Three of the five Kentucky Derby winners have gone on to win the Preakness Stakes. Always Dreaming will look to do the same and include the second jewel of the Triple Crown this Saturday afternoon. The Kentucky Derby winner is a -125 preferred to win the Preakness at Pimlico at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
With the win at Churchill Downs before this month, Always Dreaming picked up his fourth straight victory. The horse appeared great in the Kentucky Derby, pulling away from the pack down the stretch and eventually taking on the lead with about a half a mile left at the race. Always Dreaming is the one to beat in this brief field.
Classic Empire (+300 to win the Preakness) was the betting favorite to win the Kentucky Derby from the weeks leading up to the event. A poor break from the gate at the Derby, falling too far from the bunch to have a lot of chance at coming from behind doomed the horse.
Classic Empire ended with a solid revealing but track that was faster and this field should lead to a greater result in Baltimore.
It actually ended up being Lookin, while Classic Empire was the horse which was expected to create a late kick in the Kentucky Derby.

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