Preakness Beyer

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Many years ago I began downgrading 1 3/16 races at Pimlico 5 or 6 points. It has served me well. For whatever reason, the races just come back too fast. This includes many Preaknesses and Pimlico Specials, as well as ordinary races.

probably isn't the correct distance or the runups changed.

[parsixfarms]

Judging from the final time of the Schaefer (1:47.4) and the horses that ran that time (Flashy Bull and Hesanoldsalt), the track was at least 3-5 lengths faster than normal towards the end of the card.

Also, there was a lot of moisture in the track for the Preakness. Just take a look at Street Sense as he was coming through the stretch. His front was covered with dirt/mud (and Calvin ran out of goggles).