What: 2014 Preakness Stakes
When: Saturday, May 17, at 6:18 p.m. ET
Where: Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra
California Chrome looks to take one more step toward sports immortality by running in the second leg of the triple crown. The Preakness is his next step as he is the favorite at 3-5 with the next closest horse being Social Inclusion at 5-1.
The Preakness has suffered in previous years due to the short layover between races and the low recovery time for these horses. Yahoo Sports Pat Forde explained that the short schedule is watering down the Preakness.
Almost nobody races their horses on two weeks' rest anymore, which is the time between the Derby and this race. The only horse in this year's Preakness field to have run on a two-week layoff is Bayern, who contested the Arkansas Derby April 12 and then came back to run in the Derby Trial April 26 to open Churchill Downs' spring meet.
It takes a horse about 11 days to completely recover out of a race. … It's pushing the envelope a little bit. … But here I am trying it, so I'm hoping the racing gods are looking down on me.
The full betting odds:
1. Dynamic Impact: 12-1
2. General A Rod: 15-1
3. California Chrome: 3-5
4. Ring Weekend: 20-1
5. Bayern: 10-1
6. Ria Antonia: 30-1
7. Kid Cruz: 20-1
8. Social Inclusion: 5-1
9. Pablo Del Monte: 20-1
10. Ride On Curlin: 10-1
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