The following tables display information about the 2011 Preakness Stakes entries.  Information in the first table includes the contender's post position, morning line odds, EFH (Experimental Free Handicap) ranking; the sire; the sire's AWD (average winning distance in North American open stakes); the sire's AWD in dirt and AWS races only; the sire's %C (percentage of progeny open stakes wins at the classic distances of 9 1/2, 10 and 12 furlongs); the sire's sire line; the dam's sire; the dam's sire's AWD; the dam's sire's AWD in dirt and AWS races only; the dam's sire's %C; the dam's sire line; the bloodline cross (P = Phalaris, NP = non-Phalaris); Dosage figures and known connections.  An asterisk (*) after the AWD indicates an AWD sample size of less than five.  Post position (PP) and morning line odds (M/L) will be added after the entries are drawn.

The second table displays lifetime PFs of the contenders in all of their stakes races.  Entries in italics are for races on a synthetic surface.

The last table presents a variety of pace parameters for the contenders in 2011 races at a mile or longer on dirt or a synthetic surface.  In addition to the horse, race, track, date and distance, we have included the slope, intercept and correlation coefficient derived from linear regression of the horse's fractional and final times.  These are followed by unadjusted Brohamer-type pace numbers and, from the linear regression, predicted fractional times up to 9.5f (unadjusted), the predicted turn time in a 9.5f race (9.5fTT) and the predicted last quarter mile fraction in a 9.5f race (9.5fLQ).  Following 9.5f is Adj9.5f which is the projected 9.5f time adjusted for the differences in track speed between the track on which the prep race was run and Pimlico Race Course.  The various pace parameters are described here.

Note that because of unresolved questions related to the pace characteristics associated with all-weather surfaces, pace parameters for races on those surfaces are shown in italics in order to differentiate them from those for races on dirt.  At this point, it is left to the reader to decide the significance of these figures on the two different types of surface.

Note that all columns in the tables are sortable by clicking on a column head and that the original format can be restored by refreshing the page.
 

  
Definitions of Pace Terms: 

Slope is a measure of fatigue.  It parallels the increase in time required to negotiate an additional distance.  The higher the number, the steeper the slope, indicating that the fatigue rate is greater.  Slopes will generally fall between 0.9 (slow early-fast late) and 1.2 (fast early-slow late).

Int., or Intercept is a measure of early speed and is inversely related to the slope.  In this case, the lower the intercept, the greater the relative early speed.  Intercepts also will usually fall between 0.9 (fast early) and 1.2 (slow early).

CC, or Correlation Coefficient is a measure of how efficiently a horse's speed is used throughout the whole race.  Perfect efficiency is equal to a CC of 1.00000.  Any value below 1.00000 represents less than ideal efficiency, although it is almost always greater than 0.99900.  The very best horses continually display CC's above 0.99990 while lower quality horses may not display CCs that high.

The remaining terms are part of the "Sartin Methodology" for describing pace characteristics as discussed by Tom Brohamer ("Modern Pace Handicapping", by Tom Brohamer, William Morrow and Company, Inc,. New York, 1991):

EP (Early Pace) is velocity in fps (feet-per-second) to the second call.

SP (Sustained Pace) is the average of early pace and the final fraction, thus relating a horse's speed to the second call and his ability to finish.

AP (Average Pace) is the average  of EP and SP.

1Fr (First Fraction), 2Fr (Second Fraction) and 3Fr (Third Fraction) are the average velocities in fps between each of the calls.

TE (Total Energy) is the sum of EP and 3Fr.  It is the total available energy based on current conditions of distance, surface and track as well as inherent ability.

%E (Percent Early) is a relative measure of energy used through the second call (EP/TE).  Speed types display %E figures significantly higher than off-the-pace types, although the absolute numbers are greatly affected by the distance of a race.