Preakness Stakes 2022: Racing odds, picks for second jewel of Triple Crown

 Cloud Computing won the Preakness Stakes five years ago after skipping the Kentucky Derby. Early Voting will try to accomplish the same feat at the Preakness Stakes  on Saturday, as he bypassed Churchill Downs after racing in the Wood Memorial on April 2 . 

Sent off as the Kentucky Derby favorite, Epicenter took the lead at the top of the stretch in that race but was caught in the final strides by 80-1 long shot Rich Strike. Epicenter is once again the favorite at 6-5 in the 2022 Preakness Stakes odds. He is followed by Early Voting (7-2) and Secret Oath (9-2) in the nine-horse 2022 Preakness Stakes field. Post time for the Preakness Stakes 2022 is 7:01 p.m. ET.

The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes is taking place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday. This race is the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

Also, the track distance is 9.5 furlongs (1 3/16 miles). This race was first inaugurated on May 27, 1873 and no more than 14 horses are allowed to compete. This year, the field consists of nine horses.

Let’s go over all the Hank Goldberg picks for Preakness 2022 along with where to find the best Preakness odds for each horse at Pimlico Race Course. 

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The second leg of the Triple Crown, Preakness 2022 will take place on Saturday, May 21 at Pimlico Race Course.

Rich Strike, the 80-1 longshot that won the Kentucky Derby, will not be running in the Preakness, which means there will be no Triple Crown winner in 2022.

Still, there is plenty of value for horseplayers that want to bet on the horse races at Pimlico Race Course this weekend.

The 2022 Kentucky Derby featured 20 horses but with just nine Preakness horses in the field at Pimlico, this should be a much friendlier horse race for bettors.

In fact, a double-digit longshot has finished first or second in nine of the last 10 Preakness Stakes. Favorites have also performed particularly well historically at the Preakness Stakes and 15 of the last 20 Preakness winners have run in the Kentucky Derby.

This year, Simplification, Happy Jack, and Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter are the only horses that raced in the 147th Run for the Roses earlier this month.

Following a second-place finish at Churchill Downs, Epicenter has emerged as the betting favorite with the best Preakness odds. At +145, BetUS is offering the best Epicenter odds for Preakness 2022 while BetOnline has Epicenter odds at +100 ahead of the Triple Crown race.