So You Want To Bet The 2016 Preakness Stakes

Betting the Preakness Stakes is always a tug-of-war between your heart and your brain. Part of you always wants to root for a Triple Crown hopeful, but the other part of you inexplicably chases the long money on an upset. So should you lean towards your heart or your head this year?

The 2016 Preakness Stakes is set to run out of Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 21st with a start time of 6:45pm EST.

The field is led by Nyquist, who gutted the 2016 Kentucky Derby in a decisive fashion. He didn’t run the best line (Gun Runner did), and he didn’t have the most advantageous post position (Exaggerator did), but nobody showed the blinding speed and ruthless competitiveness that Nyquist did on derby day. He posted the 14th fastest time in Kentucky Derby history.

And people said he wasn’t special.