Dutrow concerned about "Pletcher's white horse"

Love him or hate him (and I'm certainly not a fan), the guy tends to have at least one amusing line per interview.

Pletcher's white horse aside, there is certainly an interesting little field shaping up for this race. I staunchly disagreed with someone who said that the Preakness would be a six-horse race, followed by a four-horse field in the Belmont, and now, with the additions of Recapturetheglory and Racecar Rhapsody, we figure to have anywhere between 9-12 horses running in Baltimore. There are just too many things that can go wrong with a horse over the course of five weeks for trainers not take a shot at a prestigious race with a big purse if they've got a halfway decent three-year-old.

The race, at least so far, also sets up to be run fairly fairly. There's some speed signed on (Tres Borrachos, Recapturetheglory) to give the closers (Yankee Bravo, Behindatthebar, Racecar Rhapsody) a shot, but not so much that the stalkers (Big Brown, Kentucky Bear) will be sucked into a meltdown. I'm very much looking forward to this, maybe even moreso than the Derby, since the Preakness is not as much of a clusterfuck, and because I'm anxious to see how Big Brown has come out of the Derby.

My only concern with the expanding field size is that there will be less pressure on Stronach and Pletcher to enter Harlem Rocker. If five or so horses were showing up, the calls for the white horse's presence would be pretty loud, especially since Pimlico is owned by Stronach. Now, however, with close to a full field looking probable, it's more likely that Stronach and Pletcher will be able to slink off up to Woodbine unnoticed.

For now though, it at least looks as if Big Brown will have to be at least 75% to wrap up the second jewel.