There are plenty of ways to bet the 2025 Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. You could back the 8-5 favorite, Journalism, after his runner-up finish in the Kentucky Derby, or another horse with short 2025 Preakness Stakes odds like Sandman (4-1) or River Thames (9-2). You could also go the longshot route by placing horseracing bets on a double-digit colt, such as Heart of Honor (12-1) or Pay Billy (20-1). The nine-horse 2025 Preakness Stakes field has something for every kind of bettor, and many won't just be picking the winner, but also who finishes in the money. So, which contenders should warrant your 2025 Preakness Stakes picks? The Preakness Stakes 2025 post time is 7:01 p.m. ET. Favorites have won this race 73 out of 150 times.

Before making any 2025 Preakness Stakes picks for The 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 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 is WAY UP! Join SportsLine here to unlock his 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, and use promo code "JOCKEY" to unlock 50% off!

While a slew of horses could hit the board in the 2025 Preakness Stakes, Demling is highly confident in a small group, isolating them for his exactas, trifectas and superfectas! He's especially high on a longshot who "could be a major factor"! If you include this horse in your 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, you could be looking at a COLOSSAL PAYDAY! 

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