Odds to Win the 2015 Preakness: Firing Line

Written by :

Don Shapiro

Published on :

14 May, 2015

Odds to win the 2015 Preakness Stakes had Firing Line set at 4/1 for a payout potential of $40 on every $10 bet.

Heading into this month’s Kentucky Derby Firing Line finished 1^st or 2^nd in all five of his races including a 2^nd place finish in the grade 1 Futurity. Not surprisingly, he finished 2^nd at the Derby behind Preakness favorite American Pharoah.

Jockey Gary Stevens will be back in the saddle again. He came within a length of his fourth Kentucky Derby win in fact.

"Hopefully we can turn the tables on American Pharaoh, the same as we did Dortmund," Stevens said. "But believe me, I have plenty of respect for all three horses. They are very, very good and exceptional colts."

Firing Line does have an edge over American Pharoah here as the favorite drew the dreaded number one post position.

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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