Preakness Stakes 2024: Cheat Sheet for racing form, past performances, post positions, odds, jockeys, trainers

The 2024 Preakness Stakes will be held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. Post time is scheduled for 7:01 p.m. ET and 2024 Preakness Stakes post positions were established during Monday’s draw. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan drew the No. 5 post and trainer Kenneth McPeek will try to continue a historic Triple Crown season after winning the Derby-Oaks double at Churchill Downs. McPeek won the 2020 Preakness Stakes with Swiss Skydiver and he’ll hope Mystik Dan can become the first horse since Justify in 2018 to capture the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Mystik Dan is 5-2 in the 2024 Preakness Stakes odds, but Arkansas Derby winner Muth is the 8-5 favorite and has one of the most impressive 2024 Preakness Stakes past performances. Before making any 2024 Preakness Stakes picks for the 149th Run for the Black-Eyed Susans, you need to see our 2024 Preakness Stakes cheat sheet and past performances featuring analysis from renowned horse racing handicapper Jody Demling. 

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Kentucky Derby having nailed the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last six years, including an exacta in 2022 with Mo Donegal and Nest. He also called Flightline’s win at the Breeders’ Cup Classic in November of that year. 

Demling is at his best in the biggest horse races in the world like the Kentucky Derby 2024. In fact, he has hit 11 of the last 16 Derby-Oaks doubles at Churchill Downs. That means he held a ticket with the winners of both races all but five times in the last 16 years. He’s also called 10 of the last 19 Preakness winners, including nailing his Preakness winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta picks in 2023, keenly understanding when the Kentucky Derby winner was poised for victory or a massive upset. Anyone who has followed him is up huge.

Now, with the 2024 Preakness Stakes odds already on the board, SportsLine has teamed up with Demling to provide a complete 2024 Preakness Stakes cheat sheet racing form with connections, past performances, speed figures, expert picks and more, all to save you time on your Preakness Stakes bets. It’s a must-see 2024 Preakness Stakes primer. Go here to see it.

2024 Preakness Stakes cheat sheet 

With SportsLine’s Preakness Stakes 2024 cheat sheet, you’ll get valuable information for every horse in the 2024 Preakness Stakes field. The 2024 Preakness Stakes cheat sheet will give you post position, connections, odds, career record, earnings, past performances and speed figures. You’ll also get analysis from Demling on each horse, including his breakdown of Imagination, who runs out of eight-time Preakness winner Bob Baffert’s barn.

Purchased by a sizable ownership group for $1,050,000 at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Imagination will make his seventh career start on Saturday at Pimlico. The runner-up in the 2024 Santa Anita Derby was also the winner of the 2024 San Felipe Stakes, but he’ll be making his first trip East after running exclusively at Santa Anita and Del Mar over his first six starts. Imagination wasn’t eligible for the Kentucky Derby because Baffert was serving a suspension, but he would have qualified on points. Baffert won the 2023 Preakness Stakes with National Treasure after he was forced to skip the Derby.

Imagination

Post position: 9
Trainer: Bob Baffert (Preakness Stakes winner in ’97, ’98, ’01, ’02, ’10, ’15, ’18, ’23)
Jockey: Frankie Dettori
Odds: 6-1
Career earnings: $406,800 (sixth in Preakness field)
Career record (starts-win-place-show): 6-2-4-0
Notable win: San Felipe Stakes (G3)
Best consensus speed figure: 98 (fifth in Preakness field)
Last Race: 2nd by nk Santa Anita Derby (G1)
Analysis: The Santa Anita Derby runner-up is another from the Baffert barn. This son of Into Mischief has a bright, bright future.

With the Preakness Stakes 2024 cheat sheets from SportsLine, you can get a breakdown and important details on every horse in the field on Saturday. Click here for everything you need as a horse racing handicapper ahead of the 149th Preakness Stakes.

How to make 2024 Preakness Stakes picks, bets

Demling also has a surprising prediction for Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. See all of Demling’s picks and analysis now plus give yourself a head start on your research with our 2024 Preakness Stakes cheat sheet racing form featuring past performances and more. This Preakness Stakes 2024 cheat sheet can save you time and give you a leg up ahead of the second race of the Triple Crown.

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