2024 Preakness Stakes Odds - Derby winner Mystik Dan the new favourite

Jon Vine

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Last updated: 17 May 2024

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Jon Vine 17 May 2024

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Latest odds and betting for the 2024 Preakness Stakes
This US Classic will take place at Pimlico racecourse on Saturday 18th May
Kentucky Derby winner Mystic Dan tops the market

Mystik Dan (right) holds on to win the Kentucky Derby. (Getty)

Two weeks after the Kentucky Derby has been run at Churchill Downs, many of US horse racing's best three-year-olds will clash again in the Preakness Stakes. The Preakness Stakes is the middle leg of the US Triple Crown, and many of the runners who impressed at Churchill Downs will take their chance this weekend.

Let's take a look through the latest Preakness Stakes betting and run through the headline entries.

2024 Preakness Stakes Odds

Name	Odds
Mystik Dan	9/4
Tuscan Gold	5/2
Catching Freedom	4/1
Imagination	9/2
Just Steel	10/1
Bar	12/1

2024 Preakness Stakes Entries

Bob Baffert's Arkansas Derby winner, Muth was verging on even-money favouritism in the early Preakness Stakes betting. Sadly, Muth suffered a setback earlier in the week and has been replaced at the head of the market by Mystik Dan, who built on a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby by landing the Kentucky Derby at odds of 186/10.

Catching Freedom kept on well to finish fourth in the Kentucky Derby and Brad Cox's star renews rivalries with Mystik Dan. Just Steel, who faded badly after making the running at Churchill Downs, will also advertise the Kentucky Derby form.

Tuscan Gold skipped the Derby after a third-place finish behind Catching Freedom in the Louisiana Derby. Frankie Dettori rides Santa Anita Derby runner-up Imagination for Bob Baffert, who could be inconvenienced by a wide draw in stall nine.

Mugatu and Joe Bravo have been drawn on the rail in stall one, with another outsider Uncle Heavy on his immediate outside. D Wayne Lukas' Group Two winner, Seize The Grey completes Saturday's Preakness field.