country house won the kentucky derby without crossing the finish line , and though the colt nevertheless has long odds to win the preakness stakes, they’re much shorter than they were for the first leg of the triple crown.
in case you’ve been living under a rock this weekend, country house became the next derby winner at the race’s 145-year history to win as a result of a disqualification as it was ruled about 20 minutes after the conclusion that winner maximum security had interfered with various horse racing picks of the days.
update: tuesday, country house will not run in the preakness due to sickness, trainer bill mott said.
some bettors are cost a little cash by the judgment. country house, which went off in 65/1, became the 2nd longest shot to win the derby since donerail in 1913 (91/1).country house prop bets for preakness, triple crown
the colt is +650 to win the preakness stakes, two weeks from now at pimlico race course out baltimore, as of sunday afternoon at offshore sportsbook bovada.
he had been 10 times less likely to win the derby according to the odds.
country house, educated by veteran bill mott, is -1400 not to win the race. he is -10000 to not win the triple crown and 20/1 to do it, per bovada.
maximum security, the 9/2 preferred to win the derby is +165 to win the preakness and -240 not to, and the colt’s owner said sunday he is unsure if he will even input the horse into the race because he ponders appealing saturday’s decision.
we do not know the preakness field which is why chances for the race aren’t yet listed at las vegas sportsbooks. the preakness area is nearly always smaller than the derby, with owners recognizing that a triple crown isn’t in their horse’s cards.
the preakness length is 1/16th of a mile shorter than the derby — 1??3/16 (or 9.5 furlongs) as opposed to 1??1/4 (10 furlongs).
justify, in 2018, and american pharoah, in 2015 — equally trained by bob baffert — won the triple crown after there had not been a winner since affirmed in 1978.