For the first time since 1996, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby will not be competing at the Preakness Stakes. With Country House hanging from the Preakness because of Illness, Improbable enters the race as the favorite to take home the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Improbable is a +225 favored on the Preakness Stakes chances at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Bob Baffert trainee had a respectable showing in the Kentucky Derby putting fifth before eventually getting awakened to fourth after the disqualification of the race’s original winner, Maximum Security. Improbable is the only horse among the first seven days to cross the line on Derby day that is participating in the Preakness.
War Will, who crossed the line eighth and formally finished in seventh following Maximum Security’s disqualification, is Improbable’s largest competition in this race sitting at +350 about the horse racing chances to win the Preakness. War of Will was the horse most directly influenced by Maximum Security’s abrupt lane change as jockey Tyler Gaffalione was compelled to suddenly slow down to avoid a collision. Gaffalione and War of Will hope to get some revenge on a cleaner trip this time around.Two horses which didn’t compete in the Kentucky Derby will look to follow Maximum Security’s hoof-steps using a wire-to-wire win in Alwaysmining (+600) and also Anothertwistafate (+700).
Alwaysmining opened his career with unsatisfactory speed and results through his first six races. But under new coach Rubley Kelly, Alwaysmining has been converted into a frontrunner and has won each of the past six races into wire-to-wire fashion. Anothertwistafate has finished in the top two in each of the past five races such as three wire-to-wire victories.
All of this early speed could set the stage for a closer like Bourbon War (+800) to swoop in to get a positive result overdue. Having a top Beyer rate of 96, Bourbon War probably won’t have enough to win , but a late kick and a top three finish could certainly be in the cards.
Rounding out the field with this year’s Preakness Stakes are Owendale (+1000), Warrior’s Charge (+1200), Win Win Win (+1200), Bodexpress (+2000), Laughing Fox (+2000), Signalman (+2500), Market King (+3300), and Everfast (+5000).

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