Joe Nevills, sales editor of the Daily Racing Form and columnist for Arabian Finish Line, analyzes the Preakness Stakes field in post position order in the form of haiku - a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
#1 - Multiplier
The next horse to turn
The Hawthorne/Preakness double
Wins at my expense
#2 - Cloud Computing
Making his fourth start
Recent efforts don't scream out
"I want this distance"
#3 - Hence
Middling Derby tilt
Still outshines most shooters here
Fourth seems about right
#4 - Always Dreaming
The Derby winner
Lived up to hype at Churchill
The win goes through him
#5 - Classic Empire
Derby rewards trips
Preakness rewards better horse
It could still be him
#6 - Gunnevera
Never been a fan
Of deep closers coming back
After bland Derby
#7 - Term of Art
His closest finish
In a meant-for-dirt stakes race
Is six lengths behind
#8 - Senior Investment
Promising future
Winning nice allowances
This seems ambitious
#9 - Lookin At Lee
Dynamite rail trip
Never seems to fool them twice
When the show moves east
#10 - Conquest Mo Money
Hard not to root for
But he seems to hit his wall
A few panels short
Prediction
Champ Classic Empire
Channels Lookin at Lucky
Four, ten fill the tri