The Preakness 2025 has a nine-horse field, with all but one of the 2025 Preakness Stakes contenders bred in Kentucky. River Thames was bred in New York by CTR Stables and will try to become the fourth New York-bred horse to win The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. The state is one of 11 that has produced a Preakness winner, and while Saturday’s race will be held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, there are no Maryland-bred horses in the Preakness Stakes 2025. River Thames is one of the Preakness favorites at 9-2, while Heart of Honor, who is British-born but Kentucky-bred, is 12-1. The top of the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds board also has native Kentuckians in Journalism (8-5) and Sandman (4-1). With so much to consider while making your 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, a little expert help can go a long way.
There won’t be any fillies in Preakness Stakes 150, but there have been 56 fillies that have competed over the prior 149 runnings. Six female horses have prevailed at The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the most recent being Swiss Skydiver (2020). With the Preakness being the shortest of the Triple Crown races, you could call it the most filly-friendly of the three races, and the numbers bear that out. The six Preakness-winning fillies match the total number of fillies that have won the Kentucky Derby (three) and Belmont Stakes (three) combined.
Given all the history, there’s a method to picking which horses to focus on for exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets in a Preakness Stakes like this, and SportsLine expert Jody Demling knows what it is. He can help you make the best 2025 Preakness Stakes picks possible.
A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling hit the top three finishers in the 2025 Kentucky Derby in the correct order. He has also called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He hit the trifecta again in the 2024 Preakness Stakes and has predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years. Anyone who has followed him on those picks could be up huge at sites like FanDuel Racing, TwinSpires, and 1/ST BET when trying to figure out how to bet on the Preakness.
Now, with the 2025 Preakness Stakes post positions set and odds on the board, Demling is sharing his picks and 2025 Preakness Stakes betting predictions over at SportsLine. Go here to see them.
Top 2025 Preakness Stakes expert picks
Here’s a refresher on these types of bets from SportsLine’s Jody Demling:
Preakness Stakes Exacta: Pick the first- and second-place finishers in the correct order. A $1 exacta returned $59.70 at the 2024 Preakness Stakes with Seize the Grey and Mystik Dan.
Preakness Stakes Trifecta: Pick the first-, second- and third-place finishers in the correct order. A $1 trifecta returned $183.70 at the 2024 Preakness Stakes with Seize the Grey, Mystik Dan and Catching Freedom.
Preakness Stakes Superfecta: Pick the first-, second-, third- and fourth-place finishers in the correct order. A $1 superfecta returned $749 at the 2024 Preakness Stakes with Seize the Grey, Mystik Dan, Catching Freedom and Tuscan Gold.
While Demling has no quibbles about the favorite status of Journalism (8-5), Demling is building his tickets around Clever Again (5-1). He’s also high on another longshot who “could be a major factor,” spicing up his 2025 Preakness Stakes exotics. You can see his picks here.
How to make 2025 Preakness Stakes bets
Demling has specific recommendations for exacta, trifecta and superfecta wagers so you can cover all your bases at the Preakness Stakes 2025. He’s sharing them over at SportsLine.
So which horses do you take? And in what combinations? Visit SportsLine to get Demling’s picks for exacta, trifecta and superfecta bets for the 2025 Preakness Stakes.
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Preakness Stakes profiles 1 Goal Oriented | 2 Journalism | 3 American Promise | 4 Heart of Honor | 5 Pay Billy | 6 River Thames | 7 Sandman | 8 Clever Again | 9 Gosger