Updated 2022 Preakness Stakes Odds, Latest Weather, Track Conditions: Sizzling Heat, Record Temperatures Likely for Race Day (May 21)

Updated 2022 Preakness Odds

*As of Saturday at 6:55 p.m. ET

POST POSITION  HORSE ODDS
1 Simplification 8-1
2 Creative Minister 10-1
3 Fenwick 11-1
4 Secret Oath 9-2
5 Early Voting 5-1
6 Happy Jack 10-1
7 Armagnac 17-1
8 Epicenter 7-5
9 Skippylongstocking 11-1

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If you’re attending Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, it would be wise to get out your sunscreen and drink plenty of water. Yes, horse-racing fans. It’s going to be a hot one and then some.

Record temperatures could hit the city hosting the 147th running for the second leg of the sport’s Triple Crown series. If the temperature reaches 96 degrees Fahrenheit or more, it will set a new record in the city.

The National Weather Service has issues an alert with Hazardous Weather Conditions from the area, which includes an Air Quality Statement, Special Weather Statement and Hazardous Weather Outlook.

Current conditions as of 12:15 p.m. ET at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (KBWI) weather station put the temperature at 89 °F, with humidity at 50 percent and the dew point at a stuffy 68 °F.

Making weather matters worse is the Heat Index, which is sitting at 93 °F and still climbing. The weather is forecasted to stay this way throughout the day, with mostly sunny skies and westerly winds moving at 6 to 8 miles per hour.

The Preakness will feature nine of the top 3-year-old horses in the world going 1 3/16 miles on the Pimlico dirt track. Post time for the race is set for 7:01 p.m. ET, with NBC providing the TV coverage.

Earlier races from Pimlico will air on CNBC from to 2-4 p.m. ET, then switch to NBC from 4-7:30 p.m. ET. You can also stream the races on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock Premium.

Action Network handicappers Jeremy Pond, Sean Zerillo, Mike Conti and TVG analyst Andie Biancone have you covered with their detailed insight and thoughts on the big race, plus several other betting angles that their best bets and longshots.

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