The 149th Preakness Stakes
MyRaceHorse owns Seize the Grey, the 2024 Pat Day Mile Winner.
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Seize the Grey Owners Revel in Preakness Experience
2024 Black-Eyed Susan May 17 PPs
2024 Preakness 149 May 18 PPs
This is Horse Racing – Tom Law – Preakness Day stakes picks
Steve Haskin – Askin’ Haskin – Preakness Advice: Don’t Let You Imagination Run Free
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – View From The Eighth Pole: Who Will Win The Preakness?
TDN – T.D. Thornton – TDN Preakness Preview: Muth’s Scratch Plays In Favor of Derby Hero Mystik Dan
Brisnet – Get to know the 2024 Preakness Stakes contenders
America’s Best Racing – A Beginner’s Guide to the Preakness Stakes
America’s Best Racing – Patrick Reed – 2024 Preakness Stakes Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt and Joe Perez – Forecast Morning Rain on Preakness Day at Pimlico
Trip Notes for Serious Horseplayers
2024 Preakness Stakes G1
May 18, 2024 Pimlico Race Course 1 3/16 miles Dirt $3,000,000
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds (Updated) |
| 1 | Mugatu | Jeff Engler | Joe Bravo | 20 – 1 |
| 2 | Uncle Heavy | Robert E. Reid Jr. | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 20 – 1 |
| 3 | Catching Freedom | Brad Cox | Flavien Prat | 7 – 2 |
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | Mystik Dan | Kenneth G. McPeek | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 8 – 5 |
| 6 | Seize The Grey | D. Wayne Lukas | Jaime Torres | 12 – 1 |
| 7 | Just Steel | D. Wayne Lukas | Joel Rosario | 12 – 1 |
| 8 | Tuscan Gold | Chad C. Brown | Tyler Gaffalione | 9 – 2 |
| 9 | Imagination | Bob Baffert | Lefranco Dettori | 3 – 1 |
Western Canadian Derby Series
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Buddha
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt and Joe Perez – Forecast Morning Rain on Preakness Day at Pimlico
This is Horse Racing – Tom Law – Preakness Day stakes picks
Paulick Report – The Haiku Handicapper Presented By FanDuel Racing: 2024 Preakness Stakes
To read previous editions of The Haiku Handicapper, click here.
#1 – Mugatu
Shut out at Churchill
They’d have creamed him anyway
Not a lot to like
#2 – Uncle Heavy
Do you believe in
Putting lines through bad races?
If you do, take note
#3 – Catching Freedom
Needs some pace to close
But always seems to find it
Primed to run again
#4 – Muth
SCRATCHED
#5 – Mystik Dan
The Derby winner
Dug in hard at Churchill Downs
How deep is his tank?
#6 – Seize the Grey
Cap his class, distance
And he’s a very nice horse
Oops, there goes the cap
#7 – Just Steel
Derby pace flameout
Rosario gets his best
Is his best enough?
#8 – Tuscan Gold
His resume’s light
Fits Chad Brown’s Preakness blueprint
Must pay attention
#9 – Imagination
Back-up now first string
Lives for the action up front
He’ll fight hard for it
Prediction
Flip last year’s result
“Gold” tops Imagination
Three, five fill super
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – A Mystik Dan Preakness Win Would End a Drought
TDN – Sara Gordon – Preakness Contender Mugatu Brings Blue-Collar Stable To Classic Stage
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mugatu Brings Engler to Racing’s Biggest Stage
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez and Sean Collins – Uncle Heavy Hauls Reid Family to Preakness
It is no wonder that most who came to the goldfields in search of wealth returned home empty handed. Running a gambling house was the easiest way to mine for gold.
David G. Schwartz
New York Times – Eric Asimov – Despite War, Ukrainian Wines Are Finding a Global Audience
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
Isaac Asimov
New York Times – Joe Drape – Barred by Churchill Downs, Bob Baffert Is Welcomed at the Preakness
Covers – Geoff Zochodne – Horse Racing is Set on Winning Over Sports Bettors. It Isn’t Easy.
Phil has a question:
How can you win sports bettors over when Covers has no horse racing on its site other than the Preakness.
DRF – Matt Hegarty – It’s the end of Pimlico as we know it, and the people feel fine
The Conversation – Alexandra Boutros – Why do American rappers see Drake as not Black enough?
#1 – Jeanne Marie
Maturing quickly
Benefits from the rail draw
Could hang on for some
#2 – Ringy Dingy
An ambitious spot
For a seasonal debut
She appears outmatched
#3 – Lemon Muffin
Outclassed in the Oaks
Just like in the Fantasy
Are we sure she’s good?
#4 – Call Another Play
Local ladder climb
Hitting one heck of a rung
Her best could chart here
#5 – Gun Song
Lost to some good ones
None of which are in this race
Excuses are gone
#6 – Whocouldaskformo
Seeking her level
After graded stakes thumpings
Not much entices
#7 – Corposo
Light on seasoning
Might have a distance ceiling
Can her class carry?
#8 – Recharge
Southwest pace runner
Outside post could hurt her plans
Pedigree helps, though
Prediction
Time for her solo
Gun Song gets her graded win
Four and eight follow
America’s Best Racing – Bob Ehalt – 2024 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at a Glance
DRF – David Grening – Preakness 2024: Mystik Dan finds himself in unexpected role as favorite
The Ringer – Justin Sayles – The Nostalgic Glow of the Movie Soundtrack
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck.
Buddha
The New Yorker – Deborah Treisman – Alice Munro Reinvigorated the Short Story
TDN – Christina Bossinakis – Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Phil’s reprising:
ESPN – Arash Markazi – In Preakness infield, party is the only event that matters
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Dettori Can Imagine an Initial U.S. Triple Crown Win
Steve Haskin – Askin’ Haskin – Preakness Advice: Don’t Let You Imagination Run Free
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – View From The Eighth Pole: Who Will Win The Preakness?
TDN – T.D. Thornton – TDN Preakness Preview: Muth’s Scratch Plays In Favor of Derby Hero Mystik Dan
Paulick Report – ‘Nothing Much Fazes’ Mystik Dan: Kentucky Derby Winner Schools In Pimlico Paddock
Paulick Report – Legendary Frankie Dettori Takes On First Preakness Stakes With Imagination
TDN – Christina Bossinakis – What’s Old Is New Again at Pimlico
You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
Cormac McCarthy
The Ringer – Alan Siegel – Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’
TSN – Darren Dutchyshen: 1966 – 2024
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Avengers Using Their Imagination for a Preakness Double
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Seize the Grey Owners Revel in Preakness Experience
TDN – Joe Perez – Gasaway Provides Balance for Mystik Dan Team
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – McPeek Hopes to Win Preakness Under ‘Normal’ Conditions
Bloodhorse – The Road – Byron King – The Road: More ‘Fresh’ Horses Challenging in Preakness
Phil saw a commercial for Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Bars during one of the NBA playoff games. Phil’s never seen them in his local corner store or 7-11. Phil’s always been a fan of the baseball bar – Babe Ruth or the literary bar – O Henry.
Bloodhorse – Graham Motion – Industry Voices: Safety Innovations Spur Optimism
Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.
Hunter S. Thompson
The Ringer – Alan Siegel – Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’
Phil has a question:
Did Phil just score an Armstrong hat trick.
Brisnet – Vance Hanson – Threat of rain could impact Preakness Day grass stakes
Phil has a question:
Why would that fucking useless piece of shit TSN aka Toronto Sports Network have golf as their lead story with the Canucks and Oilers game on tonight.
SportsNet – Knights, Warriors, Voltigeurs, Spirit to face off at 2024 Memorial Cup
Phil has a question:
Can you guess the word that got Sim a 5 game suspension.
(Phil tried and it’s not Thursday’s Wordle)
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
Gordie Howe
MIT News – Jennifer Chu – Newly discovered Earth-sized planet may lack an atmosphere
“Here in Ituna, Saskatchewan, we’re in the process of building a [hockey] rink. I think, if I can, I’m going to sell it. Some of the proceeds will go to the rink,” he said. “That’s where I was born and raised, so why not?”
CBC – Jason Warick – Chunk of space debris lands in Sask. farm field
CTV News – ‘So many good memories’: Ituna begins teardown of iconic arena
If you look at a map of the 306 the towns along the CN Line are in alphabetical order.
The Guardian – Anna Berrill – Beyond cabbage: great variations on slaw, from beetroot to mango
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
H. L. Mencken
Paulick Report – Wet Track ‘Definitely Not A Disadvantage’ For Kentucky Derby Hero Mystik Dan
Bloodhorse – Brown Using Winning Method to Change Triple Crown Luck
Paulick Report – Report: All Post-Race Test Samples Clear For Kentucky Derby, Oaks Days
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mystik Dan Performs ‘Happy Gallop’ Ahead of Preakness
TDN – Preakness Update: All Contenders on Pimlico Grounds
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – NBC’s Tirico Reflects on Classics’ Evolution, Preakness
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Baffert: Fever Results in Muth’s Scratch From Preakness
I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.
David Goggins
DRF – David Grening – Muth to scratch from Preakness after spiking a fever
Bloodhorse – Fever Forces Scratch of Muth From Preakness Stakes
Phil has a question:
When will the minions at CDI get those smug sanctimonius grins off their faces.
How many trainers are ruing their decision to skip the Preakness now.
ESPN – Michael A. Fletcher – A struggling neighborhood’s big bet on Pimlico’s future
America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Rachel Alexandra: A Superstar Filly for the Ages
America’s Best Racing – Dan Tordjman – Meet the Jockeys of the 2024 Preakness Stakes
TDN – Bob Baffert Joins TDN Writers’ Room Podcast
“There are only two positions in basketball: on the floor and off the floor,” he says. “And I like being on the floor.”
The Ringer – Rob Mahoney – Aaron Gordon Found His Basketball Destiny With the Denver Nuggets
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
Buddha
Munro Books – Celebrating Alice Munro
Paulick Report – NBC Sports To Present 11 Total Races Preakness Weekend
Bloodhorse – Pimlico Offers Pair of Two-Day Pick 5s With 12% Takeout
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – At 88, Hall of Famer Lukas Remains One For the Ages
TDN – Preakness 149: Mystik Dan, Lukas Pair Gallop Tuesday
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Albarado Excited About Mystik Dan’s Preakness Chances
Bloodhorse – Mystik Dan Team Pursues Sir Barton With Gould’s Gold
“I loved all the shots of the tennis ball.”
Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they’ve always made me glad.
Malcolm X
New York Times – Frank Bruni – There’s No Meal Better (or Longer) Than an Italian Sunday Lunch
Horse Racing Nation – Mark Shifman – Preakness Stakes 2024: Odds and analysis
Steve Haskin – Current Again After 50 Years
Paulick Report – Joe Nevills – Why Is Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan’s Name Spelled Like That?
TDN – Alan Carasso – Muth Favored To Give Baffert A Ninth Win In the Preakness
The Ringer – Kevin O’Connor – The Atlanta Hawks’ Prize for Winning the Lottery? Um, Options?
Phil has a question:
Will the headline about Goff’s contract extension be the same 2 years in.
ESPN – Ryan S. Clark – Avalanche’s Valeri Nichushkin suspended at least six months
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Robert Frost
TSN – CP – Maradona heirs say Golden Ball trophy was stolen, want auction stopped
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Muth Favored in Preakness; Mystik Dan Second Choice
Phil has a question:
If the Cheneys and Lucien Laurin juiced Secretariat for his record breaking Triple Crown performances, why wouldn’t they juice the rest of their barn and get record breaking performances from all their horses.
Why couldn’t Big Brown beat Secretariat’s records when Big Brown was actually juiced.
TDN – Mystik Dan Gets First Feel Of Pimlico Main Track
Bloodhorse – Ed McNamara – Hernandez’s Riding Passion Traces to Cajun Country
Forbes – Jay Ginsbach – Preakness Stakes 2024 Odds And Horse Profiles
Horse Racing Nation – Carolyn Greer – First Look: Preakness leads 10 graded stakes on the calendar
Phil has a question:
Is it cuz the Republicans are against the use of drugs or cuz they don’t want the Feds cutting into their profits.
The farmer is a born philosopher, the aristocrat has to learn how.
Polish Proverb.
The New Yorker – Richard Brody – How Hindsight Distorts Our View of the Beatles in “Let It Be”
Southern Living – Lisa Cericola – 46 Side Dishes For Your Memorial Victoria Day Cookout
Horse Race Insider – PREAKNESS EVE: SIX STAKES
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Can Lemon Muffin Snap Lukas’ Black-Eyed Susan Drought
Bloodhorse – Mystik Dan Arrives at Pimlico For Preakness
TDN – Mystik Dan Settles In At Pimlico; Contenders Begin To Arrive
Bloodhorse – Catching Freedom Confirmed for Preakness by Cox
Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P.J. O’Rourke
The Cut – Amil Niazi – Who Is Mother’s Day Really For?
Phil has a question:
Wouldn’t saying that Chuck E. Cheese serves pizza be a bigger lie.
NY Times – Eric Kim – The Most Surprising Thing About Deep Dish Pizza? It’s Not That Deep.
1 Person to win the Kentucky Derby as a jockey and as a trainer, Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet in 1943 and as conditioner of Majestic Prince in 1969.
2 – The number of people who have both ridden and trained a Preakness winner. Louis J. Schaefer won the 1929 edition as a jockey aboard Dr. Freeland and later trained Challedon to victory in 1939. Johnny Longden duplicated the feat by winning the 1943 Preakness on Count Fleet before training 1969 winner Majestic Prince.
America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – By the Numbers: The 2024 Preakness Stakes
TDN – Peter Pan Winner Antiquarian To Ship To Saratoga With Eye On Belmont
Paulick Report – Mary Eddy – Antiquarian Likely To Target Belmont Stakes After Peter Pan Win
TDN – Tom Frary – Camelot’s Los Angeles Wins The Derby Trial
SportsNet – Justin Bourne – Sheldon Keefe’s end in Toronto is his chance at a new beginning
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir
Bloodhorse – Byron Kimg – Antiquarian Flashes Belmont Stakes Creds in Peter Pan
TDN – Belmont Stakes-Bound Antiquarian Becomes First Graded Winner for Preservationist in Peter Pan
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mystik Dan to Enter Preakness
TDN – Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Gets The Green Light For Preakness 149
The Ringer – Nate Rogers – Steve Albini Was a Hater to His Core. And We’re All Better for It.
Politico – Joanna Weiss – Why Stormy Daniels Isn’t Getting the Monica Lewinsky Treatment
The Score – Caio Miari – Peyton: Belichick to be permanent guest on ‘ManningCast’
SportsNet – Luke Fox – Shanahan considers changes to Maple Leafs core with own job in jeopardy
A mother understands what a child does not say.
Jewish proverb
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – Three-Year Deal On The Horizon For Arizona Horsemen, Turf Paradise
Paulick Report – Catching Freedom Giving Brad Cox Confidence To Wheel Back In Preakness
The Conversation – Digging into the colonial roots of gardening
The master’s eye is the best fertilizer.
Pliny The Elder
New York Times – Jesus Jiminez – Farewell, Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Band
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
Walter Scott.
Bloodhorse – Pete Denk – Repole: Japan Has Caught Up to Us on Both Turf and Dirt
The horse that was overlooked time and again became invaluable to the Japanese racing industry as a breed-shaping stallion. Once more, the last word belonged to Sunday Silence.
America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted
Bloodhorse – Muth, Imagination Breeze in Company for Preakness
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Torres Comes Full Circle in MyRacehorse Preakness Ride
There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.
Aldo Leopold
Bloodhorse – Gaffalione Fined for Kentucky Derby Ride
Horse Racing Nation – Kentucky stewards fine Gaffalione $2,500 for his Derby ride
TDN – Bill Finley – Churchill Stewards Hold Gaffalione Blameless for Ride on Sierra Leone
Phil’s not about to waste a good rant:
Mr. Finley is dead wrong. The stewards did not find Gaffalione blameless for his ride on Sierra Leone. The stewards did not take any action which is not the same as finding Gaffalione blameless.
The fucking parochial Kentucky stewards, CDI, The Kentucky Racing Commission, HISA and HIWU should all be ashamed of themselves. The state of Kentucky should put up a sign at their borders and airports: Any thoroughbred owners, trainers and horses from California or Japan will receive discriminatory treatment from our stewards and tracks while we protect the good old boys.
Like Phil has said before, you can take the billy out of the hills, but you can’t take the hill out of the billy.
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Hernandez Confident in Mystik Dan’s Ability
Brisnet – James Scully – Deterministic, The Wine Steward square off in Peter Pan
City News – ‘Irate male’ assaulted Newfoundland officer with block of cheese, police say
Phil has a question:
Would you say that the guy was cheesed off.
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
Edgar Allan Poe
104.3 – Stormin’ Mormons: Utah Residents Suggest Names For New NHL Team
Phil has a question:
Why have none of the sports scribes mentioned that the NHL is moving a team to a state that is absolutely anti-gambling.
Sports Illustrated – Conor Orr – The Jayden Daniels–Malik Nabers Bet Is Silly, but Harmless
Phil has a question:
Has Sutter got his crops in yet.
Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.
Mahatma Gandhi
Southern Living – 127 Mother’s Day Messages And Quotes For A ‘Happy Mother’s Day’
Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P.J. O’Rourke
Paulick Report – Preakness: Chad Brown Will Send Lightly-Raced Tuscan Gold
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – The Road: Inside Look at Hernandez’s Winning Derby Ride
Mystik Dan comes through on rail
TDN – Catching Freedom ‘Under Consideration’ For Preakness
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Moore Signs Pimlico-Centered Racing Plan Into Law
ESPN – Greg Wyshynski – NHL coaching carousel: Tiers of top coaching candidates
Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
Babe Ruth
New York Times – Lindsay Soladz – Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.
Bloodhorse – Lukas, Rosario to Pair With Just Steel in Preakness
Bloodhorse – Stronghold Aimed to a Midwest Derby, Endlessly to Turf
TDN – Stronghold and Endlessly Regroup at Santa Anita after Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Albarado a Secret Ingredient to Mystik Dan’s Success
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Mystik Dan Debuts in Sixth-Place Tie in World Rankings
SportsNet – Luke Fox – Sheldon Keefe overdue fall guy for Maple Leafs’ failures
Aren’t All Coaches just interim coaches.
Kenny Schinkel
SportsNet – Ryan Dixon – Four Mitch Marner trades the Maple Leafs could consider
Phil has a question:
Does Ryan Dixon hate the Leafs that much to propose such ridiculous trades.
Isn’t the rule of all sports trades that the team that receives the best player wins.
Did Phil forget that it’s Treliving making the trades for the Leafs now.
Hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.
Fred Shero
The Athletic – Jonas Siegel – Maple Leafs fire coach Sheldon Keefe after first-round playoff exit
Bad shooters are always open.
Pete Carril
SportsNet – CP – Toronto Maple Leafs fire head coach Sheldon Keefe
If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
Casey Stengel
TSN – Berube betting favourite to land Maple Leafs’ head coaching job
Phil has a question:
Has Sutter got his crops in yet.
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
H. L. Mencken
America’s Best Racing – David Hill – Secretariat, the Preakness, and a 39-Year Controversy
Horse Racing Nation – Informed Patriot will skip Preakness, run in Texas Derby
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – What’s Going on Here: Not Seeing the Light
Phil has a question:
Wasn’t HISA, HIWU supposed to bring a standardization of rules to US racing.
If it’s the Japanese horse and jockey leaning in on the American horse how fast would the inquiry light have gone on.
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Eighth in Wood, Deterministic Regroups in Peter Pan
Bloodhorse – Pimlico’s Preakness Meet: Back in Action
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Langston Hughes
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mystik Dan Back to His ‘Old Self’ in First Day Back
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Withers Stakes Winner Uncle Heavy to Run in Preakness
TDN – Kenny McPeek Joins the TDN Writers’ Room Podcast
The Honest Broker – Ted Gioia – All Bad Music Will Eventually Disappear
TDN – Jill Williams – Saturday Sires: Goldencents
When uncashed tickets are “purged” at the end of the fiscal year in June, those unclaimed monies go directly to the Kentucky Racing Health & Welfare Fund, which benefits in-need workers in the state’s large Thoroughbred racing industry—people who hold titles such as groom, exercise rider, hot walker, and assistant trainer. Programs include medical, dental, vision, and chiropractic care, plus contributions to a retirement plan.
Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – Commissioners Grapple with Power Limits Amid Sports Betting Boom
Bloodhorse – Colonial Downs Unveils 2024 Stakes Schedule
Phil has a question:
How can they be the Arlington and Beverly D when they’re not at Arlington.
And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I’ll take the pennant every time.
Carl Yastrzemski
TDN – Monmouth Park, Caesars Celebrate Sportsbook Groundbreaking
TDN – Mugatu Confirmed for Preakness
“The fact that we’ve removed Lasix from the conversation makes it an even better test. Horses recover quicker without the Lasix. Lasix was a detriment. I know there are guys that will hear me say that and scream, ‘I need Lasix.’ No, you don’t need Lasix. Maybe there are certain horses that do and, yes, we do have bleeders. But they shouldn’t be the ones running in the Grade I, Grade II, Grade III races. The two weeks is easier without the Lasix because the Lasix would dehydrate a horse and then you’d have to recoup that fluid within the two weeks.
TDN – Bill Finley – McPeek Gives Update on Mystik Dan’s Preakness Status
Phil has a question:
Has anyone ever gave a better reason for getting rid of Lasix.
Paulick Report – Mystik Dan To Resume Training Wednesday; Mugatu Confirmed For Preakness Start
The Ringer – Nora Princiotti – Ranking the Best Jokes From the Tom Brady Roast
ESPN – What makes Macklin Celebrini the next big thing in hockey
TSN – Sharks win NHL Draft Lottery, will pick No. 1
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mystik Dan Vaults to Top of NTRA 3YO Poll After Derby
2023 Western Canadian Triple Crown
Phil has a question:
Is there going to be a Western Canadian Triple Crown in 2024.
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.
Mary Oliver
“First, Goldilocks said the interest rates were too high.
Then, Goldilocks said they were too low.
Then, in agreement with the Federal Reserve Board, she finally said they were just right.”
DRF – Matt Hegarty – Bill transferring Pimlico ownership to state passes in Maryland legislature
TDN – Katie Petrunyak – How I brought five young people to their first Kentucky Derby
TDN – Lukas Double To Baltimore; McPeek Upbeat On Mystik Dan
TDN – Beverly Strauss Named Honorary Preakness 149 Postmaster
Phil has a question:
How many people remember that Conn Smythe was a Canadian thoroughbred breeder and owner.
Paulick Report – Preakness Weekend Offers Horsemen Bonuses And Qualifiers
Andscape – Marc J Spears – Kyrie Irving finds comfort zone with Dallas Mavericks
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
Edgar Allan Poe
Phil has a question:
Does Kenny McPeek remember back to the days when he trained Mystik Dan’s great grand-sire, Harlan’s Holiday who raced 21 times winning 9 with 5 seconds and 2 third earning $US2,462,644.
Is Kenny McPeek second guessing.
TDN – Preakness Possibles Line Up
Bloodhorse – Mystik Dan’s Preakness Status Undecided, Others Pass
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Connections Savor Kentucky Derby Win From Mystik Dan
America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Key Takeaways You Need to Know From Kentucky Derby Weekend
TDN – McPeek Weighs Preakness Shot for Thorpedo Anna
Paulick Report – Victor Ryan – Preakness Candidates Muth, Imagination Tune Up At Santa Anita
The horse that was overlooked time and again became invaluable to the Japanese racing industry as a breed-shaping stallion. Once more, the last word belonged to Sunday Silence.
America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted
Phil M Stockmen
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