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2012 Preakness Stakes Betting Props with Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 5/18/2012
There isn't nearly as much prop betting action for the middle leg of the Triple Crown as there is for the Kentucky Derby. Sportsbooks do offer some different Preakness props, though, and some can provide interesting value. Here's a look at some of the more interesting ones from BetUS this week:
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2012 Preakness Stakes Post Positions Analysis and Handicapping
by Robert Ferringo - 5/17/2012
The Preakness Stakes post position draw and analysis has become a convenient talking point for mainstream sports media bobbleheads and wannabe horse racing handicappers over the past 24 hours. But the truth of the matter is that after the Kentucky Derby the post draw really has very little to do with how the second and third legs of the Triple Crown are run.
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2012 Preakness Stakes Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 5/17/2012
The entries are in, the post positions are drawn, and now all we can do is wait for the Preakness to begin - wait and speculate. To help pass the time here are six 2012 Preakness Stakes predictions I feel pretty good about:
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2012 Preakness Stakes Pace Scenario
by Trevor Whenham - 5/17/2012
As is the case is every horse race ever run, the most important story here in the 2012 Preakness Stakes is the projected pace scenario. You have to be able to figure out how the race is likely to be run so you can figure out how that benefits some horses and handicaps others.
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2012 Preakness Stakes Jockeys: Analysis and Handicapping Profile
by Trevor Whenham - 5/17/2012
You could argue - probably quite convincingly - that the jockeys don't play quite as important a role in the Preakness as they do in the Kentucky Derby or the Belmont. In the first race of the Triple Crown the jockey has to stay out of an incredible amount of potential trouble, while in the Belmont they have to judge how to handle the potentially crippling distance.
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2012 Triple Crown: Horses That Can Win the Preakness Stakes
by Robert Ferringo - 5/16/2012
Every trainer and owner that enters a mount at Pimlico thinks that it has a horse that can win the Preakness Stakes. But history has shown us that unless you are one of the cream of the crop rides in the Triple Crown's shortest leg then your odds to win the Preakness are actually much longer than even the books are willing to admit.
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2012 Preakness Stakes Handicapping Advice: Fresh Horses
by Trevor Whenham - 5/16/2012
If you want to have a pretty good chance of picking the Preakness winner in any given year you should almost always concentrate on the horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier. Of the last 40 Preakness winners only seven did not run in the Derby. In the last 28 editions there have only been three fresh horses that won, so the trend is becoming even more pronounced recently.
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Early Look at the 2012 Preakness Stakes Field
by Trevor Whenham - 5/8/2012
That wasn't a perfect Kentucky Derby, but it was more satisfying than the last few have been. It featured a flawless ride by a totally unheralded rider who had only won 14 races all year to win, and the most heroic performance a horse may have ever shown in defeat by Bodemeister.
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2012 Preakness Stakes Betting Tips
by Trevor Whenham - 5/8/2012
As we move beyond the Kentucky Derby, won by I'll Have Another, and look towards the Preakness our focus is on only one thing - finding the winner. To help in that pursuit here are four 2012 Preakness Stakes betting tips to guide you:
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