Preakness Payouts - Thousand Words, Mr. Big News, Max Player

The payout odds for Thousand Words, Mr. Big News and Max Player appear below with betting available at BetOnline (7% losses back and you may also qualify for a generous bonus with a max of $1000 - conditions apply).

Thousand Words 8-1 pays $8 for every $1 bet
Mr. Big News 12-1 pays $12 for every $1 bet
Max Player 15-1 pays $15 for every $1 bet

Thousand Words is that other Bob Baffert trained horse (he's also got the favorite, Authentic).

“He’s just a steady kind of horse. Distance is his friend,” Baffert said of Thousand Words following the horse’s September 19 work, five furlongs in 1:02 2/5 at Churchill Downs.

He followed that up with a five-furlong move in 1:00 3/5 on September 26, and Baffert was more effusive.

“We were hoping that he would do something like this,” Baffert said from California. “He had to work better than he did last week. Last week, he was just sort of lazy and didn’t get into it, but now he worked really well.”

- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com