134th Preakness Field Close to Set

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Originally Posted by JerseyJ

Because Mine That Bird isn't that good of a horse when he's not running in the mud, saving ground with a rail skimming ride by Borel. Borel rode the horse perfectly on that day. Chances are the horse is no where near as good as he showed last week and will never run to that level again without the optimal setup that he received last week. I guess he could but others are more likelier.

i hear what you are saying but the fractions in the preakness with RA and Big Drama could be just as quick , why wouldn't that help a horse that comes off the pace , assuming that's what the connections tell the new jock to do?

if the race falls apart because of pace , why can't he win again, if he runs back to his new top

don't 3 yr olds usually pair up? he ran two low 80's at Sunland , now he has a 105 off track or not why are we to believe that he can't repeat that beyer effort?