GarbageTalk: Predicting the 2016 Preakness

May 21, 2016

Y’all – the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown is on Saturday, May 21st. Lest you thought I was one to wallow in self-doubt after my not-so-bueno picks to win the Trifecta and Superfecta in the Derby, I’ve got all the liquid courage I need after guzzling three “not so sweet” Smirnoff Ice “Originals.” Yum. I could blame “GameDay Betty” for my weakness for alcopops …

But if I think hard, I really should probably blame the cool refreshing taste of Zima … my first exposure to alcopop over two decades ago.

Kicking back with a few Zima … listening to a lot of Grateful Dead. Oh wait, those were not the Zima parties. I’m-a-recallin’ now that the Zima parties would be playing Seal “Kiss from a Rose” and Shaggy, “Boombastic.” Yas people, the good ol’ days.

OK – enough reminiscing back to the 1990s. Onto my picks for Preakness 2016!

Nyquist – enough of the hating. He’s gonna win … though Exaggerator could give him a run for his money if it is real wet.
Stradivari – ridden by Velasquez, he is well rested and is expected to bring it.
Exaggerator.

I wouldn’t enter a Superfecta for this race because the remaining horses are crapshoots. Instead I’d concentrate on switching the order of the above 3 horses.

Finally, what’s the deal with Dark Knight?

Are his problems physical or psychological? I’m thinking psych. But that’s a topic for another article.