Still my now somewhat less plausible pick to win a rainy Preakness, El Areeb set the early pace in fractions of 23.58 for the 1/4-mile and 47.70 for the 1/2 before fading into Mike Tyson's famed bolivian at the stretch.
J Boys Echo a colt by Mineshaft stepped up yuge, In Trump's America, to take the wire. The colt, rode by Mr. Robby Albarado, wasn't even supposed to be on the Derby trail. He's essentially running as a replacement for Albaugh Family Stable's now retired two year-old champion Not This Time. J Boy busted his Stakes damsel here after last finishing third in the G3 Withers behind El Areeb and True Timber. Before that, fourth in the G3 Delta Downs; 10 1/4 lengths back of Gunnevera.
The race was raced in a Mr. Dale Romans trained time of 1:46.34 with Cloud Computing finishing second then the 2-5 favorite El Areeb.
L'shalom