Preakness Notes: May 13
(Edited press release)
BIG brOWN – The unbeaten Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner owned by IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr. is scheduled to ship from Churchill Downs to Pimlico the afternoon of May 14 on a flight with other Preakness Stakes (gr. I) runners Tres Borrachos and Racecar Rhapsody.
Preakness officials have been told the flight with Big Brown is scheduled to land at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport at 5:30 p.m. The van carrying the horses from BWI is expected to arrive at Pimlico approximately one hour later.
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. is expected to attend the Preakness post-position draw, to be held at 5 p.m. May 14 at the ESPN Zone in downtown Baltimore.
If Gayego and Big Brown both run May 17, it will be the sixth time since Kentucky Derby horses began running in the Preakness in 1918 that only two Derby starters moved on to Baltimore for the Preakness. The last time was in 1980 when Codex defeated the Derby-winning filly Genuine Risk in the Preakness.
BEHINDATTHEBAR - The Forest Wildcat colt trained by Todd Pletcher breezed five furlongs in 1:00.13 the morning of May 11 and walked the shedrow May 12.
Behindatthebar has mainly trained and competed on synthetic surfaces. The breeze Sunday at Belmont indicated he is comfortable on a dirt track similar to what he will run over in the Preakness.
“That was encouraging that he was able to work well on the dirt,” Pletcher said. “Now we’ll see if he can adapt to having some dirt in his face. We’re pleased with the way he’s doing.”
GAYEGO – Trainer Paulo Lobo reported May 12 that Gayego is a “go” for the Preakness. The son of Gilded Time is scheduled to arrive at Pimlico the afternoon of May 13 following a cross-country flight that he will share with Preakness hopeful Yankee Bravo.
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May 13th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Wrong. Statistically, women hang themselves about 20% of the time.
May 13th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Duress? Who the hell would write a suicide note under duress? It’s like digging your own grave, only worse, because you’re being complicit in the coverup of your own murder. You can’t be tortured into writing it, either, or it’s obviously not suicide. Duress, I think not.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Women, statistically, very rarely hang themselves, they take pills. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt6O0ruFmfE
May 13th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I’m not talking about using a service, but setting one up yourself. Beyond the average joe, I know.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Doesn’t matter. Dick Cheney always gets away with murder.
May 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Great video! Man, when Fox News thinks this is suspicious…. I don’t even know how you could think otherwise.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
her estranged mother and sister. all her friends say the exact opposite.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
And if you look at the 2004 letters, she is very inconsistent in how she writes her Ns. In this letter to her landlord on the envelope the Ns are sharp near the bottom but curved in the note enclosed. In the suicide note you can see an inconsistency in the style of Ns as well. It starts out with sharp Ns, but in the following lines are curved Ns: IN MY HEART THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOVE. I AM VERY HAPPY TO HAVE SEEN FOR MYSELF…In both sentences there are two styles of Ns. If they were forgeries, they wouldn’t have both styles.