Journalism Leads 2025 Preakness Stakes Odds at +100

• Journalism is favored to win the Preakness Stakes with +100 odds.
• Sandman has +550 odds to win the Preakness.

BALTIMORE – The second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, is scheduled for Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, which is the shortest course of the three Triple Crown races.

Ahead of the race, legal sports betting sites are backing Journalism, the second-place winner in the Kentucky Derby, with the shortest odds to come out on top at even odds. He is also the only horse with odds under +500 to win the race.

2025 Preakness Stakes

• Journalism +100
• Sandman +550
• River Thames +600
• Clever Again +700
• Goal Oriented +700
• American Promise +1400
• Gosger +2000
• Heart Of Honor +2000
• Pay Billy +3000

Journalism Far Ahead Vs. Field

Online racebooks are looking at Journalism as the horse to beat here, and it makes complete sense. In fact, bettors should be getting in on this line at +100 before it potentially even shifts to under even.

Journalism hasn’t finished outside of the top-3 in their six career races which includes four wins and a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.

Sitting behind Journalism with the second shortest Preakness Stakes odds is another Kentucky Derby participant, Sandman. Sandman finished seventh at the Derby and has three career wins in nine races.

1. Journalism and Sandman, along with American Promise, are the only three horses in this race that participated in the Kentucky Derby. Journalism and Sandman are also the only two horses within the top-5 shortest odds that have more than six career races.

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