2025 Preakness Stakes horses, odds, futures, preview, date: Expert who nailed 10 of 20 winners shares picks

Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes 2025, but Jody Demling, who has nailed the last two Preakness Stakes trifectas, just revealed his Preakness Stakes betting picks for the Saturday, May 17 race at Pimlico Race Course

By Blake Von Hagen

May 17, 2025 at 3:31 pm ET • 3 min read

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There will not be a Triple Crown champion this year, but a strong field of 3-year-old horses will compete in the 2025 Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. The 2025 Preakness Stakes post time is 7:01 p.m. ET. Three jockeys who have previously won the second leg of the Triple Crown will ride horses in the 2025 Preakness Stakes field. John Velazquez won his first Preakness in 2023 aboard National Treasure, and he will try to win his second with Sandman this year. Sandman won the Arkansas Derby and is 4-1 in the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds. Journalism is the 8-5 favorite atop the horse racing odds board, even though jockey Umberto Rispoli is making his first Preakness start. Should you avoid Journalism with your 2025 Preakness Stakes betting picks? Before making any 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, be sure to see the horse racing predictions and futures bets from SportsLine's elite horse racing expert Jody Demling.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling hit the top three finishers in the 2025 Kentucky Derby in the correct order. He has also called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He hit the trifecta again in the 2024 Preakness Stakes and has predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years. Anyone who has followed him on those picks on betting sites like FanDuel Racing and TwinSpires is up huge.

Now, with the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds on the board, Demling is sharing his 2025 Preakness Stakes betting picks and 2025 Preakness Stakes predictions over at SportsLine to help you figure out how to bet the Preakness Stakes. Go here to see them.

Top 2025 Preakness Stakes predictions

One of Demling's surprising 2025 Preakness Stakes picks for Preakness Stakes betting apps: He's high on Clever Again, even though he's a 5-1 longshot in the 2025 Preakness Stakes odds. Clever Again will be ridden by Jose Ortiz, who has been piling up wins this season to add to a potential Hall of Fame resume. He won the Preakness in 2022 aboard Early Voting and has piloted Clever Again to two consecutive wins.

Clever Again's elite connections do not end there, as he was sired by Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, and trainer Steve Asmussen is a Hall of Famer. Asmussen's horse is coming off back-to-back wins, his most recent victory coming in the Hot Springs (LS) in March. He posted an impressive 101 Beyer Speed Figure in that race, which ranks second only to Journalism among the top speed numbers in this field. See which other 2025 Preakness Stakes horses to target at SportsLine.

How to make 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, bets

Demling is especially high on a longshot who "could be a factor" and spice up your exotics. Demling is sharing which horse it is, along with his entire projected 2025 Preakness Stakes leaderboard, over at SportsLine.

Which horse wins the Preakness Stakes 2025, and which huge double-digit longshot is a must-back? Check out the latest 2025 Preakness Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Demling's picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the expert who nailed the top three Kentucky Derby finishers in the correct order.

2025 Preakness Stakes horses, odds

Post	Horse	Odds	Projection
1	Goal Oriented	6-1	SEE PICKS
2	Journalism	8-5	SEE PICKS
3	American Promise	15-1	SEE PICKS
4	Heart of Honor	12-1	SEE PICKS
5	Pay Billy	20-1	SEE PICKS
6	River Thames	9-2	SEE PICKS
7	Sandman	4-1	SEE PICKS
8	Clever Again	5-1	SEE PICKS
9	Gosger	20-1	SEE PICKS