Preakness Weekend Picks Spotlight 4 Longshots, Including 30-1 Bull by the Horns
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Updated · America's Best Racing · May 14
Preakness Weekend Picks Spotlight 4 Longshots, Including 30-1 Bull by the Horns
10 articles · Updated · America's Best Racing · May 14
Four horses were flagged as value plays for Preakness weekend at Laurel Park, led by 30-1 Bull by the Horns in Saturday’s $2 million Grade 1 Preakness Stakes.
Pace is the main angle: Bull by the Horns and 5-1 Slam Notion are viewed as closers likely to benefit from speed-heavy Saturday fields, while Friday picks Unmiztaken and Somnium are expected to outrun favored rivals.
Friday’s recommendations target Unmiztaken at 10-1 in the $125,000 Hilltop Stakes and Somnium at 15-1 in the $100,000 Very One Stakes, both with Jose Ortiz named aboard.
The analysis shifts Preakness week attention to Laurel Park rather than Pimlico, where Friday and Saturday cards offer multiple betting opportunities beyond the Triple Crown’s second leg.
With Pimlico's renovation facing delays, is Maryland's massive gamble on the future of horse racing at risk of failing?
Can trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.'s longshot upset the Preakness despite having the slowest speed figure in the field?