or should I just cheer for California Chrome to break the Triple Crown drought?
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Preakness: any upset possibilities?
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difficult to handicap
Given that only two other Derby participants are in it and they finished 7th & 11th, it's sort of like starting all over again as far as handicapping.
For several of these horses it's a major step up in class (Social Inclusion has gone maiden, allowance, Wood Memorial and now Preakness in just 3 months). Dynamic Impact has some momentum after a win in Illinois. If Kid Cruz is close late then could cash.
It should be Chrome and the other three fighting for 2nd & 3rd.
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I'm not sold on cc. He was able to run his race in the derby because the pace was so slow. There should be more speed here. If a horse like social inclusion gets a good trip and gets out front and cc tries to run on the lead, he could get beat - either by social inclusion or a closer. This field isnt terribly impressive though and if the pace is slow again, he should win. My two cents."Listen to McCarthy" - Art Vandelay
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Only three Derby horses in the Preakness and they all finish in the Top 4 (and Gen. A Rod nearly caught Inclusion for 3rd). Furthers your comment about the unimpressive field.
I don't think CC can get it done in the Belmont if some of those other Derby horses get back in it. But if the field was like today, maybe.....
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Regardless...
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The words to "Maryland, My Maryland" were written in 1861 but it wasn't until 1939 that it became the state song.
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