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2019 Preakness Stakes odds, top predictions: Expert who has hit 9 winners releases picks

Jody Demling has won nine of the past 14 Preakness Stakes and nine Derby-Oaks doubles

• by CBS Sports Staff
• 9 hrs ago • 4 min read

Post positions have been drawn for the 2019 Preakness Stakes, and even though the second leg of the Triple Crown will not feature the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby, it will have an evenly-matched field and what could be a thrilling finish. Last year, trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Mike Smith teamed up with Justify, who out-ran Bravazo, Tenfold, and Good Magic. This year, 13 three-year-olds will battle at Pimlico Race Course, and Improbable is the morning-line favorite at 5-2 in the 2019 Preakness odds. Trained by Baffert, who has won the Preakness Stakes seven times, the son of City Zip is winless in three starts this year and coming off a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. However, Improbable will have Smith guiding him in the Preakness 2019 after he was ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. at Churchill Downs. The 2019 Preakness post time is 6:48 p.m. ET. With a favorite who is winless this year but trained and jockeyed by legends, you'll want to hear what SportsLine's Jody Demling has to say before making any 2019 Preakness picks of your own.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling comes into the 2019 Preakness on a mind-blowing streak: He has called nine of the last 14 winners of this Triple Crown race.

He was all over Big Brown, I'll Have Another, California Chrome, American Pharoah, and Justify at the Preakness after each horse won the Kentucky Derby. He also knew when the Kentucky Derby winner was ripe to lose in the Preakness: Demling also correctly predicted that Afleet Alex, Curlin, Rachel Alexandra and Looking at Lucky would spoil Triple Crown bids at Pimlico.

Demling is at his best in the biggest horse races. He has hit nine of the last 11 Oaks-Derby doubles at Churchill Downs. That means he held a ticket with the winners of both races all but twice in the last 11 years.

He followed up last year's Preakness by predicting Justify's groundbreaking victory in the Belmont Stakes, as well as calling the winners of the Haskell Invitational, Pennsylvania Derby, Lecomte Stakes, Arkansas Derby and Louisiana Derby, just to name a few.