I'm sorry for the delay in sending the Post-Preakness standings in The Royal Edition 11ARFTCHC. It's been a busy, yet strangely slow-moving week. Those Preakness ponies were moving fast though, equaling the stakes record for a dramatic edition of the race. It started with Curlin stumbling slightly out of the gate, moved on to Hard Spun dragging Mario Pino to the lead going into the far turn, continued with Street Sense coming through on the inside again to take the lead, and finished with Curlin finding another gear in the stretch to win on a head bob. You could make a movie about a race like that! It sure would be nice to see a rematch in the Belmont. Steve Asmussen and Larry Jones, trainers of Curlin and Hard Spun, respectively are up for it as long as their horses are. Larry Jones says it's his turn to win the next race. Street Sense's connections are considering if they'll run. There are several other intriguing possible starters. They include Derby horses Tiago, Imawildandcrazyguy, Nobiz Like Shobiz, and Great Hunter.
Also possible are Chelokee, trained by Barbaro's trainer, Michael Matz, Peter Pan Stakes winner, Sightseeing, and Cristobal, who has run twice in France. It should be a good race no matter who shows up.
Here's the order of finish for the Preakness. I've also listed the margin each horse finished ahead of the one behind it and the chartwriter’s comments for each horse, so you can see how your picks fared.
Curlin 1 (head) stumbled break, 5 wide
Street Sense 2 (4) swung 4 wide, yielded
Hard Spun 3 (1 ½) 5 wide move in hand
CP West 4 (1 ¼) wide trip, 4 wide move
Circular Quay 5 (3 ¾) 4 wide 3/16, mild rally
King of the Roxy 6 (6 ½) angled 5 wide, no bid
Mint Slewlep 7 (8 ½) checked bumped break
Xchanger 8 (4 ¼) broke inward, bumped break
Flying First Class 9 pressed pace, tired
Times :22.83 :45.75 1:09.80 1:34.68 1:53.46
Payouts
Win $8.80 $3.80 $2.80
Place $3.00 $2.40
Show $3.00
2$ exacta $23.20
2$ trifecta $50.00
As for The Royal Edition 11ARFTCHC several people had all three horses and gained some ground. Gordon was the only one of the three leaders to have all three horses, so with a total of $238.40 he's trying to put some distance on the rest of the field. There will still be plenty of opportunities for the rest of us to put in a Street Sense-type move from behind and catch Gordon. There's bound to be some longshots in the Belmont that can help us close the gap. I've listed your Preakness picks below. I've also added up the total money won for each horse, the Preakness in total, and the current grand total for the contest. I hope the table lines up OK for you. If not, let me know and I'll send you the standings in a different format.
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Until then may the horse be with you.
Libby
