2022 Preakness Stakes Tips & Betting Predictions
| Date | Saturday May 21, 2022 |
| Track | Pimlico Racecourse |
| Distance | 1900m |
| Class | Group 1 |
| Race Type | Set weights |
| Prize money | $1.5 million |
| Age | 3YO |
2022 Preakness Stakes Odds
*Odds taken on 18/5/22*
2022 Preakness Stakes Tips
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Preakness Stakes Betting
Odds on favourites have failed to win the last two Preakness Stakes.
The Preakness Stakes is a Group 1 held at Pimlico in Maryland and is the second leg of the US Triple Crown.
With attendance records sitting only behind the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes attracts bettors from all over the world both on and off the track.
Bettors invest heavily in the Preakness Stakes and with the top US three-year-old stars on show, it doesn't get much bigger than this.
Preakness Stakes betting program
Featuring on the card is not only the Preakness Stakes but also the Group 2 Dixie Stakes and Group 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap.
| Chick Lang Stakes |
| Gallorette Handicap |
| Dixie Stakes |
| Preakness Stakes |
| Maryland Sprint Handicap |
| Sir Barton Stakes |
| The Very One Stakes |
Preakness Stakes history
The Preakness Stakes came two years before the Kentucky Derby was introduced and would later become the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Pimlico hosted its first spring race meeting in 1873 and the Preakness Stakes was the highlight race on the card.
It is a three-year-old race which was named after a famous racing stables in New Jersey and the first race drew seven runners with three-year-old Survivor taking home the $2,050 prize.
He scored by 10 lengths and his record was beaten only by Smarty Jones in 2004.
The Preakness Stakes has been moved to different tracks around the US. Morris Park Racecourse in New York and Gravesend Race Track in New York were both used.
Due to being the second race of the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby winner is usually on hand to excite the crowd and keep the hopes up that a Triple Crown winner could run at Belmont Park in June.
Run two weeks after the Derby, the Preakness Stakes is a drop-back in distance from the Kentucky Derby.
Colts and fillies then have to make the big rise up in distance for the Belmont Stakes but it's uncommon for the Derby participants to bypass the Preakness.
R. Wyndham Walden trained seven Preakness Stakes winners.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro won six times with his last winner coming when he rode Bold Ruler to victory.
Past winners of the Preakness Stakes include American Pharoah, Secretariat and Charismatic, all much-loved thoroughbreds in the industry.
Preakness Stakes betting guide
The Preakness Stakes differs on the betting scale as opposed to the Kentucky Derby.
The Derby is usually a wide-open betting affair but the Preakness Stakes' market is dominated by the Derby winner.
2017 Derby winner Always Dreaming was the $1.85 favourite to win but finished well behind Cloud Computing which scored at odds of $13.
A similar result came in 2016 with Derby winner Nyquist falling at odds of $1.60 to Exaggerator, which handled the tough conditions best to pay $4.
American Pharoah was able to complete the double in 2015 and punters launched into the $1.60 on offer from bookmakers, which was one of the shortest-priced winners in recent history.
California Chrome paid $1.60 when winning in 2014 and that price would later be matched by American Pharoah a year later.
Double-figure winners aren't hard to come by in the Preakness Stakes and with all the money being placed on the favourite.
Bettors can get great odds for quality thoroughbreds and they should look for the runners that were good in behind the Kentucky Derby winner.
Preakness Stakes betting trends
Only three of the 16 Preakness Stakes winners have paid more than $8.80 to win. Shackleford, Bernadini and Oxbow all paid $27.20 or higher, which shows how wide-open this race can be.
The Preakness Stakes favourite has won 13 of the 32 races and the second favourite has won nine from the last 32.
The favourite has won 72 of the last 142 Preakness Stakes, which is a good record overall.
Bob Baffert has a great record in the Preakness Stakes. The world famous trainer has won the Preakness Stakes on six occasions.
Todd Pletcher has failed to win the race from nine attempts, including Always Dreaming in 2017, despite his success in other major races in the US.
Since 1997, 10 of the 20 Kentucky Derby winners have won the Preakness Stakes.
Past Preakness Stakes winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Rombauer |
| 2020 | Swiss Skydiver |
| 2019 | War Of Will |
| 2018 | Justify |
| 2017 | Cloud Computing |
| 2016 | Exaggerator |
| 2015 | American Pharoah |
| 2014 | California Chrome |
| 2013 | Oxbow |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another |
| 2011 | Shackleford |
| 2010 | Lookin At Lucy |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexander |
| 2008 | Big Brown |
| 2007 | Curlin |
| 2006 | Bernadini |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones |
| 2003 | Funny Cide |
| 2002 | War Emblem |
| 2001 | Point Given |
| 2000 | Red Bullet |
| 1999 | Charismatic |
| 1998 | Real Quiet |
| 1997 | Silver Charm |
| 1996 | Louis Quatorze |
| 1995 | Timber Country |
| 1994 | Tabasco Cat |
| 1993 | Prairie Bayou |
| 1992 | Pine Bluff |
| 1991 | Hansel |
| 1990 | Summer Squall |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence |
| 1988 | Risen Star |
