149th Running of the Preakness Stakes Today

The 149th Preakness Stakes takes place today at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes will start at 7:01 p.m. Mystik Dan, the favorite to win today’s race, is the winner of the Kentucky Derby. A win in the Preakness Stakes by Mystik Dan would put a potential Triple Crown in play. 

The Triple Crown – Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes – has only been accomplished 13 times in the history of horse racing. The last Triple Crown winner was Justify in 2018. Justify just narrowly beat Bravazo in the 2018 Preakness Stakes.

The Preakness Stakes is always the second leg of the Triple Crown. It is the shortest of the Triple Crown races. The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico is 1 3/16 miles – 9 furlongs – long. The race typically favors those horses with great speed rather than stamina. In addition to Mystik Dan, Imagination is among the top favorites at 3-1 odds. 

The original 2024 Preakness Stakes favorite was Muth, but the horse was scratched earlier in the week due to sickness. That will take this year’s Preakness Stakes field down to just eight horses. Only three – Mystik Dan, Catching Freedom, and Just Steel – ran in the 2024 Kentucky Derby. Read more about the 2024 Preakness Stakes HERE.

Ride These Handicappers For More Wins

Yesterday’s leaderboard shows you exactly why there is value in joining ScoresAndStats, Game Advisers, or Sports Hub. Our exclusive handicappers manned the top-5 spots on yesterday’s handicapper leaderboard.

MMA Prime – Sports Hub was the top dog with a perfect 5-0 mark. MMA Prime, as the name indicates, bets only on MMA. Keep that in mind as you navigate today’s schedule. It’s UFC Fight Night tonight and you can bet MMA Prime has picks ready to go for tonight’s action.

Let’s see how our cappers did yesterday.

• Fighting hard: As mentioned, MMA Prime – Sports Hub hit all five of its picks yesterday and cleared a $500 profit. Check the database for tonight’s picks. Get this…MMA Prime is 19-1 on its MMA picks over the last 30 days. That has resulted in $1470 in profits.
• Willy T: William Taylor is one of our expert handicappers. Yesterday, he went 4-0 and knocked down $400 in profits. Willy T is our No. 1-ranked baseball handicapper over the last seven days with $650 in MLB winnings. He’s also on our Top-5 30-day leaderboard with $2253 in profits.
• Neal down: Neal Harris has had a strong week. He went 3-0 yesterday and collected $327. Over the last three days, Neal is 5-2 and three of those wins were on underdogs.
• Ben-i-hana: Expert Ben Miller is on a three-day bender. The good kind, though. Ben went 3-0 yesterday and cashed out $310. That makes him 9-4 over the last three days and he’s now up $620.
• Doyle rules: If you’re looking for NBA picks, Patrick Doyle is your guy. Yesterday, he went 3-0 overall and 2-0 on NBA picks. Over the last three days, Patrick is a perfect 7-0 overall and over the last seven days, he is 7-1 on eight NBA picks. He does have a pick for tonight’s NBA playoff game. You’ll have to check for yourself to see what it is.

Trending News

It was a busy Friday as one NBA team forced another Game 7 on Sunday. One NHL team ended its series and advanced to its conference finals and the weekend has been an interesting one for a certain PGA golfer. 

Let’s check out today’s trending sports news.

• Pacers force Game 7: Indiana won at home again, beating the Knicks 116-103 last night to force a deciding Game 7 on Sunday in New York. Pascal Siakam (25 pts) led six Pacers in double figures.

• Stars end series: The Dallas Stars sent the Colorado Avalanche home for the season with a 2-1 double-overtime victory last night. Matt Duchene scored the game-winner at the 11:42 mark of the second overtime on an assist from Joe Pavelski. Dallas will play the winner of the Vancouver-Edmonton series. Those two teams play tonight in Edmonton.
• Scheffler shoots 66: After being arrested yesterday, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler showed up at Valhalla and shot a second-round 66 to stay among the top-3 in the 2024 PGA Championship. In other PGA news, Tiger Woods missed the cut.

The Preakness Stakes Heads Up a Saturday Full of Sports

If you didn’t know by now, the Preakness Stakes are today. That race will get underway just after 7 p.m. tonight. The betting boards are full today. Bettors should be salivating over the number of opportunities available today.

We’ve got elimination games in the NBA and NHL playoffs. There is a full MLB schedule today and that means plenty of MLB props on the board. There is Saturday football – UFL – golf, tennis, and we even have some MMA and boxing to bet on this Saturday.

Roll up your sleeves. It’s time to get to work.

1. Thunder-Mavs: Game 6 of the Thunder-Mavs series takes place tonight in Dallas. Game time is 8 p.m. Dallas can end the series with a victory tonight.
2. Canucks-Oilers: Edmonton will try and stay alive at home tonight by forcing a Game 7. Vancouver leads the series 3-2 and can end it all tonight with a win.
3. Saturday MLB: There are 15 games on the schedule today. It all starts with the White Sox and Yankees at 1:05 p.m. The day ends in Los Angeles where the Dodgers will try to take another one from the Reds. Game time at Dodger Stadium is 9:10 p.m.
4. PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele continues to lead the 2024 PGA championship. He shot 68 yesterday and maintained a 1-shot lead over Collin Morikawa heading into today’s third round. Public money is still on favorite Scottie Scheffler who was three strokes behind Schauffele before today’s third round.
5. Preakness Stakes: It’s the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes today at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Mystik Dan is the current favorite at 8-5. Post time is 7:01 p.m. ET.

6. UFL Week 8: Memphis (1-6) plays Michigan (5-2) and Houston (1-6) faces unbeaten Birmingham (7-0) in UFL Week 8 action. The Panthers and Stallions have already locked up playoff berths.
7. Final weekend in elite soccer leagues: It’s the final day of the Bundesliga season and there are nine matches on the schedule. There are two Serie A matches and one in LaLiga. Both leagues end their regular seasons soon. MLS is busy with 14 matches today after a number of teams played on Wednesday night.
8. UFC Fight Night: Edson Barboza (24-11) will fight Lerone Murphy (13-0-1) in the main event tonight. It’s a featherweight bout with a strong undercard.
9. Internazionali BNL d’Italia: The women’s final is scheduled for today between the tournament’s top two seeds. No. 1 Iga Swiatek faces No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka.
10. Saturday WNBA: Four games are on the schedule today. Indiana visits New York in a rematch of Thursday’s game. New York won 102-66. LA is in Las Vegas for an afternoon game and Chicago-Dallas and Atlanta-Phoenix both play tonight.
11. Heavyweight championship: Tyson Fury will take on Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship in boxing in a fight that will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight.