Analyzing The Preakness

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

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.

When the surface of the track is very slow, the raw fractions will also be very slow.

Cheap claimers can run 21 and change at Turf Paradise because the surface is lightning fast.

Whenever you see a turf course get yielding, good horses can go 25 and change and 51 and change and easily get caught.

Like I said, the pace was a +4. That means the pace figure was 4 points faster than the final time figure.