2024 Preakness Stakes horses, futures, odds, date: Expert who hit last year’s superfecta lists picks

The Triple Crown is rarefied air in American horse racing, with only 13 horses accomplishing the feat in the nearly 150-year history of the three races. After winning the Kentucky Derby in thrilling fashion, Mystik Dan’s connections have set their sights on the 2024 Preakness Stakes with hopes of their horse joining the likes of legendary thoroughbreds like Justify, Seattle Slew, Secretariat and War Admiral. The Preakness Stakes 2024 will take place on Saturday, May 18, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Mystik Dan’s jockey, Brian Hernandez Jr., became the ninth in history, and the first since 2009, to win the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby in the same year.

Mystik Dan is 5-2 in the 2024 Preakness Stakes odds, while Muth was the 8-5 favorite after a dominant win at the Arkansas Derby before scratching on Wednesday with a fever. The 2024 Preakness Stakes post time is 7:01 p.m. ET. Before making any 2024 Preakness Stakes picks, be sure to see the horse racing predictions and futures bets from SportsLine’s elite horse racing expert Jody Demling.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Kentucky Derby having nailed the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last six years, including an exacta in 2022 with Mo Donegal and Nest. He also called Flightline’s win at the Breeders’ Cup Classic in November of that year. 

Demling is at his best in the biggest horse races in the world like the Preakness Stakes 2024. In fact, he has hit 11 of the last 16 Derby-Oaks doubles at Churchill Downs. He’s also called 10 of the last 19 Preakness winners, including nailing his Preakness winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta picks in 2023. He keenly understands when the Kentucky Derby winner was poised for victory or a massive upset in the second leg of the Triple Crown. Anyone who has followed him is up huge.

Now, with the 2024 Preakness Stakes quickly approaching, Demling is sharing his picks and 2024 Preakness Stakes predictions over at SportsLine. Go here to see them.

Top 2024 Preakness Stakes predictionsOne of Demling’s surprising 2024 Preakness Stakes picks: He is high on Catching Freedom, even though he’s a 6-1 longshot. Catching Freedom has recorded a win in two of his last four starts. He won the Louisiana Derby winner over Honor Marie and Tuscan Gold and the Smarty Jones Stakes over Just Steel.

Catching Freedom finished fourth at the Kentucky Derby, finishing within two lengths of the trio that came down to a photo finish. He has finished fourth or better in all six of his career races, so he has shown he possesses the speed needed to win at Pimlico. Jockey Flavien Prat won the 2021 Preakness Stakes on Rombauer and will try to guide Catching Freedom into a position to use his closing speed after drawing the No. 3 post for Saturday’s race. See which other horses to back at SportsLine.

How to make 2024 Preakness Stakes picks, bets Demling is especially high a dark-horse who could have a leg-up on the competition because of extra rest. Demling is sharing which horse it is, and his surprising prediction for Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, along with his entire projected 2024 Preakness Stakes leaderboard, over at SportsLine.

Which horse wins the Preakness Stakes 2024, and which dark-horse is a must-back? Check out the latest 2024 Preakness Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Demling’s picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the expert who nailed 11 Derby-Oaks doubles and hit last year’s Preakness Stakes superfecta.

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