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Betting Preakness Winning Margin

Written by Jimmy Boyd

This year betting on the Preakness Stakes winning margin allows you yet another angle to win some money on this second big race of the Triple Crown. These three horse races bring out the general pubic in the same way that March Madness and the Super Bowl do. Guys who are nowhere to be found around the race track all year long suddenly find themselves making a couple of wagers on the ponies. The best part about some of these props is that you don’t have to worry about who is going to win, place, or show. All you have to do is look at the history of the race, the stable of horses this year and see if you think they are better or worse than in year’s past, or what the average is.

You have to factor in that this is the shortest of the three major races so one would think that the margin of victory will not be as big as the longer ones. But, you also have to remember that this has fewer horses competing than the Derby, so there won’t be a big jam in the middle of the pack, speed should shine through better than the other races.

Let’s look at the recent history of this race to see if we can find a trend:

2006: 5 1/4
2005: 4 1/2
2004: 11 1/2
2003: 9 3/4

It doesn’t take a rocket science to predict that if recent history would tell us something, it’s a smart move to take the over.

What will the Preakness winner’s margin of victory be:

Over 2.25 lengths -120
Under 2.25 lengths -120

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