Preakness Stakes 2023 Predictions, Odds, Date, Contenders: Expert Who Nailed Last Year’s Exact Picks

Kentucky Derby winner Mage will try to move one win away from becoming horse racing’s 14th Triple Crown champion when he comes out of the starting gate in the 2023 Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. In the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago at Churchill Downs, Mage overcame another slow start with a powerful run to win the “Run for the Roses.” With a win Saturday in the 2023 Preakness Stakes, he would be the first horse since Justify in 2018 to enter the Belmont Stakes with a chance to complete the Triple Crown. Mage is the 8-5 favorite in odds for the 2023 Preakness Stakes. Lexington Stakes winner First Mission is 5-2 among eight contenders in the 2023 Preakness Stakes.

National Treasure (4-1), Blazing Sevens (6-1) and Red Route One (10-1) round out the top five horses in the 2023 Preakness Stakes at odds. Post time for the 2023 Preakness Stakes is 7:01 pm ET. With several new horses trying to win the Kentucky Derby, you’ll want to see what racing reporter and analyst Michelle Yu has to say before you make any 2023 Preakness Stakes picks, considering she made the exact one in this race last year.

Few people in racing are as well connected as Yu. An anchor and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders’ Cup, Yu has spent his entire life in racing. Prior to his television career, he worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She is also married to Santa Anita coach Ryan Hanson.

Yu also has tremendous debuff abilities. In a wide-open Kentucky Derby in 2021, he delivered the Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first, as a 12-1 winner. In the Group 5 Kentucky Derby Future Wager last year, he suggested a play on All Other 3-Year-Olds, who cashed in an incredible 18-1 when Rich Strike won the Derby. And in last year’s Preakness Stakes he got the exact epicenter of early voting.

Since late February, he has crushed the Saudi Cup, riding a 15-1 winner, edged out Derma Sotogake to win the UAE Derby and scored the exacta in the Santa Anita Derby.

Now, Yu has handed down the 2023 Preakness Stakes odds, made his selections and built his 2023 Preakness Stakes bets. Click here to see them.

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One surprise: Yu is writing off Blazing Sevens entirely, even though he is trained by two-time Preakness Stakes winner Chad Brown and a favorite. Going 6-1 at the morning line, Blazing Sevens has two 2/3 wins in six career starts. He is coming off a third-place finish behind Tapit Trice and Verifying in the Blue Grass Stakes.

That performance earned him a Beyer Speed ​​Figure 90, which is slower than the career-high 93 he earned at the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in November. “Blazing Sevens was precocious at two years old, but I don’t think it has improved much at three,” Yu told SportsLine. He does not include Blazing Sevens in his 2023 Preakness Stakes betting strategy. See which horses Yu supports on SportsLine.

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Instead, Yu’s first choice is a horse that should have a “clean ride” on Saturday. She’s also riding a horse that drew the perfect pole for her racing style. She is sharing which 2023 Preakness horses she will endorse only on SportsLine.

So which horse wins the 2023 Preakness Stakes and which horse drew the perfect post? See the latest 2023 Preakness Stakes odds below and then visit SportsLine to see Yu’s picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the insider who nailed last year’s exactaand find out.

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