While a decision on Golden Tempo (Curlin)'s participation in the May 16 GI Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park is still to be determined, Vinnie Viola's St. Elias Stable, co-owner of the GI Kentucky Derby winner, has another colt waiting in the wings for the second leg of the Triple Crown in GIII Gotham Stakes winner Iron Honor (Nyquist). Viola co-owns the 3-year-old, most recently seventh in the GII Wood Memorial, in partnership with William Lawrence and Glassman Racing.“He's a nice, nice horse,” St. Elias racing and bloodstock manager Monique Delk said of Iron Honor. “He kind of had a tough trip in the Wood, got banged up a bit, so we wanted to give him some extra time. [Trainer] Chad [Brown] opted to skip the Derby with the potential target being the Preakness. If all stays well and the horse takes us there, that's where he'll be headed.”Silent Tactic (Tacitus), scratched from the Derby with a minor foot ailment, is doing well, but a decision on whether to run in the Preakness will hinge on a mid-week workout, according to trainer Mark Casse.“He's actually great,” Casse said Sunday morning. “I want to see how he trains for a couple of days. If we're happy with his foot, we'll probably breeze him mid-week and then make a decision. Right now his foot is perfect–of course.”Casse said the foot issue was part bruise and part a tiny separation in the hoof wall.“He has a little separation in the wall, but it actually looked pretty good when we pulled the shoe off,” he said. “He's just kind of tender all over his left foot. We put a pad over it, just to try to give it a little relief for a few days. That's really seemed to help him.”Silent Tactic, winner of the GIII Southwest Stakes, was second behind Kentucky Derby runner-up Renegade (Into Mischief) in the Mar. 28 GI Arkansas Derby.“As it turned out, the race would have set up very nice for us as well, the closer that he is,” Casse said of the Kentucky Derby. “That's what could have been, but it didn't. Can't worry about it. But it was nice to see Renegade show up and run so well.”Two horses under Preakness consideration are already at Laurel, Taj Mahal (Nyquist) and The Hell We Did (Authentic), who both breezed over the main track Saturday.Taj Mahal, who went five furlongs in 1:00.40 (1/12), is undefeated in three starts–all at Laurel. He won the Apr. 18 Federico Tesio Stakes, which earned the Brittany Russell trainee an automatic Preakness berth.The Hell We Did worked five furlongs in 1:00.60 (3/12). He has raced at four different racetracks in as many starts and most recently ran second in the Apr. 11 GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes at Keeneland while making his two-turn debut. Trained by Todd Fincher, he shipped from Kentucky to Maryland Apr. 28.Other possible Preakness horses include: Cherokee Nation (Not This Time), Chip Honcho (Connect), Crude Velocity (Beau Liam), Crupper (Candy Ride {Arg}), Express Kid (Bodexpress), Great White (Volatile), Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map), Ottinho (Quality Road), Pretty Boy Miah (Beau Liam), Talkin (Good Magic) and Talk to Me Jimmy (Modernist).The post Preakness Field Takes Shape: Iron Honor Could Make Two For Viola appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.