The Kentucky Derby may be the crown jewel of the Triple Crown racing series for the top three-year old thoroughbreds in the nation, but this Saturday's Preakness Stakes builds the excitement for a possible Triple Crown run as the most elusive title in all sports.
Justify was the class of the 20-horse field in this year's Kentucky Derby with an impressive 1 1/4 mile run on a very sloppy track at Churchill Downs. This Kentucky-bred pedigree of Scat Daddy may be running in the slop again this Saturday at Pimlico Race Track as a prohibitive 1/2 favorite to win the Preakness. If he is successful in his bid to win the second leg of the Triple Crown against a much smaller field of eight contenders, he will try and join American Pharoah as the second Triple Crown Champion in the past 40 years with one final victory in the Belmont Stakes on June 9.
Winning the Preakness as a Kentucky Derby Champion is one thing. Adding a Belmont Stakes title to the list is a whole other ball game. Before American Pharoah broke through with his championship run in 2015, there were 12 other three-year olds that captured the first two legs of the Triple Crown since Affirmed completed the unlikely trifecta in 1978. All 12 horses met their match in that final leg.
In light of the past results in this historic racing series, I have come up with a trio of prop picks ahead of Saturday's Preakness as part of my weekly horse racing coverage for ScoresandStats.com. Please click through the link below for all of my free Preakness prop bet picks.
LINK: Top Prop Bet Picks for the 2018 Preakness Stakes
No comments:
Post a Comment