It will take no time for folks to belabor the point that Cloud Computing got an absolutely perfect trip in his upset victory in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes here at Pimlico. This has already happened on social media and will continue into the night.
The following is a list of DRF resources and content related to the Preakness card at Pimlico on Saturday, May 20.
Betting on the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore this year was just shy of the record set last year, while overall handle on the 14-race card set a record for the second straight year, according to charts of the races compiled by Equibase.
Chad Brown grew up wanting to be a horse trainer; Seth Klarman always has been into finance. Both have reached the top of their professions by focusing more on long-term profit than short-term gain, and their approach was rewarded gloriously on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course when the lightly raced Cloud Computing won the 142nd Preakness Stakes, a race in which Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming faded to eighth.
Just a few years ago, the disappointment would have been far more profound. But with American Pharoah having ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought with his sweep two years ago, perhaps it was a bit easier for racing fans and the connections of vanquished Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming to accept defeat Saturday in the 142nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
Order of finish and payouts for the Preakness Stakes
As of 6:15 p.m. Eastern on Friday, and with $217,355 in the win pool in advance wagering, Always Dreaming was a 4-5 favorite for the 142nd Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
Always Dreaming accounts for the lowest will-pay in the daily double linking the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. A $2 wager with the Black-Eyed Susan winner, Actress, with Always Dreaming will return $68.80. All-sources handle on the two-day wager was $777,599, up 4 percent from last year.
The pick-four sequence that ends with Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico – it has a guaranteed pool of $2 million; it handled $2.29 million last year – is one you might have to get creative in early if you feel the way I do about the big event.
Nyquist, who had won the Kentucky Derby two weeks earlier, came blazing out of the gate in the 2016 Preakness. Going head-and-head with longshot Uncle Lino, Nyquist blasted his first quarter-mile in 22.38 seconds. And with that, it already was fairly clear that there would be no Triple Crown bid in 2016.
