11.   Despite having won only one race, the dark bay colt ran well.

12.   Eight colts will run in the Jerome, but the dramatic interest centers on Patton, who was one of the chief Triple Crown contenders last winter.

13.   Frank Brothers, the trainer of Pulpit, who finished fourth in the Derby, left open the possibility that his colt would run in the Preakness.

14.   He claimed he was happy with the improvement he saw and if it continued the colt would run Saturday.

15.   He agonized before the Kentucky Derby, then decided to run him despite a cracked hoof, and the colt ran fifth wearing bar shoes.

16.   His colt ran first in the Santa Anita Derby, third in the Kentucky Derby and second in the Preakness.

17.   If the colt does not run in the Derby, it raised the possibility that the filly Glitter Woman might.

18.   If the colt runs a big race, the trainer may decide to enter him in the Derby.

19.   In a somewhat similar move, Lukas entered Deeds Not Words in the Kentucky Derby last May, and the colt ran last.

20.   Instead, McGaughey said on Sunday that the colt would run in the Preakness, the second race in the Triple Crown.