Preakness Stakes 2026: Win, place, show, exacta, trifecta and superfecta picks

There have been 13 Triple Crown winners among the 36 horses who won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Neither of those numbers will increase following the 2026 Preakness Stakes as Derby champion, Golden Tempo, is bypassing The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans. It's the second year in a row, and third time in the last five years, that the Kentucky Derby winner is not competing in the Preakness Stakes. The two-week turnaround has much to do with those skipping the Triple Crown's second leg as the Preakness Stakes 2026 will take place on Saturday from Laurel Park.

Iron Honor is coming off six weeks of rest and is the 9-2 favorite following Monday's post draw. A trio of thoroughbreds follow at 5-1 in the latest Preakness Stakes odds in Chip Honcho, Taj Mahal and Incredibolt. Crupper, at 30-1, is among the biggest of horse racing longshots. Who will win the Preakness Stakes, and who should be in your horse racing predictions to finish in the money?

Before making any 2026 Preakness Stakes picks for the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, 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 also called 11 of the last 21 Preakness winners, including 2023, when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He hit the trifecta in the 2024 Preakness Stakes and nailed Journalism as the 2025 Preakness winner. Anyone who has followed him on those picks could be WAY UP! Join SportsLine here to see his picks for this year!

While a slew of horses could hit the board in the 2026 Preakness Stakes, Demling is highly confident in a small group, isolating them for his exactas, trifectas and superfectas! He's is especially high on an EPIC double-digit longshot "with a chance" to win it all! If you include this horse in your 2026 Preakness Stakes picks, you could be looking at a COLOSSAL PAYDAY! 

Who wins the 2026 Preakness Stakes, and which MASSIVE longshot hits the board HARD? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's Preakness Stakes picks and see which HUGE longshot contends, all from the expert who has nailed 11 Preakness winners!