The never-ending rain here in Baltimore obviously is playing havoc with the race cards at the abbreviated Preakness meet at Pimlico, including today's 14-race Black Eyed Susan Day marathon. The main track already is sloppy/sealed, and there's heavier stuff forecast for later in the day. The turf course surely will be yielding-to-soft, with 3 of the seven turf races (R2, 6, 8) already transferred to the main track.

Friday first post is 11:30 a.m.

Here are the early Friday SCR:

R1-(7, 8); R2(off turf)-(2, 4, 5, 7, 11); R3-(1. 9); R4-(1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 13, 14); R5-(1, 7); R6(off turf)-(1, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15); R7-(10); R8-(off turf)-(1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15); R9-(6); R10-(7, 8, 9, 10); R11-(2); R12-(4, 6, 11); R14-(1A, 2, 10, 13, 14).