2019 Preakness Stakes Odds Tracker
Updated:
- War of Will won the 2019 Preakness Stakes
- This page tracked the odds for each horse to win the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes
- Looking for current Preakness Stakes odds?
The 144th running of the Preakness Stakes took place at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, May 18th. War of Will won over Everfast and Owendale. This page tracked the odds for all the horses in the field from the point they became available right up until post time. The main graph on this page was generated by calculating the average from multiple different sportsbooks.
Preakness Stakes Top Contenders
- May 18: Bourbon War has seen his odds move from +900 to +720, moving him into the top four contenders
- May 15: After the gate draw, War of Will, which drew the unfavorable Lane 1, fell from +300 to +350. The biggest winners of the draw were Warriors Charge in Lane 3, who moved up to +1300 from +1600, and Anothertwistafate in Lane 12, who improved to +770 from +950.
- May 15: Before the drawing of the post positions later today, Improbable (+200) has passed War of Will (+290) as the favorite.
- May 8: Alwaysmining’s odds have improved significantly over the past day, going from +1200 on May 7th to just +880 on May 8th.
- May 7: With Country House dropping out of the Preakness, Code of Honor remains with the shortest average odds, though Improbable is the clear favorite at some books at +200.
- May 6: Code of Honor has opened with the shortest odds to win the Preakness Stakes after finishing second at the Kentucky Derby
- May 4: Country House was named the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby
2019 Preakness Stakes Odds
| Horse | Odds |
|---|---|
| Improbable | +250 |
| War of Will | +400 |
| Alwaysmining | +600 |
| Bourbon War | +600 |
| Anothertwistafate | +700 |
*Odds taken May 18
Preakness Stakes Trends to Keep in Mind:
- 24 horses have won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
- 13 horses have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes
- Since 2000, no horse has won the Preakness after finishing worse than sixth in the Kentucky Derby
- Since 2000, seven horses have won the Preakness after winning the Kentucky Derby
- Only one jockey has won back-to-back Preakness Stakes since 1997
- A Bob Baffert-trained horse has won two of the last four Preakness Stakes
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