Recap of Our 2024 Preakness Stakes Picks & Results!
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Congrats to Seize the Grey in Winning the Preakness Stakes!
Seize the Grey (10-1) went wire-to-wire over a muddy track to give 88 year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas his 7th win in the Preakness Stakes and his 15th in the Triple Crown series race.
Ridden by the young and upcoming jockey Jamie Torres, Seize the Grey provided him with his first Grade 1 win after having earned his first Graded race win with him in the G2 Pat Day Mile on Kentucky Derby day!
When the morning line favorite Muth, trained by Bob Baffert, was withdrawn from the race due to illness, it appeared that the race would be wide-open!
Baffert had a second horse, Imagination, entered that also looked to be a speed horse who would want to lead the field around the track and play catch me if you can!
As it turned out, Seize the Grey was the horse that lead the field around the track on the front end winning the race in wire-to-wire fashion.
Immagination (4-1) breaking from the outside post no. 9 with Frankie Dettori riding, conceeded the lead to Seize the Grey and rated within 1/2 length for the first 1/4 mile and then allowed Seize the Grey to move a little further ahead to put 2 lengths between al the while the Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5/2) was in 4th for the opening 1/2 mile.
Immagination stayed in contention until they raeched the top of the stretch where he began to fall back while Mystik Dan was swung outside, coming off the rail (that he ran so well on in the KY Derby) to make his move on the leader.
Lukas' other runner, Just Steel (10-1), was racing along side of Mystik Dan and was 4th at the top of the stretch but then he started to fade to finish 5th. After the race it was discovered that he had suffered a condylar fracture to his front right leg.
Catching Freedom (7/2) began his closing move coming out of the far turn and started making up ground on the leaders in the stretch as it looked like Mystik Dan and/or Catching Freedom would catch the leader but in the end Seize the Grey proved to be too tough as he won by 2 1/4 lengths in front of Mystik Dan (thus ending his Triple Crown pursuit) who held off Catching Freedom by a Head!
Tuscan Gold (9/2), the "wise-guy horse" was 6 lengths behind Catching Freedom in 4th.
At 88 years old, Lukas became the oldest trainer to win a Triple Crown race!
The Belmont Stakes at Saratoga is up next on June 18th as the 3rd Leg of the Triple Crown Series.
Watch Video Race Replay of the 149th Preakness Stakes – Seize the Grey’s Upset Win!
In our Preakness Stakes Picks we went with the other Bob Baffert runner Imagination! We did this because, even though Muth his No. 1 horse was withdrawn from the race, we still felt that he was the best Early Speed runner in the race and with rain in the forecast he would skip over the Wet/Sloppy track and be able to prevail over the Closers!
Well, we were wrong about Imagination but correct on how the race would be won. We just made a mistake in who would be the Early/Speed runner that would hold off the Closer. It was Seize the Grey who did it!
As a big fan of jockey Frankie Dettori, I thought his race tactic was the wrong one to use with Imagination. He should have went stratight to the lead rather than give the lead uncontested to Seize the Grey. Even the winning jock said he was surprised that Imagination did not go for the lead!
Trainer Baffert is the record holder in Preakness Stakes wins with 8 and thus that was an added edge in Imagination's favor. Now D. Wayne Lukas is only 1 Preakness Stakes win from tying Baffert!
Our wagering strategy in a small (8) horse field is to use (1)A horse, (2)B and (3)C hores that are our main contenders for making up the Exacta, Trifecta and Superfecta wagers.
Imagination (4-1) was our A horse, Tuscan Gold (9/2) and Catching Freedom (7/2) were our B runners and Mystik Dan (5/2), Seize the Grey (10-1) and Uncle Heavy (8-1) were our C horses.
We had all four runners in the Superfecta, just not in the correct order.
It appeared that Tuscan Gold did not like the Muddy track and never got into the race and though his jock Gaffalione gave him constent urging throughout the race to no avail as he finished 8 1/2 lengths behind the winner.
We did cashin on the $119.40 Exacta by suggesting a Bottom Wheel Exacta of ALL with the KY Derby winner Mystik Dan.
If you Boxed the (3) runners that had previously won on a Wet track you cashed in on the $119.40 Exacta and if you added in the (2) runners that had hit the board on a Wet track you cashed in on the $182.70 $1 Trifecta.
Trainer Lukas has indicated that Seize the Grey will run in the Belmont Stakes along with the KY Derby winner Mystik Dan and the KY Derby Favorite Fierceness!
In Our Full Card Picks:
Payoffs were decent even with (4) winning favorites and (2) winning 2nd favorites. Average $2 Win payout was a nice $23.80 with the low being $3.20 and the high $79.40. The rain on the day resulted in 24 horses being Scratched as there were only 2 races that did not have any scratches. The many scratches did affect our selections in several races.
The Track was rated Muddy and the Turf Course Soft. Two races were taken off the Turf and moved to the main track. Our Top selection won in (2) races as well as being in our Top 4 selections in (7) additional races.
We Hit (7) Exacta winners R3 ($35.40, R6 ($36.00), R7 ($8.40), R10 ($30.60), R11 ($61.80), R13 ($119.40) and R14 ($38.00).
Total - $329.60 for $2 wagers. Cashed in on (3) Trifectas – Race 3 ($47.70), Race 6 ($41.30) and Race 7 ($19.50).
Total - $108.50 in $1 wagers.
Also had (3) Superfectas in Race 3 ($251.70), Race 6 ($154.40) and Race 7 ($30.80).
Total - $436.90 in $1 wagers.
Hit (4) Daily Doubles – Race 3 ($32.30), Race 6 ($5.40), Race 9 ($8.30) and Race 11 ($48.10).
Total - $94.10 in $1 wagers.
Had (2) Pick 3s in Race 9 ($35.60) and Race 10 (88.95).
Total $124.55 in 50 CENT wagers. Grand Total Winning Wagers - $1,093.65.
(7) of our Longshots to use placed in the Superfecta. They were in Race 1 (3rd), Race 2 (2nd), Race 4 (3rd), Race 5 (3rd), Race 7 (2nd), Race 10 (4th) and Race 11 (Won). The Belmont Stakes, the final Leg of the Triple Crown series, is up next on June 8th and will be held at Saratoga at the distance of 1 1/4 Miles, not the usual 1 1/2 Miles.
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Payoffs were decent even with (4) winning favorites and (2) winning 2nd favorites. Average $2 Win payout was a nice $23.80 with the low being $3.20 and the high $79.40. The rain on the day resulted in 24 horses being Scratched as there were only 2 races that did not have any scratches. The many scratches did affect our selections in several races.
The Track was rated Muddy and the Turf Course Soft. Two races were taken off the Turf and moved to the main track. Our Top selection won in (2) races as well as being in our Top 4 selections in (7) additional races.
We Hit (7) Exacta winners R3 ($35.40, R6 ($36.00), R7 ($8.40), R10 ($30.60), R11 ($61.80), R13 ($119.40) and R14 ($38.00).
Total - $329.60 for $2 wagers. Cashed in on (3) Trifectas – Race 3 ($47.70), Race 6 ($41.30) and Race 7 ($19.50).
Total - $108.50 in $1 wagers.
Also had (3) Superfectas in Race 3 ($251.70), Race 6 ($154.40) and Race 7 ($30.80).
Total - $436.90 in $1 wagers.
Hit (4) Daily Doubles – Race 3 ($32.30), Race 6 ($5.40), Race 9 ($8.30) and Race 11 ($48.10).
Total - $94.10 in $1 wagers.
Had (2) Pick 3s in Race 9 ($35.60) and Race 10 (88.95).
Total $124.55 in 50 CENT wagers. Grand Total Winning Wagers - $1,093.65.
(7) of our Longshots to use placed in the Superfecta. They were in Race 1 (3rd), Race 2 (2nd), Race 4 (3rd), Race 5 (3rd), Race 7 (2nd), Race 10 (4th) and Race 11 (Won). The Belmont Stakes, the final Leg of the Triple Crown series, is up next on June 8th and will be held at Saratoga at the distance of 1 1/4 Miles, not the usual 1 1/2 Miles.
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