Triple Crown Horse Betting Tips – 2011 Preakness Stakes Free Picks

Triple Crown Horse Betting Tips – 2011 Preakness Stakes: Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom will attempt to win the second jewel of the Triple Crown during the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes.

Post time for the mayhem in Maryland is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2011, at 6:19 PM ET from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD.

Preakness Stakes Betting Tips – Top Contenders

Kentucky Derby favorite Dialed In has a morning line of 9/2 for the Preakness. Dialed In had a horrible trip in Kentucky as he couldn’t recover from a last place start, or the slow pace, and finished eighth in the Derby. We expect a much faster pace in the Preakness and much better trip for Dialed In today.

With a 2 3/4 length win during the run for the roses, Animal Kingdom continues on his Triple Crown quest. His value drops from 20/1 in the Derby to favorite at 2/1 in the Preakness. After watching this powerful horse swallow up the field, down the stretch in Kentucky, he has to be considered here.

Mucho Macho Man comes off a third place finish in the Derby and enters the Preakness with a 6/1 morning line. Jockey Kathy Ritvo is trying to become the first female jockey to win the Preakness. Triple M has never finished worse than fourth in his nine start racing career.

Preakness Betting Lines – Exactor Free Pick

Our Preakness Stakes betting lines are courtesy of the Bodog.com online racebook.

The addition of Flashpoint, and the return of front-end “speed horses” like Shackleford and Dance City, should make the pace quicker on a fast track at sunny Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland today.

Exactor Free Pick #1:  Box – 8-10-11

Exactor Free Pick #2:  Box – 8-9-10