Preakness Odds: Preakness Morning Line Odds Set

Added on May 19, 2011 by Jack Thurman in

Horse Racing

Pimlico oddsmaker Frank Carulli has set the opening ‘morning line’ Preakness Stakes betting odds shortly after the post position draw was completed on Wednesday . Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will start from position 11 and was set as the 2-1 favorite. Kentucky Derby post time favorite Dialed In is the second wagering choice at 9-2. The only other horse with single digit odds on the morning line was Mucho Macho Man–who finished third in the Kentucky Derby–at 6-1.

The Steve Assmussen trained Astrology will start from the rail and is one of a logjam of horses priced in the low double digits at 15-1. Kentucky Derby veteran Shackleford is priced at 12-1 along with the Todd Pletcher trained Dance City. Sway Away and Midnight Interlude are priced at 15-1 on the Preakness betting morning line. King Congie, Flashpoint and Mr. Commons at at 20-1 with Wood Memorial also-ran Norman Asbjornson priced as the longshot at 30-1 along with Concealed Identity and Isn’t He Perfect.

The Preakness Stakes weekend will get underway on Friday with a race card headlined by the 87th running of the Black Eyed Susan for three year old fillies. The Preakness Stakes will be the highlight of Saturday’s racing card at Pimlico with TV coverage provided by NBC in the United States. The Preakness is the second leg of horse racing’s elusive Triple Crown and if Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom manages to get the victory here it’ll put a huge spotlight on the Belmont Stakes held at New York’s Belmont Park on June 11th. There have been only 11 Triple Crown winners in the history of the sport and none since Affirmed accomplished the ‘trifecta’ in 1978.

Below is the full list of Preakness Morning Line odds with post position:

1 Astrology 15-1
2 Norman Asbjornson 30-1
3 King Congie 20-1
4 Flashpoint 20-1
5 Shackleford 12-1
6 Sway Away 15-1
7 Midnight Interlude 15-1
8 Dance City 12-1
9 Mucho Macho Man 6-1
10 Dialed In 9-2
11 Animal Kingdom 2-1
12 Isn’t He Perfect 30-1
13 Concealed Identity 30-1
14 Mr. Commons 20-1

Additionally, sportsbooks are offering proposition bets on whether or not Animal Kingdom will go on to win the Preakness and the Belmont and complete horse racing’s ‘Triple Crown’.

PREAKNESS STAKES:

Animal Kingdom wins Preakness +265
Field wins Preakness -355

TRIPLE CROWN:

Animal Kingdom wins Triple Crown +775
No Triple Crown winner in 2011 -1200

In both instances if Animal Kingdom does not run in the Preakness Stakes all bets are ‘no action’.