Preakness odds: Las Vegas offers value vs. morning line
Early betting in Nevada on Saturday’s running of Preakness 2023 suggests Mage will be shorter at post time than his 8-5 morning line.
The Kentucky Derby winner shortened Wednesday morning to 7-5at Caesars Sportsbook and about the same price at Circa Sports, actually plus145, in early fixed-odds wagering for the second race of the Triple Crown.
Lexington Stakes (G3) winner First Mission, who will racefor only the fourth time in his career, was a consensus 5-2 in Las Vegas, thesame odds he was given on the morning line.
National Treasure, the maiden winner who is trainer BobBaffert’s first classic entry in two years, was 4-1 at Caesars and plus 425 atCirca, putting him in line with his 4-1 odds in Saturday’s Pimlico program.
Blazing Sevens, who has not won since the Champagne (G1)last fall at Belmont Park, carried value at Circa. At 8-1, actually plus825, his odds were longer than his 6-1 at both Caesars and on the morning line.
Like the pari-mutuel wagers that most bettors will make thisweekend, the fixed odds in Nevada are action only if a given horse starts inthe Preakness, which is scheduled for Saturday at 7:01 p.m. EDT.
These were the odds Wednesday at 5:30 a.m. EDT at CaesarsSportsbook and Circa Sports in Nevada as well as Keith Feustle’s morning lineat Pimlico for Preakness 2023:
