Preakness 2019 Contenders: Race-Day Overview for Entire Field and Undercard

One of the 13 horses entered in the 2019 Preakness Stakes will leave Pimlico Race Course with his first Triple Crown victory Saturday. 

Improbable comes into the race as the favorite after earning a fourth-place finish at the Kentucky Derby.

In total, four horses who ran at Churchill Downs two weeks ago are in the field, while the other nine are making their Triple Crown debuts. 

The Preakness concludes a slate of nine races at Pimlico on Saturday. The racing card began at 11:41 a.m. ET with the Sir Barton Stakes and ends with the Preakness at 6:48 p.m. ET.

Preakness Field, Post Positions and Odds

Race-Day Overview

Improbable and War Of Will will be the most talked about horses at the Preakness for much different reasons. 

Improbable should receive the bulk of the attention, as he is the pre-race favorite at 5-2. 

War Of Will is also a notable runner, though, as he was the horse Maximum Security impeded to draw a disqualification in the Kentucky Derby after initially winning the race. 

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War Of Will has the potential to ride the inside line out of Post 1, while Improbable will likely end up next to him after passing a few horses out of Post 4. 

Anothertwistafate is the best option of the non-Kentucky Derby runners, but he might face a difficult task reaching the front from an outside starting spot in Post 12. 

Alwaysmining is the other Triple Crown debutante to watch, and he could challenge Improbable and War Of Will from the start from Post 7.

If you are looking for a long shot, Signalman and Bodexpress are the best options. Both horses have long odds, but they could break out of Posts 8 and 9 fast and follow Alwaysmining to the front. 

Win Win Win could make a surge off the outside by running alongside Anothertwistafate, but he has not put together the best string of results lately, including a ninth-place mark at the Kentucky Derby. 

Since a majority of the favorites come into the race on good form, it is likely we will see one of Improbable, War of Will, Alwaysmining or Anothertwistafate in the winner's circle Saturday night, but as the Kentucky Derby taught us, there is a chance for an unlikely result to occur after Country House won on log odds. 

Before you lay your final wager on the Preakness, there are eight other races to win money on at Pimlico.

The best race before the Preakness could be the Chick Lang Stakes, which features a pair of undefeated horses in Preamble and Pyron, according to HorseRacingNation.com.

The Chick Lang Stakes is one of three Grade 3 races on the undercard in the buildup to the Preakness. 

The first of the three is the Maryland Stakes, which is the third race on the schedule and is headlined by New York Central. 

Two races separate the Maryland Stakes from the Gallorette Stakes, a race that features experienced female horses. 

Inflexibility and Irish horse I'm So Fancy are the favorites to win out of the field that contains four-and-five-year old fillies and mares. 

I'm So Fancy is one of the three foreign horses in the field. French-trained Barkaa and Thewayiam are also in the competition. 

The penultimate race on the Saturday card at Pimlico is the Dixie Stakes, which is the only Grade 2 race on the docket. 

Catholic Boy, who starts in the outside post position No. 12, is the favored horse in the Dixie Stakes, while Inspector Lynley, who lines one stall to the left of Catholic Boy, has the second-best odds. 

The best bets outside of Catholic Boy and Inspector Lynley are Have At It and Flameaway, who will begin the race next to each other in posts No. 5 and No. 6. Have At It and Flameaway are the only other horses with odds of less than 10-1 in the Dixie Stakes. 

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Statistics obtained from HorseRacingNation.com and BloodHorse.com.