OUR EXPERTS PICK THE PREAKNESS

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Unbridled Honor on the track at Pimlico. Photo by Cynthia Longo.
  • userDerby Bill Watson
  • dateMay 15, 2021

Preakness weekend 2021 continues Saturday with the biggest day of the year in Maryland racing. The day’s card includes the Grade 1 Preakness, Grade 2 Dinner Party, and three other graded events.

Who’ll win? Good question, so we asked our experts for their take. Here’s what they had to say.

Joe ParisiGary QuillDerby Bill Watson
Win: G3 Chick Lang2. Mighty Mischief (KY): 5/26. Willy Boi (FL): 3/14. Jaxon Traveler (MD): 4/5
Place: G3 Chick Lang6. Willy Boi (FL): 3/14. Jaxon Traveler (MD): 4/52. Mighty Mischief (KY): 5/2
Show: G3 Chick Lang4. Jaxon Traveler (MD): 4/52. Mighty Mischief (KY): 5/26. Willy Boi (FL): 3/1
Win: G3 Gallorette3. Flighty Lady (IRE): 4/15. Mean Mary (KY): 6/53. Flighty Lady (IRE): 4/1
Place: G3 Gallorette6. Feel Glorious (GB): 7/23. Flighty Lady (IRE): 4/15. Mean Mary (KY): 6/5
Show: G3 Gallorette5. Mean Mary (KY): 6/56. Feel Glorious (GB): 7/26. Feel Glorious (GB): 7/2
Win: G3 Maryland Sprint8. Special Reserve (KY): 9/27. Breezy Gust (PA): 6/111. Seven Nation Army (KY): 5/1
Place: G3 Maryland Sprint5. Strike Power (KY): 7/26. Threes Over Deuces (KY): 20/15. Strike Power (KY): 7/2
Show: G3 Maryland Sprint11. Seven Nation Army (KY): 5/15. Strike Power (KY): 7/21. Laki (MD): 6/1
Win: G2 Dinner Party5. Sacred Life (FR): 7/51. Somelikeithotbrown (NY): 4/15. Sacred Life (FR): 7/5
Place: G2 Dinner Party8. Bye Bye Melvin (KY): 10/15. Sacred Life (FR): 7/53. Kuramata (IRE): 6/1
Show: G2 Dinner Party4. Midnight Tea Time (KY): 10/18. Bye Bye Melvin (KY): 10/12. English Bee (KY): 8/1
Win: G1 Preakness5. Midnight Bourbon (KY): 5/110. Concert Tour (KY): 5/25. Midnight Bourbon (KY): 5/1
Place: G1 Preakness10. Concert Tour (KY): 5/25. Midnight Bourbon (KY): 5/110. Concert Tour (KY): 5/2
Show: G1 Preakness3. Medina Spirit (FL): 9/56. Rombauer (KY): 12/13. Medina Spirit (FL): 9/5

John PiassekNick Hahn
Win: G3 Chick Lang4. Jaxon Traveler (MD): 4/54. Jaxon Traveler (MD): 4/5
Place: G3 Chick Lang2. Mighty Mischief (KY): 5/26. Willy Boi (FL): 3/1
Show: G3 Chick Lang3. Hemp (MD): 15/12. Mighty Mischief (KY): 5/2
Win: G3 Gallorette5. Mean Mary (KY): 6/55. Mean Mary (KY): 6/5
Place: G3 Gallorette3. Flighty Lady (IRE): 4/11. Vigilantes Way (KY): 5/1
Show: G3 Gallorette6. Feel Glorious (GB): 7/26. Feel Glorious (GB): 7/2
Win: G3 Maryland Sprint5. Strike Power (KY): 7/28. Special Reserve (KY): 9/2
Place: G3 Maryland Sprint1. Laki (MD): 6/11. Laki (MD): 6/1
Show: G3 Maryland Sprint8. Special Reserve (KY): 9/27. Breezy Gust (PA): 6/1
Win: G2 Dinner Party3. Kuramata (IRE): 6/11. Somelikeithotbrown (NY): 4/1
Place: G2 Dinner Party5. Sacred Life (FR): 7/52. English Bee (KY): 8/1
Show: G2 Dinner Party1. Somelikeithotbrown (NY): 4/15. Sacred Life (FR): 7/5
Win: G1 Preakness3. Medina Spirit (FL): 9/55. Midnight Bourbon (KY): 5/1
Place: G1 Preakness10. Concert Tour (KY): 5/210. Concert Tour (KY): 5/2
Show: G1 Preakness4. Crowded Trade (KY): 10/14. Crowded Trade (KY): 10/1

OUR HANDICAPPERS ARE:

  • Joe Parisi handicaps Parx Racing for The Racing Biz.
  • Gary Quill is the former Maryland handicapper for The Racing Biz.
  • Derby Bill Watson is the former on-air handicapper for Colonial Downs.
  • John Piassek is the Maryland handicapper for The Racing Biz.
  • Nick Hahn is the author of the eponymous Nick’s PIcks for Virginia racing.

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