Post Mortem

[TGJB]

Yes. Virtually no run up at 6f. First quarters and final times come up about 4/5 slow.

[miff]

Pimlico sprint run up in sprints is 5 feet,Preakness 30 feet

[miff]

Lani has never \"flown\" since he got off a plane, total slug has never run a split in two races resembling fast

[TGJB]

And yet he just got beat 1 1/2 for second. Things might look different with a different ride and rider.

[miff]

Lani gigantic pace set up in both races here, needs to get rid of woody he sports all too often, breeding great

[Leamas57]

Of course, Miff, it\'s retrograde motion (common in the Zen state). The leading horses were moonwalking. I might point out that his last published work at Belmont wasn\'t bad at about 1:01. At least they were working on it.

We could check his splits for the last 3/16, too, but I wonder about the refusal to ride him a little closer to the pace and also (as TGJB points out) how it would have looked if, for example Ranerie, had been on him.

Leamas

[miff]

Leamas,

Painfully looked at all his races overseas,weak fields.Made a decent long wide run 4 back but otherwise he\'s been one kinda paced.Training regimen and jock, yea.

Don\'t look at late splits for him or anyone in Preakness,they are horrifying.


Mike

[Leamas57]

I know, Mike, but I had a thing for Loni Anderson and the name is so close I keep looking for reasons to love the creature.

L

[miff]

Lea,

Don\"t forget Lani is hay,oats and sushi(no lasix)

Mike

[Leamas57]

Alas, she\'s probably gray now, too.

Leamas

[Topcat]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Which way was the wind blowing?
>
> Not sure about the rail on dirt, but it looked
> look a rare dead grass rail Tiger Ride etc.).
> Jocks looked to be trying to stay away by the
> Dixie.

I could write a book on just this . ..  the jocks who understood the prevailing realities . . . the jocks who didn\'t . . .

[jerry]

It was/is a nor\'easter swirling counterclockwise creeping up from the south. Weatherundeground had it out of the ENE but it probably changed through the day. The Pimlico stretch run is run roughly North to South. All that said, there wasn\'t much wind to speak of.

[Gerard]

Wind was nominal out of the North North East (home stretch tail wind) 5-7mph at race time. Not enough to have an impact on an equine.

[boardedup]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Which way was the wind blowing?
>
> Not sure about the rail on dirt, but it looked
> look a rare dead grass rail Tiger Ride etc.).
> Jocks looked to be trying to stay away by the
> Dixie.


The wind was blowing hard in their face up the backstretch/at their backs home stretch and start.  Track was way worse for Preakness then the middle of card races as well.  

Earlier in the day we were commenting on how little the tractor pulling around the starting gate was sinking into the track, noticeably deeper marks before the Preakness. At least by my eye

[boardedup]

Gerard Wrote:
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> Wind was nominal out of the North North East (home
> stretch tail wind) 5-7mph at race time. Not enough
> to have an impact on an equine.


Wow it appeared stronger than that.  Not disagreeing but in the elements I can say that 30 mins before the race and into the race was the only time all day the wind blew hard enough for the rain to come down side ways, maybe it appeared stronger than it was?