many times in the past 30 years have the fractions been slower? These were the slowest fractions I can ever remember. Oxbow ran the half in :48 3/5. Let's look at the fractions over the last several years in the Preakness. Last year they went :47 3/5. The year before that :46 2/5, the year before that :46 4/5, the year before that :46 2/5, etc.

That being said, I still think the best horse won.

This was actually the slowest final time in the Preakness in 50 years. However that could be somewhat misleading because the track was on the slow side yesterday.