It's Preakness Day tomorrow. The Preakness happens to be a strange race, because it traditionally is the weak sister of the Triple Crown races. Even if there is no shot at the Triple Crown, the Belmont can be a somewhat attractive race. I don't know if it's the classic distance or NYC or what, but it seems to hold its appeal. But the Preakness is held at Pimlico which, due to a lot factors (mostly slots and lack thereof), is a pit. There is even talk of shipping the race to another Magna track, such as Gulfstream or Santa Anita, but I'm not sure when or if that will ever happen. I'll still wager on it though.

First of all, toss all newcomers to the party. 20 of the last 21 winners also ran in the Derby. Second, act like the Derby never happened. I think it is very difficult for a 50-1 and 71-1 shot to repeat two weeks later at significantly lower odds. And, by God, if you didn't have them two weeks ago, don't jump on the bandwagon. They are very beatable. Afleet Alex will probably be overbet and with 14 betting interests, there should be some overlays. Here are my picks:

1. Greeley's Galaxy-should be a good price.
2. Afleet Alex
3. High Fly

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Tom Cruise cannot shut up about Katie Holmes. Really, he can't. He's everywhere.

Here's some dish on "The Apprentice" after party. I tifauxed it and I still can't believe how much that finale sucked. And Tana said bullshit on live TV back to Iowa. Tee hee. And there was also something about Tana getting a job offer worth $750,000 from somewhere. Huh? On to Season 4!

I bring you the "Ring Tone Dancer".

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Ricky Williams wants to come back and play football. Maybe he got tired studying under Tor Eckman.

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