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Best Bets: Pimlico and Churchill Focus with a Preakness Pick

America’s Best Racing and handicapper (and avid gambler) Monique Vág team up to provide horseplayers with their best bets of the weekend.

Vág will identify her top picks as well as at least one longshot play of the weekend, a nice opportunity to swing for the fences on a win bet or to take a shot with a show bet. She also will occasionally look for strong exacta plays for the weekend or try to spot a nice opportunity for other wagers.

This Weekend’s Bets

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Barton-Brothers Talks Medina Spirit, Other Storylines Entering 2021 Preakness

NBC Sports will provide comprehensive coverage of the 146th Preakness Stakes on Saturday from Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course.

2021 Preakness Stakes at a Glance

Even though the smoke has yet to clear from the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, the 3-year-old crop moves on to Pimlico and Baltimore where some answers about what happened two weeks ago at Churchill Downs may be delivered.

Live Longshots and Value Plays for 2021 Black-Eyed Susan, Preakness Cards

Preakness Stakes weekend has arrived and presents another opportunity around a U.S. Triple Crown race to handicap and bet on cards with deep fields filled with well-matched racehorses. Friday’s George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes card drew 171 entrants, including several overflow fields, for 14 races featuring six stakes.

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Making Money Betting the Favorite in the Preakness Stakes

What’s the best way to make money betting Saturday’s $1 million, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico? The answer depends on who you ask, but if you’re using history as a guide, then betting 9-5 favorite #3 Medina Spirit is surely the way to go.

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