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[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

Looks like it's happening in the Preakness too. Field down to 10. Which I guess isn't too bad, if they actually make it to the gate. All 3 of Brad Cox runners out. Now all 3 of the horses that finished closest to Medina Spirit in the Derby are out.

Do we know about Medina Spirit? He should be the fav for sure and the smaller field will be to his liking. I don't see him going to the Belmont even if he wins this one.

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Do we know about Medina Spirit? He should be the fav for sure and the smaller field will be to his liking. I don't see him going to the Belmont even if he wins this one.

So far the signals from the Baffert camp have been positive. Medina Spirit is still in Louisville along with Concert Tour. I think that CT will work on Sunday after which final decisions will be made. It seems likely that both could run. To me it would be a close call as to which one might be the favorite.

Entries will be drawn on Monday. There will probably be a number of additions and defections between now and then, including the ML fav in the Peter Pan who could be one of two Chad Brown entrants.

[RUFFIAN]

PURRRFOUND 🏆 OR POINTLESS 🙄

R1
2–5–1–4–3

R2
1–4–6–12–10
(( MTO = 5–8–1–4–6 ))

R3
5–13–7–11–6

R4
4–3–1–2–5

R5
5–9–10–4–2

R6
1–5–2–3–4

R7
6–5–3–7–2

R8
5–7–8–9–6

R9
6–3–4–2–1

R10
1–8–3–7–5

R11
2–9–6–1–3

Catnip 🐱 Quiche To Help Calculate

[cal828]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Do we know about Medina Spirit? He should be the fav for sure and the smaller field will be to his liking. I don't see him going to the Belmont even if he wins this one.

[Roamin42]

R1…6-2-1

R2…12-1-6

R3…3-7-13

R4…1-4-2

R5…3-9-12

R6…3-1-5

R7…5-1-6

R8…10-3-5

R9…1-6-3

R10..5-6-8

R11..1-6-3

[cal828]

R1 2-5-4-3

R2 6-4-9-1

R3 11-5-7-2

R4 4-3-1-2

R5 5-9-3-12

R6 3-1-2-6

R7 7-5-3-6

R8 5-1-8-6

R9 3-2-1-4

R10 8-1-5-2

R11 9-1-2-6

[JolyB]

Have to post my picks early so that I can go and watch my youngest grandson play Little League baseball tomorrow morning. They missed all of last season but will hopefully make up for lost time. Don't know if I'll be back to check for scratches or not so I'll have to guess on several that I don't think will be running in the stakes races

R1: 2-5-1-4-3
R2: 1-6-12-7-9
R3: 11-7-5-13-6
R4: 3-4-1-2-5
R5: 5-4-10-9-2
R6: 1-2-5-3-4
R7: 5-6-3-1-2
R8: 5-8-7-9-2
R9: 3-2-4-1-5
R10: 1-8-7-3-2
R11: 1-2-9-6-7

Success to all and thank you to Plenilune for scoring.