The Strategist, Little Tuna and Roxy Trot take the early lead. The Strategist and Little Tuna tie for first with 1 Correct Home Team Pick. Roxy Trot is in third due to Home Team bye week.
Among the rest of the field, Big Tuna and Jimmy V have first tiebreaker over one other Analyst and 1 Correct Home Team Pick each.
B-Reezy, The Bookie, and Sponge Mom net 1 Correct Home Team Pick.
Craft Brew, Wise O., and Atwork bring up the rear.
Standings after Leg 1 of Fibonacci Stakes V
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers after Leg for Fibonacci Stakes V
Bye weeks for Home Teams are grayed out (Table 2).
After seven Trifectas in week 8, the Marathon of the Ass takes shape.
The Strategist continues to outpace the rest of the field with her 4th Trifecta and 18th Correct Pick of Season V. Big Tuna and Craft Brew, however, will not relent. Both have 3 Trifectas, with Big Tuna still clinging to second place with 17 Correct Picks and Craft Brew trailing by a head with 16 Correct Picks.
Each Analyst in the middle of the field has 2 Trifectas and opportunities to shake up the leader board in the next Crown Race. Roxy Trot maintains in fourth with 17 Correct Picks followed by Jimmy V in fifth with 16 Correct Picks. Tied for sixth, B-Reezy and Little Tuna are about a half length behind with 14 Correct Picks each.
Sponge Mom breaks from the back of the field with her 1st Trifecta and 13th Correct Pick to hold 8th place. Wise Orangutan falls into 9th with 1 Trifecta and 11 Correct Picks, within reach of The Bookie and Atwork who still seek their first Trifecta of the year.
The Strategist is unable to keep up her blistering pace for the second straight week and finds herself in a tighter race. She still leads by a length (3 Trifectas and 15 Correct Picks), but now has three close challengers.
Big Tuna (2 Trifectas and 14 Correct Picks) clings by a head to second place. In third, Craft Brew (2 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks) trails only by one head. B-Reezy (2 Trifectas and 12 Correct Picks) aspires to retake the AoY crown.
Among the Analyst with 1 Trifecta, Roxy Trot (14 Correct Picks) in fifth and Jimmy V (13 Correct Picks) in sixth continue to perform as well as the frontrunners.
Little Tuna is finding her stride mid-season with 11 Correct Picks and seventh place. Wise Orangutan moves in spurts with 10 Correct Picks and eighth place.
Three Analysts are staring the poo-flinging Monkey in the face: 0 Trifectas in the first seven weeks. Which one will earn at least one Trifecta (12.5% accuracy) in Week 8 ?!!?
Around the far turn, Big Tuna (4 Trifecta points) solidifies his position with a two length lead over his closest contenders and an insurmountable 4 length lead over the five Analysts with no Trifecta points in the Trifecta.
On a steady pace in the past two legs, Craft Brew adds a second (2) Trifecta point and moves into second place over Wise Orangutan (2 Trifecta points) in third by virtue of the first tiebreaker (Home Team head-to-head win). Craft Brew also has 3 Correct Home Team Picks, the most of any Analyst in the Preakness, a secure position to defend Place during the final Leg.
In fourth, The Strategist (1 Trifecta point, 2 Correct Home Team Picks) edges Roxy Trot (1 Trifecta point, 1 Correct Home Team Pick) by a head. B-Reezy (1 Trifecta point, 0 Correct Home Team Picks) gives chase in sixth place.
The rest of the field will not be able to close the distance with Big Tuna in the final stretch, but can still Place with a Perfect Player Haters Trifecta (3 points).
In seventh, Jimmy V holds a first tiebreaker over Sponge Mom and second tiebreaker (1 Correct Home Team Pick) over the rest of the field.
Eighth through eleventh places are separate only by their noses (third tiebreaker). Sponge Mom, with 3 turnovers per game, is in the strongest position.
Standings after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness V
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers after Leg 3 of Player Haters Preakness V
The Strategist misses her stride but holds onto first place by a length (3 Trifectas and 13 Correct Picks). In second place, Big Tuna closes the lead to 1 length with his 2nd Trifecta and 12th Correct Pick. Roxy Trot moves into third place with 1 Trifecta and 12 Correct Picks on the year.
Jimmy V is fourth with 1 Trifecta and 11 Correct Picks, now followed closely by Craft Brew with his 1st Trifecta and 10 Correct Picks on the season.
B-Reezy and Little Tuna share sixth place at 1 Trifecta and 9 Correct Picks, while Wise O. clings to eighth place (1 Trifecta and 8 Correct Picks).
Only three Analysts still seek their first Trifecta of the season: The Bookie, Atwork, and the Bear-bitten Sponge Mom. All three have 8 Correct Picks after 6 weeks.
Down the backstretch, Big Tuna (4 points) extends his lead to two lengths over Wise O. (2 points).
Craft Brew and Roxy Trot move into a neck-and-neck race for third place with The Strategist. Each with 1 Trifecta point, Craft Brew holds third place by a head due to 2 Correct Home Team Picks. The Strategist noses out Roxy Trot for fourth place on third tiebreakers (1.5 forced turnover per game vs. 1 forced turnover per game).
The rest of the field trail with 0 Trifecta points, with Jimmy V is alone in sixth place with 1 Correct Home Team Pick.
The remainder of the Analysts are only separated by third tiebreaker (forced turnovers) entering the backstretch.
Standings after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness V
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers after Leg 2 of Player Haters Preakness V
The Strategist builds on her early lead with a 3rd Trifecta in five weeks! With 12 Correct Picks overall, she leads the rest of the field by more than 2 lengths in the clubhouse turn.
With 1 Trifecta and 9 Correct Picks, Big Tuna and Jimmy V are running neck-and-neck in second place.
B-Reezy and Little Tuna are contesting fourth place with 1 Trifecta and 8 Correct Picks, trailed by Wise Orangutan lumbering alone in sixth place ( 1 Trifecta and 6 Correct Picks).
Roxy Trot continues her string of 2 Correct Picks to hold seventh place (9 Correct Picks).
Craft Brew, Atwork, and Sponge Mom play for eighth place with 7 Correct Picks.
Bringing up the rear, The Bookie has 6 Correct Picks — just at little more than one Correct Pick per week!
Big Tuna gets a jump on the field out of the gate with perfect Player Haters Trifecta (3 points) down the front stretch and around the clubhouse turn. Wise O. shakes off his Derby disaster to score a 2-point Player Hater Trifecta. In third, The Strategist rides her Home Team to a Trifecta (1 point).
The back of the field is feeling the hate but not doling enough out in return!
Craft Brew nonetheless gains a first tiebreaker over Wise Orangutan. He and Jimmy V also net valuable second tiebreakers with Correct Home Team picks (1).
The remainder of the Analysts are only separated by third tiebreaker (forced turnovers) entering the backstretch.
Standings after Leg 1 of Player Haters Preakness V
Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers after Leg 1 of Player Haters Preakness V
The Analysts have cleared the front stretch and are entering into the clubhouse turn!
Defending her title early, The Strategist opens a one length lead (2 Trifectas and 9 Correct Picks) over the nearest competition.
Three Analysts are contesting second position with 1 Trifecta heading into the first turn. In second by a head, Jimmy V takes the inside track with 7 Correct Picks. Little Tuna slides to third in a dead heat with B-Reezy (both 6 Correct Picks).
In fifth, Roxy Trot is poised to add her name to the leader board as she leads the back of the field with 7 Correct Picks.
Trailing by a head, Big Tuna, Atwork, and Sponge Mom run nose-to-nose for sixth place with 6 Correct Picks.
Craft Brew feels the steel-hurtin’ in ninth place with 5 Correct Picks. The Bookie trails in tenth with 4 Correct Picks and Wise Orangutan wheezes on the dust in last with 3 Correct Picks.
In the Analyst of the Year competition, the Analysts have cleared the gates and are now approaching the clubhouse (first) turn. The track conditions have been challenging, as only two Trifectas have been recorded in the first three weeks.
The Strategist (1 Trifecta, 6 Correct Picks) extends her lead by a half-length over Little Tuna (1 Trifecta, 4 Correct Picks) in second place.
While the remaining Analysts have 0 Trifectas in the opening stretch, one Analyst has quietly built a lead over the middle of the field.
Roxy Trot notches her 5th Correct Pick to distinguish herself from the rest of the field and sole possession of third place.
On the heavy track, Jimmy V falls back into fourth place, in a dead heat with Big Tuna, Craft Brew, Atwork, and Sponge Mom who draw even with Jimmy V — with 4 Correct Picks.
B-Reezy (3 Correct Picks) trails in 9th place by a head, followed by The Bookie (2 Correct Picks) in tenth, and Wise O. (1 Correct Pick) grazing in last place!
