With post positions drawn and Preakness Stakes odds now on the betting board, the inevitable annual question remains: Will a Triple Crown be won this year?
It’s all on Mystik Dan’s hearty horse shoulders at the moment. And the Kentucky Derby winner isn’t the favorite Saturday at Pimlico in Baltimore.
Mystik Dan is the second choice behind Muth, who didn’t run in the Kentucky Derby.
“Mystik Dan is a great horse, coming off a dynamite win. But Muth is better-rested,” said Paul Zilm, a horse racing oddsmaker who’s been around the thoroughbred industry for 20 years.
Zilm helps break down odds to win the Preakness Stakes, as horse racing gears up for the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Beating Bob Baffert
Part of the difficult calculus for Mystik Dan jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. and trainer…
