Preakness is tomorrow and it very well could rain there. It could
change my expert picks, but, as of now with a fast track I will give
Musket Man a big chance. He ran big in the Derby and his last three
races have been very good and very consistent, so I think he will run
good in the Preakness. I give Mine That Bird a shot to hit the board. I
do not think he was a one horse fluke. I think Papa Clem ran a big race
in the Derby. I think he is a little more suited to the Belmont as he
is a bigger courser horse. I think Pioneer of the Nile will be a part
of the trifecta again.
Rachel Alexander I think is a great filly. She ran a great race in
Louisville, against not the best Oaks bunch. (As the second and third
horses were both eligible for NW2.) I see her running third or fourth.
Her post position is not the best, but in a way it might be better than
the inside where she might get pinned or in trouble. I think she might
also bounce a little.
Another horse that scares me is Larry Jones horse, Friesan Fire. He is
by far not as bad as he ran at Churchill and he has come back and
breezed quite good. A win by him would not surprise me, but I guess you
have to put him in your tri somewhere.
Now that I have covered half of the field, you don't know much more than when I started this note.
1. Musket Man
2. Pioneer of the Nile
3. Friesan Fire
4. Rachel Alexander
Luck to All
Mike