The Haiku Handicapper: 2014 Preakness Stakes field

Joe Nevills|May 15, 2014

California Chrome trains at Pimlico May 14

Barbara D. Livingston The Haiku Handicapper believes Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome can come back to win the Preakness Stakes.

DRF Breeding staff writer 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.

Dynamic Impact
Illinois Derby
Yields highest last-race Beyer
Who saw that coming?

General a Rod
The late addition
Ran true to form at Churchill
Which is to say, “meh”

California Chrome
King of the Derby
Faces a less daunting task
It’s his race to lose

Ring Weekend
Running close to home
After taking a sick day
Don’t love his chances

Bayern
Trial runner-up
Will have his name called early
Seems best at one turn

Ria Antonia
Ambitious filly
Shooting for Rachel redux
Closer to Miss Joy

Kid Cruz
The local runner
Makes his first graded stakes try
Worth a show ticket

Social Inclusion
Loads of raw talent
Wood effort, injury woes
Give him question marks

Pablo Del Monte
Smartly skipped Derby
Displayed poise in the Blue Grass
Must prove his dirt form

Ride On Curlin
A clogged rail cost him
But he showed grit running wide
Stands an honest chance

Prediction
Who gets their Preak on?
Chrome books date with destiny
Ten, seven follow

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