The countdown to the 2025 Preakness Stakes is officially on, with the 150th Run for the Black-Eyed Susans scheduled for Saturday, May 17. Post time is 7:01 p.m. ET. Serving as the second leg of horse racing’s coveted Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes is widely considered one of the most exciting and tradition-rich sporting events in the sport. Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore will host the 1 3/16-mile race, with Journalism the 8-5 favorite, according to the latest 2025 Preakness Stakes odds. Other top 2025 Preakness Stakes horses include Sandman (4-1) and River Thames (9-2). Before making any 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, you’ll want to see what SportsLine horse racing expert Gene Menez has to say before making any 2025 Preakness Stakes picks or horse racing predictions.
A former reporter and editor at Sports Illustrated, Menez covered an array of sports, including horse racing, for the magazine and its website for almost 14 years. Between 2010 and 2012, he served as SI’s handicapper for the Triple Crown races and correctly predicted Super Saver to win the Kentucky Derby in 2010.
In 2015, Menez accurately gave out the Kentucky Derby superfecta, which paid $1,268.20 for $2. In 2017, he tweeted out his Kentucky Derby picks, including Always Dreaming to win, and hit the Pick 4, which paid almost $6,900 on a $1 bet.
In May of last year, Menez nailed 18-1 Mystik Dan as a live longshot in the Kentucky Derby. In November, he crushed the late Pick 4 on Breeders’ Cup Saturday for a $5,303 jackpot. This year, he hit the winner and exacta in the Holy Bull Stakes and the winner, trifecta and superfecta in the Florida Derby. At the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, Menez hammered the exacta and trifecta for a $1,045 payout. Anyone who has followed him on betting apps like FanDuel Racing and TwinSpires could have been way up.
For the Preakness Stakes, Menez has handicapped the 2025 Preakness Stakes field, made his picks, and constructed his best bets. You can head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2025 Preakness Stakes predictions
One of Menez’s surprising 2025 Preakness Stakes picks: He is fading Journalism, even though he is the 8-5 favorite. Journalism comes from a pedigree of proven winners. He is the son of Curlin, who ran often and won 11 of 16 career races, never finishing worse than fourth.
Journalism has won four of his last five starts, but the lone blemish during that impressive stretch is a second-place showing at Churchill Downs. Journalism is also set to break from the No. 2 post on Saturday, which has only produced two winners in the last 50 years. Menez also mentions that the two-week turnaround could affect how he runs on Saturday. “Modern horses aren’t bred or trained to run back in two weeks,” Menez told SportsLine, making Journalism a horse to fade when finalizing how to bet the Preakness Stakes 2025. See which horses to back here.
How to make 2025 Preakness Stakes bets, picks
Menez’s top pick is a longshot who is “fast, sharp, in form and looks to be training well.” Menez is sharing who he likes, along with his top 2025 Preakness Stakes picks, over at SportsLine.
Which horse wins the Preakness Stakes 2025, and which longshot is a must-back? Check out the latest 2025 Preakness Stakes odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Menez’s picks for the Preakness Stakes, all from the expert who hammered the exacta and trifecta for a $1,045 payout at the Kentucky Derby.
2025 Preakness Stakes horses, odds
This news was originally published on this post .
About the author
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers’ failures vs. Pacers? | Speak
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers' failures vs. Pacers? | Speak | FOX Sports <!--> --> Video Details Joy Taylor explains how this year's Cleveland Cavaliers resemble the 2015-2018 Toronto Raptors before Kawhi Leonard's arrival. 1 MIN AGO・speak・1:09
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers’ failures vs. Pacers? | Speak
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers' failures vs. Pacers? | Speak | FOX Sports <!--> --> Video Details Joy Taylor explains how this year's Cleveland Cavaliers resemble the 2015-2018 Toronto Raptors before Kawhi Leonard's arrival. 1 MIN AGO・speak・1:09
Felipe Melo elege duas torcidas do Brasil que são exemplo pro futebol mundial
Felipe Melo, comentarista (Reprodução/SporTV) Felipe Melo se rendeu a um dos grandes clássicos do Brasil. O ex-jogador e comentarista do Grupo Globo exaltou os torcedores de Remo e Paysandu, durante a decisão do Campeonato Paraense no último domingo (11). Ao repercutir a final do estadual realizada no Mangueirão, Felipe Melo inicialmente declarou estar torcendo para o bicolor. PUBLICIDADE PUBLICIDADE “Eu não vou mentir não, eu não fico em cima do muro. Eu sou Paysandu, eu sou Papão da Curuzu”, disse o ex-zagueiro e volante, em vídeo nas suas redes sociais. “Remo e Paysandu tá lindo de ver” Entretanto, levou na esportiva o título estadual conquistado pelo Clube do Remo nos pênaltis, após a vitória do Paysandu por 1 a 0 no tempo normal. Na partida de ida na quarta-feira passada (7), o Leão venceu por 3 a 2. PUBLICIDADE PUBLICIDADE […]
Rick Tocchet, Flyers are a natural fit, but not for the reasons you might assume
It’s an established pattern in the NHL — teams rotating through the same inventory of coaches over and over, in the hopes that the experience they have gained in their previous stops will help them to immediately get off on the right foot in their new locales.Rick Tocchet, 61, is now firmly one of them. The Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday became the fourth organization to employ him as a head coach, after he previously paced behind the benches of the Tampa Bay Lightning for nearly two full seasons, the Arizona Coyotes for four seasons and the Vancouver Canucks for two and a half seasons.AdvertisementThe standard complaints about a team recycling a coach are predictable, and may even have some merit. Tocchet has never made it out of the second round of the playoffs, and some questions need to be asked […]
Hard-throwing Angels reliever Ben Joyce to miss season after shoulder surgery
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels flame-throwing reliever Ben Joyce will miss the remainder of the season after getting shoulder surgery on Wednesday, the team announced.The team declined to say what injury Joyce suffered, or what surgery he received.The 24-year-old righty went on the injured list on April 11 with shoulder inflammation. After attempting to throw in late April, he said he felt discomfort. Following a second attempt on May 6, he was placed on the 60-day IL, days ahead of the team’s announcement that Joyce had surgery.Joyce has a long history of injuries at the MLB and amateur levels. He had Tommy John surgery in 2021 while at the University of Tennessee. In 2023, he suffered from ulnar neuritis, causing him to miss three months. He ended the 2024 season on the IL, as well. Ben Joyce out […]
2025 PGA Championship predictions, picks, favorites: One of these nine golfers will win at Quail Hollow
Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports CHARLOTTE -- One month ago, less than 24 hours before the Masters began, a local radio station was incredulous reading through the nine most likely golfers to claim the green jacket. Some of the hosts raised eyebrows, while others lamented that only big names and betting favorites were among the selections in this space.Well, your voices were heard, and for the 2025 PGA Championship, some seasoning has been added. Perhaps a little marinade. The selections were given an opportunity to chill overnight before being cooked hours before the 107th playing of this tournament for the Wanamaker Trophy.To set the record straight, though, Rory McIlroy was chief among that list of nine players who could actually go out and win the Masters. Spoiler alert! He is on the short list of players who could win the PGA […]
Related
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers’ failures vs. Pacers? | Speak
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers' failures vs. Pacers? | Speak | FOX Sports <!--> --> Video Details Joy Taylor explains how this year's Cleveland Cavaliers resemble the 2015-2018 Toronto Raptors before Kawhi Leonard's arrival. 1 MIN AGO・speak・1:09
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers’ failures vs. Pacers? | Speak
Who is to blame for the Cavaliers' failures vs. Pacers? | Speak | FOX Sports <!--> --> Video Details Joy Taylor explains how this year's Cleveland Cavaliers resemble the 2015-2018 Toronto Raptors before Kawhi Leonard's arrival. 1 MIN AGO・speak・1:09
Felipe Melo elege duas torcidas do Brasil que são exemplo pro futebol mundial
Felipe Melo, comentarista (Reprodução/SporTV) Felipe Melo se rendeu a um dos grandes clássicos do Brasil. O ex-jogador e comentarista do Grupo Globo exaltou os torcedores de Remo e Paysandu, durante a decisão do Campeonato Paraense no último domingo (11). Ao repercutir a final do estadual realizada no Mangueirão, Felipe Melo inicialmente declarou estar torcendo para o bicolor. PUBLICIDADE PUBLICIDADE “Eu não vou mentir não, eu não fico em cima do muro. Eu sou Paysandu, eu sou Papão da Curuzu”, disse o ex-zagueiro e volante, em vídeo nas suas redes sociais. “Remo e Paysandu tá lindo de ver” Entretanto, levou na esportiva o título estadual conquistado pelo Clube do Remo nos pênaltis, após a vitória do Paysandu por 1 a 0 no tempo normal. Na partida de ida na quarta-feira passada (7), o Leão venceu por 3 a 2. PUBLICIDADE PUBLICIDADE […]
Rick Tocchet, Flyers are a natural fit, but not for the reasons you might assume
It’s an established pattern in the NHL — teams rotating through the same inventory of coaches over and over, in the hopes that the experience they have gained in their previous stops will help them to immediately get off on the right foot in their new locales.Rick Tocchet, 61, is now firmly one of them. The Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday became the fourth organization to employ him as a head coach, after he previously paced behind the benches of the Tampa Bay Lightning for nearly two full seasons, the Arizona Coyotes for four seasons and the Vancouver Canucks for two and a half seasons.AdvertisementThe standard complaints about a team recycling a coach are predictable, and may even have some merit. Tocchet has never made it out of the second round of the playoffs, and some questions need to be asked […]
Hard-throwing Angels reliever Ben Joyce to miss season after shoulder surgery
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels flame-throwing reliever Ben Joyce will miss the remainder of the season after getting shoulder surgery on Wednesday, the team announced.The team declined to say what injury Joyce suffered, or what surgery he received.The 24-year-old righty went on the injured list on April 11 with shoulder inflammation. After attempting to throw in late April, he said he felt discomfort. Following a second attempt on May 6, he was placed on the 60-day IL, days ahead of the team’s announcement that Joyce had surgery.Joyce has a long history of injuries at the MLB and amateur levels. He had Tommy John surgery in 2021 while at the University of Tennessee. In 2023, he suffered from ulnar neuritis, causing him to miss three months. He ended the 2024 season on the IL, as well. Ben Joyce out […]
2025 PGA Championship predictions, picks, favorites: One of these nine golfers will win at Quail Hollow
Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports CHARLOTTE -- One month ago, less than 24 hours before the Masters began, a local radio station was incredulous reading through the nine most likely golfers to claim the green jacket. Some of the hosts raised eyebrows, while others lamented that only big names and betting favorites were among the selections in this space.Well, your voices were heard, and for the 2025 PGA Championship, some seasoning has been added. Perhaps a little marinade. The selections were given an opportunity to chill overnight before being cooked hours before the 107th playing of this tournament for the Wanamaker Trophy.To set the record straight, though, Rory McIlroy was chief among that list of nine players who could actually go out and win the Masters. Spoiler alert! He is on the short list of players who could win the PGA […]
Be the first to leave a comment