The second leg of the Triple Crown will take place on Saturday, May 18, when the 2024 Preakness Stakes is held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Post time is scheduled for 7:01 p.m. ET. The Bob Baffert-trained Muth was the 8-5 favorite in the 2024 Preakness Stakes odds, but scratched on Wednesday due to an elevated temperature. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is now the favorite 8-5, Imagination is 3-1, Catching Freedom is 7-2, while Tuscan Gold is 9-2 among the 2024 Preakness Stakes horses. Baffert's National Treasure won last year at 4-1 odds. The latest 2024 Preakness Stakes forecast is calling for a 20% chance of rain and temperatures in the 60s.

Before making any 2024 Preakness Stakes picks for the annual Run for the Black-Eyed Susans, you NEED to see what our resident horse racing guru, Jody Demling, has to say, given his historical DOMINATION of this race. Join SportsLine here to get his full 2024 Preakness Stakes picks!

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Preakness Stakes having nailed the Derby-Oaks double 11 of the last 16 years! He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last six years and called 10 of the last 19 Preakness winners, including last year when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP! Join here for full horse-by-horse analysis and Preakness Stakes bets!

For the 2024 Preakness Stakes, we can tell you Demling is high on Catching Freedom, even though he's a 7-2 longshot! He's a target for anyone looking for a HUGE payday. "I was surprised to see Brad Cox run him back in this race, so the trainer must like something," Demling told SportsLine.

Demling is also high on a dark-horse who could have a leg-up on the competition because of extra rest! If you include the dark-horse in your 2024 Preakness Stakes picks, you could be looking at a COLOSSAL payday.  Plus, he has a SHOCKING prediction for Mystik Dan, who just won the Kentucky Derby! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is and how to approach Mystik Dan before locking in any 2024 Preakness Stakes bets of your own!

Who wins the 2024 Preakness Stakes, where does Mystik Dan finish, and which dark-horse could win it all? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's Preakness Stakes picks and see which longshot contends, all from the expert who's nailed a colossal 11 Derby-Oaks doubles and hit the superfecta at last year's Preakness!