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Preakness Stakes: Why one horse can spoil Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown hopes
USA TODAY Sports’ Dan Wolken discusses Mystik Dan’s chances of winning the Preakness Stakes and why one horse in particular poses a legitimate threat.
Two weeks after the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the horse racing Triple Crown – will begin its 149th iteration.
The Preakness is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race has a familiar name leading the way in betting odds. Morning-line odds for the race have Derby winner Mystik Dan as the heavy favorite, though it wasn’t always his race to win.
Muth, one of the horses trained by eight-time (including 2023) Preakness winner Bob Baffert, was scratched from the race on Wednesday with a fever. The scratch pushed Mystik Dan into the top spot in odds. Baffert will focus his efforts on training up his other horse present at Pimlico: Imagination.
Here are the latest odds for Preakness – as well as each horse’s post position – heading into Saturday, according to CBS Sports.
PREAKNESS STAKES: Full horses list and latest odds for the 2024 race at Pimlico
2024 Preakness Stakes: Post position, odds for each horse
| Program number | Post | Horse | Morning-line odds |
| 1 | 1 | Mugatu | 20-1 |
| 2 | 2 | Uncle Heavy | 20-1 |
| 3 | 3 | Catching Freedom | 6-1 |
| 4 | N/A | Muth | Scratched |
| 5 | 4 | Mystik Dan | 5-2 |
| 6 | 5 | Seize the Gray | 15-1 |
| 7 | 6 | Just Steel | 15-1 |
| 8 | 7 | Tuscan Gold | 8-1 |
| 9 | 8 | Imagination | 6-1 |
MYSTIK DAN: All things being equal, Derby winner should win Preakness. But all things are not equal.
How to watch the 2024 Preakness Stakes
- When: Saturday, May 18
- Time: approx. 6:50 p.m. ET
- Where: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland
- TV: NBC
- Stream: Peacock, YouTube TV, fuboTV
HOW TO WATCH: See who wins the Triple Crown’s second leg with a fuboTV subscription
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