Orb, the Derby winner and a 3-5 favorite at the Preakness Stakes, got a clean start from the inside post but soon became boxed in on the rail where he started.
He told Forbes.com that it was not only mail operators like Deutsche Post and France's La Poste looking to use high-speed rail networks--now big projects such as the new freight railway between the Netherlands and Germany had attracted a wider mix of businesses.
Yet the car's body is 25% stiffer than its predecessor because key parts of the frame--like the center post that supports the car body during side collisions and the roof side rail that connects the sides of the roof--are made of ultra-high-strength steel created through a process called hot stamping.
FedEx competes chiefly with UPS and Deutsche Post-owned DHL, but its general financial health is often monitored by conditions in rail companies like Union Pacific and CSX Corp.