The second leg of the Triple Crown, the 2025 Preakness Stakes, will run on Saturday, May 17 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Bill Mott-trained Sovereignty, who posted a 1.5-length victory in the Kentucky Derby, will not run in the 2025 Preakness Stakes field, making Journalism the 8-5 favorite among the 2025 Preakness Stakes horses, followed by Sandman at 4-1. Post time is 7:01 p.m. ET. The nine-horse 2025 Preakness Stakes field was finalized during Monday's 2025 Preakness Stakes post position draw. The 2025 Preakness Stakes features a family element centered around Heart of Honor. The horse, which has never finished worse than second in six career races, is trained by Jamie Osborne and will be ridden by his daughter, Saffie Osborne. 

Before making any 2025 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.

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 Kentucky Derby in the correct order! He also called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023, when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He hit the trifecta 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 is WAY UP! Join SportsLine here to unlock his 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, and get 50% off with promo code "JOCKEY"!

For the 2025 Preakness Stakes, we can tell you Demling is high on Clever Again, even though he's a longshot at 5-1! Join SportsLine here to get his full 2025 Preakness Stakes picks for 50% off NOW with promo code "JOCKEY"!

Demling is especially high on a longshot who "could be a major factor"! He's including this horse in his 2025 Preakness Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his 2025 Preakness Stakes picks before locking in any of your own!

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