Which Preakness Contender Can Beat Nyquist?
- Rainy forecast will favor Exaggerator
- Cherry Wine connections make him enticing in the mud
- Stradivari has won his last two races by a combined 25 lengths and earned a 101 Brisnet speed rating in most recent race
- Collected trainer Bob Baffert has won five Preakness Stakes to date
f you have been following Gambling911.com in recent days, we’ve been talking a great deal about the weather and how Exaggerator has a good shot of beating Preakness Stakes favorite Nyquist on Saturday thanks to a soggy forecast. Rain is probably the only thing that will prevent Nyquist from going 5-0 against him.
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Exaggerator at 9-2 odds is not the only horse with the potential of beating Nyquist.
Cherry Wine, which just narrowly missed making the Kentucky Derby field, has connections that make him look like a horse that can also run well in the rain.
Stradivari won his last two races by a combined 25 lengths while recently earning a 101 Brisnet Speed Rating. He’s also the first horse trainer Todd Pletcher has entered in a Preakness Stakes since 2011. He is coming in at 12-1 odds early on.
Stradivari’s jockey John Velazquez won the 2007 Belmont Stakes and 2011 Kentucky Derby.
Collected at 25-1 odds has trainer Bob Baffert on his side. Baffert has won five Preakness Stakes races including last year’s Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
Let’s look at the early odds below.
Nyquist: 5/7
Exaggerator: 9/2
Stradivari: 12/1
Gun Runner: 14/1
Suddenbreakingnews: 14/1
Destin: 16/1
Mor Spirit: 16/1
Creator: 16/1
Outwork: 20/1
Dazzling Gem: 20/1
Collected: 25/1
Cherry Wine: 25/1
Swipe: 25/1
Uncle Lino: 33/1
Fellowship: 33/1
Awesome Speed: 33/1
Lani: 33/1
Loaban: 40/1
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
