Under the "Twilight Zone" moment, I could have sworn I put up my Preakness analysis on the Blog. I was away for the weekend and was going to sit down to do my Preakness postmortem, when I noticed my Preakness prognostication was missing. I searched for drafts, under my old blog, under my bed--all to no avail. I have no idea what happened. However, my mystery was your enormous gain since my order of finish was Hard Spun, Street Sense, Circular Quay. You would have bet $75 and come back with a pitiful $3 show price on Hard Spun. Turn the page.
Too bad for Street Sense. He had the race won; but, Street Sense got to the lead and decided to gawk at the crowd and lost the race on a "head-bob" to Curlin. It's time for trainer Carl Nafgzer to invest in a good set of blinkers for Street Sense. I thought Curlin had the "fear of God" put into him in the Derby and he would regress. Wrong! He came through with a breathtaking performance that equaled the track record now shared by Secretariat, Tank's Prospect and Louis Quatorze. Not bad company, huh?
With a suicidal pace being set by Xchanger and Flying First Class, Mario Pino moved Hard Spun to the lead way too early and was sucking wind in mid-stretch. This was a race meant for closers; so, it was a big disappointment when Circular Quay showed nothing. Something is not quite right with this horse. Time for a rest.
Congratulations to the connections of Curlin. I must also say that Calvin Borel on Street Sense showed a TON of class in defeat. While upset he didn't win, he was thrilled for his fellow Louisiana buddy Robby Albarado. God will always reward that type of sportsmanship. Calvin-- YOU were the winner that day!
Racetrack Lenny
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