The 150th edition of “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” takes place on Saturday as the 2025 Preakness Stakes gets underway from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes serves as the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Slotted just two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes has seen more Derby winners opt to skip it in recent years. That’s the case again in 2025 with Sovereignty, who will instead point to the Belmont Stakes. The 2025 Preakness Stakes field has nine horses scheduled to run, headlined by Kentucky Derby horses Journalism and Sandman. Journalism is the 8-5 favorite, according to the latest 2025 Preakness Stakes odds, followed by Sandman (4-1) and River Thames (9-2). Before making any 2025 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 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 on betting sites like FanDuel Racing and TwinSpires is up huge.
Now, with the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds on the board, Demling is sharing his 2025 Preakness Stakes betting picks and 2025 Preakness Stakes predictions over at SportsLine to help you figure out how to bet the Preakness Stakes. Go here to see them.
Top 2025 Preakness Stakes predictions
One of Demling’s surprising 2025 Preakness Stakes picks for Preakness Stakes betting apps: He’s high on Clever Again, even though he’s a 5-1 longshot in the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds. Clever Again is inexperienced compared to some of the horses in the Preakness Stakes field, but he has the pedigree and results needed to compete at Pimlico.
Clever Again’s sire is American Pharoah, who is one of the greatest thoroughbreds in history. American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015 and then became the only horse in history to complete the American grand slam with a win later that year in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Clever Again broke his maiden at Oaklawn Park in gate-to-wire fashion in February. He followed that up with a wire-to-wire victory at the Hot Springs Stakes in March by four lengths over Grade 1 winner Gaming. He posted a blistering 101 Beyer Speed Figure during that win, so he’ll be confident he can pull off the upset on Saturday. See which other 2025 Preakness Stakes horses to target at SportsLine.
How to make 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, bets
Demling is especially high on a longshot who “could be a factor” and spice up your exotics. Demling is sharing which horse it is, along with his entire projected 2025 Preakness Stakes leaderboard, over at SportsLine.
Which horse wins the Preakness Stakes 2025, and which huge double-digit longshot is a must-back? Check out the latest 2025 Preakness Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Demling’s picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the expert who nailed the top three Kentucky Derby finishers in the correct order.
2025 Preakness Stakes horses, odds
2025 Preakness Stakes horses, lineup
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
