On Saturday, the second leg of the Triple Crown takes place in the 140th Preakness Stakes. The race is scheduled for a 6:20 p.m. EST start time and it will be televised nationally on NBC. American Pharoah, winner of the Kentucky Derby, is the Morning Line Odds favorite and will look to break through and win the second leg of the Triple Crown. The official Preakness Stakes Post Positions are listed below as well.
The post positions have been made official and American Pharoah will begin the race from the first position. Only eight horses will be running in this year's Preakness Stakes as the post positions were announced Wednesday evening.
American Pharoah is going to be favorite to win the race, based on it being the second leg of the Triple Crown. The "Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" is held on the third Saturday in May and is only trumped by the Kentucky Derby in attendance for North American stakes races. The 140th Preakness Stakes is scheduled to take place on May 16, 2015 at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland.
| PP | Silk | Horse | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Breeder | Morning Line |
|---|
|
1
|
 |
American Pharoah |
Zayat Stables |
Bob Baffert |
Victor Espinoza |
Zayat Stables |
4-5 |
|
2
|
 |
Dortmund |
Kaleem Shah |
Bob Baffert |
Martin Garcia |
Emilie Gerlinde Fojan |
7-2 |
|
3
|
 |
Mr. Z |
Calumet Farm |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Corey Nakatani |
Richard D. Maynard |
20-1 |
|
4
|
 |
Danzig Moon |
John C. Oxley |
Mark Casse |
Julien Leparoux |
William D. Graham |
15-1 |
|
5
|
 |
Tale of Verve |
Charles Fipke |
Dallas Stewart |
Joel Rosario |
Charles Fipke |
30-1 |
|
6
|
 |
Bodhisattva |
Jose Corrales |
Jose Corrales |
Trevor McCarthy |
Andy Stronach |
20-1 |
|
7
|
 |
Divining Rod |
Lael Stable |
Arnaud Delacour |
Javier Castellano |
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Jackson |
12-1 |
|
8
|
 |
Firing Line |
Arnold Zetcher |
Simon Callaghan |
Gary Stevens |
Clearsky Farm |
4-1 |
Preakness Facts: Opening day at Pimlico Race Course in 1870 featured the Dinner Party Stakes that was won by a horse named Preakness. In the racetrack's spring meet of 1873, the 3-year-old stakes race was named after him and the rest is history. The first official Preakness was won by Survivor with a 10 length cushion between him and second place. This record win was not topped until 2004 when Smarty Jones took home the title by an amazing 11 lengths.
Triple Crown Winners (Official List): Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978).
The Preakness is Beatable and Bettable--Buy/Sell?
Teddy Covers and Steve Fezzik, professional bettors, discuss whether or not casual horse handicappers can win betting the Triple Crown races like the upcoming Preakness. Fezzik sees some value in betting the horse to horse individual match-ups, but doesn't think it is worth betting on the race as a whole. Teddy Covers takes some advice from Pregame's horse racing capper JR O'Donnell who pointed out that every time trainer Bob Baffret takes a Derby-winning horse to Preakness he wins, which is exactly what he is doing with his contender, the favorite American Pharoah.
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