BALTIMORE _ The West Coast isn't used to being an afterthought in Triple Crown races but it certainly was in this year's Preakness.
Royal Mo was the best hope but he was injured during a workout the week before the race. He was retired.
Doug O'Neill wasn't planning on running anyone but then Calumet Farm, Term of Art's owner, offered up the idea and O'Neill bit.
Term of Art finished 10th in the 10-horse field.
"I thought (jockey) Jose (Ortiz) had him in a perfect spot and then around the three-eighth pole he said a horse came over on him a little bit and Term of Art overreacted," O'Neill said. "He sucked out of it and dropped out of the race and then came on a little bit in the end.
"He's a talented horse and one of these days he is going to put everything together and is going to be a big-time horse."
