Divining Rod Preakness Stakes Odds

Written by:
Mary Montgomery
Published on:
May/14/2015
Divining Rod Preakness Stakes Odds

Divining Rod Preakness Stakes odds were coming in at 18-1 for a payout potential of $180 on every $10 bet

Winner of the Lexington Stakes, Divining Rod is yet to race against this good a field.

He’s seen as a threat to the favorite American Pharoah by some.

Ellis Star of the National Racing Analyst for Equibase writes of Divining Rod:

Divining Rod has done little wrong in five career starts, four on dirt, winning two of those and finishing second and third in the other two dirt races. His best career effort came in his most recent race, the Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland last month, with a 105 Equibase Speed Figure. In that race, Divining Rod showed a lot of maturity in relaxing in third in the early stages. Racing on the inside for the first three-quarters of a mile, Divining Rod came out to the three path and drove past the leaders with little encouragement from his jockey, accelerating to a three-length win. That’s the same kind of trip American Pharoah got in his Derby win. With Divining Rod coming back off five weeks rest as well as getting North American leading jockey Javier Castellano as his pilot, he may be capable of posting the upset in this year's Preakness.

ODDS TO WIN THE PREAKNESS STAKES 2015

80501

AMERICAN PHAROAH

-130

80502

DORTMUND

+400

80503

MR Z

+3450

80504

DANZIG MOON

+1650

80505

TALE OF VERVE

+5050

80506

BODHISATTVA

+4550

80507

DIVINING ROD

+1750

80508

FIRING LINE

+400

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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