DRF sales editor Joe Nevills 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. Cherry Wine Loves to split traffic Could carve out a decent check If he gets room late Uncle Lino Took the SoCal prep First time he held position In a two-turn race Nyquist The Derby winner Haven’t seen quit in him yet The same trip wins here Awesome Speed From the local prep Will have to stare down Nyquist To maintain the pace Exaggerator Dead aim on Nyquist But did he empty the tank Trying to catch him? Lani Handled with kid gloves Surprised in splitting Derby A true wild card Collected Second-tier prep king Makes the jump to the big leagues Live in the super Laoban Likely odds-on choice In any maiden special Let’s manage our goals Abiding Star Beat Parx quarantine And all foes in his last five Not as likely here Fellowship Pat Day audible Couldn’t get him on the board Begs for class relief Stradivari Hot allowance win To a gate in the Preakness Doesn’t often work Prediction Clean horse in the slop Nyquist’s too much for this field Chased by the one, five