With its caper 'n' chase pacing, "Ghost in the Wires" is fairly entertaining, although the prose can veer into pulpy melodrama: "I had to move now.
With the Windies chasing 261, pace bowler Perry took a wicket in each of her first three overs to reduce the Caribbean side to 41-3.
But with Movistar, Alejandro Valverde's team, now setting the chase pace, the lead is down to 2min 49sec.
Baffert's other horse, the 3-1 morning-line choice, Point Given, will be changing his running style -- or at least that is the plan hatched by Baffert and jockey Gary Stevens after the Derby favorite finished a disappointing fifth at Churchill Downs after chasing a hot pace.
Last year I set a blistering pace chasing local legend Ben Nephew and finished second in 7 hours and 3 minutes.
My exercise lately comes from walking the dog and chasing the kids and pacing with worry about work.
Congaree, the 3-5 favorite, chased a fast pace set by Midas Eyes but had plenty left for the stretch drive.
Jezki chased the strong pace in the early stages, took a narrow lead two out and then had enough in reserve to hold on by a neck as McCoy did all he could to overhaul him.
Richard Hughes on Presvis could never get near the leaders as he chased a steady pace that saw the 10f completed in the relatively slow time for the course of 2.03.93 and finished 10th of the twelve runners, while Wigmore Hall, trained by Michael Bell, kept on for seventh, beaten a total of around five lengths.
My initial worry this morning, though, was that there was nothing in the Queen Mary that really needed to chase a fast pace and finish strongly, similar tactics might well play into the hands of Monsieur Chevalier, who is the narrow favourite for today's race and without doubt a top-class juvenile.
