It was a hell of a morning at Laurel Park for The Hell We Did as he attempted to put in his final workout for next Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.  Twice during his scheduled work, a siren signifying a loose horse went off. The first time, it forced exercise rider Christian Olmo to pull his horse up and abort the work. After turning around and staring the workout a second time, the siren went off about a quarter mile into the actual move and Olmo had to take a hold of horse around the far turn. Olmo and The Hell We Did came several paths wide into the stretch before guiding the horse to the inside and letting him finish up. Officially, The Hell We Did was credited with a five-furlong move in 1:01.40 from the track clockers  “He probably would have gone in 59, but [Olmo] stood up on him and eased off the fence, slowed him down for about 80 to 100 yards and then finished up the work,” trainer Todd Fincher said. “Unbelievable, it happened two times during the work. It was completely messed up, I guess itended up being okay.”  The Hell We Did, most recently second in the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, was one of eight Preakness probables who put in workouts Saturday morning at six different venues.  Also working at Laurel was the undefeated Federico Tesio winner Taj Mahal, who went five furlongs in 1:00.20. Alex Beitia was aboard Taj Mahal, who started several lengths in front of the 5-year-old Regalo, who was ridden by Sheldon Russell, the regular rider of Taj Mahal. Track clockers caught Taj Mahal in splits of 12.20, 24.20, 36.40, and had him galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.80.  :: Get ready for Preakness with DRF past performances, picks, and betting strategies! “I feel great. We got it out of the way,” trainer Brittany Russell told Laurel publicity. “He went well and it looks like he’s cooled out well. He’s really happy, so that’s kind of all you can ask.”  At Belmont Park, Grade 3 Gotham winner Iron Honor breezed a half-mile in 47.66 seconds, going in company with Blue Grass Stakes runner-up Ottinho. The two worked head and head throughout with Daily Racing Form catching the pair in fractions of 12.84 seconds, 24.34, then galloping out five furlongs in 1:00.91.  “The track was a little quick after that break, but he worked well and galloped out well and came back good,” trainer Chad Brown said. “I think it was a good, solid work for him. I think he looks like he’s ready to give it a go.”  Iron Honor finished seventh in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial. He took a bump going into the first turn, got keen under jockey Manny Franco and ultimately faded. That was his third race, all with blinkers. Brown is taking the blinkers off for the Preakness and Flavien Prat willride.  “He’s much more relaxed,” Brown said.  Ottinho, at one time considered a possibility for the Preakness, will be considered for a possible start in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga, Brown said,  “If you get a pace like you got in the Derby, he could probably pick up a couple of pieces if it set up the right way,” Brown said. “The way he worked today you wouldn’t take him out of consideration for it.”  About three hours after Iron Honor worked, Grade 1 Champagne winner Napoleon Solo breezed a half-mile in 48.05 seconds. Under jockey Emily Ellingwood, Napoleon Solo went his first quarter in 24.62 seconds and was in the three-path in the stretch while under a good hold. He galloped out five furlongs in 1:00.65, six furlongs in 1:13.22 and seven furlongs in 1:26.55.  This move came a week after Napoleon Solo worked six furlongs in 1:10.  “He’s done enough speed stuff in the morning,” trainer Chad Summers said. “We just needed to see him hitting the ground well, I thought he galloped out well. She did a great job.”  Napoleon Solo is coming off a fifth-place finish in the Wood Memorial, a race in which he set the pace before tiring late. He had dealt with a foot issue coming into the race.  At Keeneland, Talkin, the third-place finisher in the Blue Grass Stakes, worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds, sitting off the maiden filly Grace of Monaco before finishing even with that one at the wire.  “He’s more aggressive breezing, he used to be kind of a not very good work horse,” trainer Danny Gargan said. “The last three weeks, he’s really been working tremendous. Today was the best work he’s ever had in his life… I’m really pleased with him. He’s going into the race as good as we can get him. If he’s good enough to win it, I think we’ve got a big chance.”  Gargan has yet to confirm a rider for Talkin. Kendrick Carmouche was aboard for Talkin’s debut win at Saratoga and his runner-up finish to Napoleon Solo in the Grade 1 Champagne.  At the Thoroughbred Center, a training facility about 12 miles away from Keeneland, Great White breezed a half-mile in 52.20 seconds. Trainer John Ennis was aboard the horse himself who went alongside another horse. Ennis just wanted to feel how the horse was traveling one week after he flipped behind the starting gate and was scratched from the Kentucky Derby just prior to the start of the race.  “Everything was easy, smooth, he’s ready to go, providing he looks good tomorrow,” Ennis said. “If he’s feeling good and his energy level’s good, I’ll be there.”  At Gulfstream Park, Bull by the Horns worked a half-milein 47.99 seconds and afterward trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said that provided he comes out of the work in good order, he will run in the Preakness.  “All being well, we’re going to definitely enter and see how it looks,” said Joseph, who scratched Bull by the Horns out of Saturday’s Peter Pan Stakes at Aqueduct. “If it stays as is there are many reasons to take the swing and not many reasons not to.”  Bull by the Horns is coming off a victory in the Rushaway Stakes over Turfway Park’s synthetic track after finishing seventh in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.  At Saratoga, Pretty Boy Miah, a winner of two straight races, worked a half-mile in 49 seconds. Pretty Boy Miah is likely to end up on the also-eligible list, as the Preakness is limited to 14 starters though 16 may enter.  The California-based Smoovin Saturday, who also would have been relegated to the also-eligible list, is no longer under consideration for the Preakness, trainer Michael McCarthy said via text.  * Trainer Mark Casse said Silent Tactic came out of his Friday workout in Churchill Downs in good order and if he continues to like how the horse trains Sunday and Monday, he will run in the Preakness. Casse has Irad Ortiz Jr. scheduled to ride.  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.