Preakness Future Wager: Derby runner-up Journalism favored at 5-1

Journalism, who finished second as the favorite in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, was made the 5-1 favorite in the Preakness Future Wager, which closed on Saturday, prior to the Derby being run.

The wager handled $348,245.

Journalism was the only horse in the 39-horse field who closed at single-digits odds. His connections have not yet announced a decision on whether they will target the May 17 Preakness, held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sovereignty, the winner of the Derby, closed at 19-1. His connections also remain uncommitted to running in the race despite the lure of the Triple Crown.

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Rodriguez, the Wood Memorial winner who was scratched from the Derby on Thursday with a foot bruise, was the second choice at 11-1, followed by Baeza and Sandman, at 14-1. Baeza finished third in the Derby and Sandman finished seventh.

Clever Again and American Promise, two horses that are already being definitively pointed toward the Preakness, were both 15-1.

The entry of “all other three year olds” other than those listed individually in the pool closed at 22-1.

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