- Epicenter is a 6-5 morning line favorite in the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes.
- Epicenter was a 4-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby finishing second behind shock winner Rich Strike.
- The Preakness Stakes is the 13th race on a 14 race card at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course this Saturday.
As expected, we’ve got more odds movement at the Preakness. Our sources on-track at Pimlico provided this information updated at 10:00 AM when odds were updated to include win pool co-mingling from the various simulcasting outlets across North America. Scheduled post time for the Preakness Stakes is 7:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Here’s the updated odds listed by post position from the rail out:
PREAKNESS STAKES LIVE ODDS AS OF 10:10 AM 5/21/22
1) Simplification 7-1 (6-1 Morning Line) 2) Creative Minister 9-1 (10-1 ML) 3) Fenwick 7-1 (50-1 ML) 4) Secret Oath 9-2 (9-2 ML) 5) Early Voting 6-1 (7-2 ML) 6) Happy Jack 7-1 (30-1 ML) 7) Armagnac 17-1 (12-1 ML) 8) Epicenter 2-1 (6-5 ML) 9) Skippylongstocking 9-1 (20-1 ML)
No clue on why Fenwick has been bet down from 50-1 to 7-1. Could there be *that* many people blindly betting the longshot?
BLACK-EYED SUSAN/PREAKNESS $2 DOUBLE WILL PAYS
1) Simplification $171.00 2) Creative Minister $209.40 3) Fenwick $1,214.40 4) Secret Oath $107.00 5) Early Voting $101.00 6) Happy Jack $982.00 7) Armagnac $742.20 8) Epicenter $47.20 9) Skippylongstocking $482.00
Weather at Pimlico just before the start of the Saturday race card is hot, humid and partly cloudy. Temps are 88 F with a slight breeze. Our on-site source says it was ‘pleasant’ earlier but it’s starting to get hot. It’s going to get hotter, with a predicted high of 95 F but the good news is no rain in the forecast.
