I have been covering this season's Triple Crown Trail since last summer when the top two-year old thoroughbred colts first started making a name for themselves. The 2019 Triple Crown racing season got underway two week's ago with the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and a 65/1 longshot stunned the field. The favorite, Maximum Security actually won that race, but he was eventually dropped all the way to 17th place due to interference early in the race.
Neither the winner Country House or Maximum Security will run in Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico Race Course as the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Also out of the lineup are Code of Honor and Tacitus as the other two colts in the Top 3 at Churchill Downs. This leaves Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's Improbable as the 5/2 morning line favorite coming off his fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.
The son of City Zip is still looking for his first victory as a three-year old after winning three stakes races as a juvenile, including the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity. This year, he was second in one division of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes before finishing second to Omaha Beach in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby in early April. He is Baffert's only entry in the Preakness after the famed trainer came up short with the top three favorites in the Kentucky Derby.
Many bettors may overlook Improbable as the favorite to win for more sexy choices such as Owendale at 10/1 or Bourbon War at 12/1 odds on the morning line. Me, I am going chalk in this one with the favorite finally living up to his lofty expectations.
For my complete betting preview for the Preakness Stakes as previously posted on the popular sports betting site Scores & Stats, please click through the link below.
LINK: Betting Odds to Win The 2019 Preakness Stakes
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