Incredibolt, a late addition to the field, immediately was tabbed a serious contender by two morning-line makers for Saturday’s 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park. Daily Racing Form’s David Aragona installed Incredibolt as the 4-1 morning-line favorite after drawing post 12 in the field of 14 set to contest 1 3/16 miles in the second jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Horse Racing Nation’s Ed DeRosa, who made the Preakness morning line for the track, tabbed Incredibolt one of three 5-1 choices as he made Gotham Stakes winner Iron Honor the tepid 9-2 favorite. Aragona made Iron Honor the 6-1 third choice.  Incredibolt has two tangibles in his favor that no other Preakness starter does. He is a graded stakes winner around two turns and he ran a credible race in the Kentucky Derby. The only other graded stakes winners in the Preakness field are Iron Honor, who won the Grade 3 Gotham, and Napoleon Solo, who won the Grade 1 Champagne, both of those races being one-turn miles at Aqueduct. Neither of those horses ran in the Kentucky Derby.  Ocelli ran a very good third in the Kentucky Derby at odds of 70-1 but is still a maiden after seven starts. Aragona made Ocelli, who drew post 2, the 9-2 second choice, while DeRosa made Ocelli the 6-1 fourth choice. Since 1980, maidens are 0 for 4 in the Preakness, according to Equibase. “He ran well in the Derby, he got the distance, he’s a graded stakes winner around two turns, he was a much shorter price than Ocelli [in the Derby], and they have the proven class lines,” Aragona said giving his reasons for his morning line.  Robusta, who drew in off the also-eligible list, was the other horse to have run in the Kentucky Derby, finishing 14th. Robusta is listed at 30-1 on the line of both Aragona and DeRosa.  :: Get ready for Preakness with DRF past performances, picks, and betting strategies! Incredibolt had not been mentioned as a Preakness starter until early Monday afternoon, just hours before the draw. Trainer Riley Mott felt the horse deserved a chance in a field that was lesser quality than he met in the Kentucky Derby and based on how well the horse seemed to come out of the race. “We didn’t initially plan on running in the Preakness, but we’ve watched the horse train over the last week, he’s doing really well,” said Mott, who trains Incredibolt for Pin Oak Stud. “We think he could fit that group of horses in the Preakness.”  Incredibolt, a son of Bolt d’Oro, won the Grade 3 Street Sense as a 2-year-old. After throwing in a dud in the Grade 3 Holy Bull to begin his 3-year-old season, Incredibolt bounced back with a decisive four-length victory in the listed Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs.  Sent off at 23-1 in the Kentucky Derby, Incredibolt raced in 14th position early, tipped wide for the stretch drive, and ran with Renegade for a brief period before the latter went on to photo with Golden Tempo for the win – Renegade was beaten a neck – while Incredibolt finished sixth, beaten four lengths.  “At the end of the day, he got beat four lengths,” Mott said. “I’m not saying he ran as good as the horses [who finished] in front of him. He was closer to a hot pace than the one-two-three finishers and got beat four lengths. It was a good race, he tipped out turning for home, ran with Renegade for about a sixteenth of a mile, and maybe got a little tired. I thought he ran pretty well.”  Incredibolt figures to benefit from an expected fast pace in the Preakness. Speed figures to come from the rail in undefeated Taj Mahal; Robusta, who drew post 4; Chip Honcho, in post 6; Napoleon Solo, in post 10; and Pretty Boy Miah, in post 14.  Taj Mahal, trained by Brittany Russell, is the lone horse in the field with experience at Laurel, having won all three of his starts over the track including a 10-length score in the Federico Tesio. DeRosa pegged him at 5-1 along with Chip Honcho and Incredibolt.  Russell wasn’t thrilled with the rail draw.  “It wasn’t what I was hoping for, but it is what it is, right?” Russell said about the rail draw. “He’s a good gate horse, we’ll just have to play as it unfolds.”  The Preakness will go as race 13 on a 14-race card that begins at 10:30 a.m. Approximate post for the Preakness is 7:01 p.m. The race will be televised on NBC and its streaming platform Peacock. – additional reporting by Patrick Moquin :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.