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Betting Odds To Win 2012 Preakness Stakes

Despite winning the Kentucky Derby, I’ll Have Another is a huge longshot to win the second length of the Triple Crown this weekend when he races the Preakness Stakes. His trainers flew him in early to give him a head start, and put him in a quieter stable to keep him calm and out of the limelight.

He got even better news when it was announced Dullahan and Trinniberg were being taken out of the race. Dullahan finished third in the Derby, losing by just under two lengths and will race at Belmont and skip this one. Trinniberg was only going to race if Bodemeister wasn’t. Continue reading

2012 Preakness Stakes Betting Lines

If it wasn’t already enough of a longshot to win the Triple Crown, the horse who won the first leg seems to have made it a complete improbability.

No slight against I’ll Have Another. What a great race he had to beat one of the strongest fields this decade. But colts like Bodemeister and Union Rags already seemed destined for greatness this year with strong careers as 3-year olds, and they would have made it interesting to see if we had our first Triple Crown since 1978. Continue reading