Cloud Computing came from behind to pull an upset win in the 2017 Preakness Stakes and Twitter was in awe of the incredible effort and victory
The 2017 Preakness Stakes was expected to be much more predictable than the Kentucky Derby was. With the track at Pimlico Race Course looking much better than a muddy Churchill Downs, that wasn’t hard to imagine. Thus, it was expected that the two favorites, Always Dreaming and Classic Empire, would run wild. Instead, Cloud Computing had other plans as a longshot.
Admittedly, the two favorites were dominant early on, setting the pace for the race. Meanwhile, Cloud Computing was in the back-half of the 10-horse pack. And when they came around the final turn, it looked to be Classic Empire all the way. He pushed out the Derby winner, Always Dreaming, and seemed to be all alone down the stretch.
That’s when Cloud Computing turned up the heat, though. With a blazing run down the final stretch, the 13-1 longshot (whose odds had improved from where they opened) made a late surge. And just narrowly getting a head ahead of the favorite, he was able to capture the win at the 2017 Preakness Stakes.
It was an upset at Pimlico on Saturday with Cloud Computing coming through. With such a tech-based name in addition to the shock, you know Twitter had plenty of commentary on the 2017 Preakness stakes:
Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg, Cloud Computing is going to put my kids through college!
— CyberJ 🦁 (@bmore19) May 20, 2017
The Belmont odds should be fair and equally distributed. Thank you Cloud Computing! #Preakness2017
— Armand Hamberlin (@awhamberlin) May 20, 2017
Classic Empire: Redemption is mine!
— Alexandra (@thatwasodd) May 20, 2017
Cloud Computing: Hi!
CE: Who are you?
CC: This is fun!
CE: ...
CC: Ok, bye!
CE: God damn it
CC: Woohoo!
https://twitter.com/AroUnleashed/status/866068189163261952
https://twitter.com/anAutumn_Girl/status/866068210642300929
Dude did IBM buy a race horse or something? #CloudComputing
— Jimmy Bloomfield (@oX_Bloomers) May 20, 2017
So cloud computing really IS the future #Preakness2017
— Mike W (@themichaelwohl) May 20, 2017
Cloud Computing wins #Preakness2017. Somewhere @MrFedRAMP is partying. I'm putting my bets on #blockchain next year! @geoff_lane
— David Logsdon (@DJLSmartData) May 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/NazarethLanus/status/866068366393528321
CLOUD COMPUTING!! NERDS UNITE
— tleh (@TannerLehmann) May 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Kolie_World/status/866070614200782848
So it seems that the name Cloud Computing is a bit divisive. Some love the nerdy nature of it, while others are less impressed with it.
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Regardless of that, though, I doubt the owners and trainers are complaining. After collecting just shy of $1 million with the win, they probably have few cares in the world. The same can be said for those who bet on the horse, as he opened as a 30-1 underdog. What an upset, indeed.