Preakness is Saturday and its chalk city. EASY MONEY TO BE MADE.
INFO: Trainer Todd Pletcher pulled the same move he did last year to screw over California Chrome's Triple Crown chances. Pletcher pulled his four horses out of the Preakness Stakes in order to rest them for better chances at Belmont Stakes.
Preakness is left with only 8 horses racing, a very small field - the smallest in 15 years.
American Pharoah got stuck with a shit draw and has the inside lane which is bad for horses, a horse hasn't won in the 1 position in like 30 years or so.
BUT Pharoah WILL win this race for a couple reasons:
1) The sport needs him to win so there is hype for Belmont and Triple Crown potential.
2) Pharoah ran 29ft further than Firing Line and 69 feet further than Dortmund and STILL won the Kentucky Derby. This time he won't have the chance to take the long way since he's on the inside.
3) Pharoah is the only mudder of the bunch, and has won in a mud race before, and forecast calls for at least 30% chance of rain in Baltimore on Saturday.
Firing Line was leading the Derby down the stretch and the Preakness is a bit shorter so he will do great.
Dortmund took the lead first and foremost in Churchill and could also benefit from the shorter distance.
These three horses are a shoe-in to make up the top three, but odds on each to Show probably won't be great.
Can anyone take a stab at the odds for Trifecta Key for American Pharoah to win and then Dortmund and Firing Line to make up 2nd & 3rd in any order?????