Handicapping the PREAKNESS...

As far as the PREAKNESS – Believe the ‘key’ to the race betting will be RACHEL ALEXANDRA finishing at least second!!! The extraordinary filly will have horses to legitimately contest the pace unlike in the KENTUCKY OAKS. BIG DRAMA, MUSKET MAN, POINTof-the-NILE, will contest the early going. [MUSKET MAN sparkled in work-out at 4f at Monmouth while the well-beaten FRIESAN FIRE worked 5f to legitimize and lend credibility to his physical condition for his presence in the PREAKNESS!] FLYING PRIVATE worked well also. Doubt MINE-that-BIRD will have the ‘trip’ or the jockey’s knowledge of the track or the weather condition he enjoyed so much. ONCE AGAIN – BELIEVE THE ‘KEY’ TO THIS RACE IS RACHEL ALEXANDRA FINISHING AT LEAST IN THE 2 SPOT WITH A COMBINATION OF MUSKET MAN, PIONEER-of-the-NILE, FRIESAN FIRE, FLYING PRIVATE with MINE-that-BIRD IN THE ¾ SLOTS FOR THE SUPERFECTA. Doubt MINE-that-BIRD can win it under a fresh jock and change in weather conditions. Would have taken PAPA CLEM as he was close to MM, PotN, in K-DERBY but you can’t bet all of these suckers?! CAN YOU?