There are plenty of ways to bet the 2024 Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 18. After winning the Kentucky Derby, Mystik Dan is the 8-5 favorite in the 2024 Preakness Stakes odds. Muth, who skipped the Run for the Roses, was 8-5 before scratching on Wednesday with a fever. Imagination (3-1) and Catching Freedom (7-2) are next among the 2024 Preakness Stakes horses. The latest 2024 Preakness Stakes forecast is calling for a 20% chance of rain and temperatures in the 60s.

Post time is scheduled for 7:01 p.m. ET for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Before locking in any 2024 Preakness Stakes bets, you NEED to see what longtime horse racing guru Jody Demling has to say.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Preakness Stakes having nailed the Derby-Oaks double 11 of the last 16 years! He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last six years and called 10 of the last 19 Preakness winners, including last year when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

While a slew of horses could hit the board in the 2024 Preakness Stakes, Demling is highly confident in a small group, isolating them for his exactas, trifectas and superfectas!

He also has a SHOCKING prediction for Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and is also high on a HUGE longshot that could spice up your exotics in a BIG way! If you include this horse in your 2024 Preakness picks, you could be looking at a HUGE payday! You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see who it is before locking in any picks of your own!

Who wins the 2024 Preakness Stakes, where does Mystik Dan SHOCKINGLY finish, and which EPIC longshot could win it all? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's Preakness Stakes picks and see which EPIC longshot contends, all from the expert who has nailed 10 Preakness winners and hit the superfecta in last year's race!