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Newsweek
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Preakness Betting Promos: FanDuel Leads Race Offers with $500 No-Sweat Bet
The list of Preakness betting promos across the country is short, but FanDuel leads them with a $500 no-sweat bet for new users. The list of Preakness betting promos across the country is short, but FanDuel leads them with a $500 no-sweat bet for new users. Independently reported, but earns (or may earn) a commission from products/services mentioned. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Horse racing fans can take advantage of Preakness betting promos on Saturday. We have done the research, making it easy on handicappers to bet on racing at Pimlico. Below, new customers can learn how to use a no-sweat bet and other offers on FanDuel. Get an upper hand on Saturday by activating Preakness betting promos. FanDuel leads the pack with a $500 no-sweat bet. If your opening bet loses, you'll receive racing credit as a refund. Horses in the 150 th Preakness Stakes The field of nine horses will reach the starting gate at Pimlico Race Course at 7:02 pm ET. These are all the contenders, along with morning-line odds. Goal Oriented (6-1): Trained by Bob Baffert, who has the record with eight Preakness wins. The undefeated colt has only entered two races, with neither of those being a stakes race. Journalism (8-5): The favorite after a great trip in the Kentucky Derby, where a aloppy track may have held him back. American Promise (15-1): Could give 89-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas his record-tying 8th win at the Preakness Stakes. Coming off a rough trip in the derby (16th). Heart of Honor (12-1): Bred in the UK, making most of his starts in Dubai. The jockey is Saffie Osborne, the 23-year-old daughter of the trainer. Pay Billy (20-1): Purchased for only $60,000 last year. Needed four appearances to break his maiden but has won four of his last five starts. River Thames (9-2): Earned enough points to run in the Kentucky Derby, but connections decided to rest. Gives Todd Pletcher a great chance at his first Preakness win. Sandman (4-1): A popular pick in the derby that finished 7th. Bought for $1.2 million, connections hope the Arkansas Derby winner has enough gas in the tank after racing two weeks ago. Clever Again (5-1): Son of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Trained by Steve Asmussen, who has won this race multiple times. In great form, but not many races to go off of. Gosger (20-1): Needs much faster times to compete with this field. Names after former MLB player Jim Gosger, the colt won the G3 Lexington Stakes in his last start. Preakness Betting Promos, Handicapping Tools Get started by signing up with the welcome offer. Then, you'll have access to other Preakness betting promos on FanDuel. There are money-back specials, contests, insurance and other types of horse racing bonuses. Take advantage of the handicapping tools to do research before the race. You can browse through previous performances, expert picks and betting guides. Learn about different exotic bets, like trifectas and Pick 5s. How to Use Preakness Betting Promos on FanDuel New customers can create an account within a few minutes. Get access to Preakness betting promos on FanDuel by taking these steps: Follow the links on this page to activate a no-sweat bet. Enter your full name, email address, date of birth and other basic information to confirm your identity. Use an accepted payment method to make a deposit. Place a bet up to $500 on the Preakness Stakes. A losing bet will trigger racing credit as a refund, so you'll get a second chance to use toward a different race. Newsweek may earn an affiliate commission if you sign up through the links in this article. See the sportsbook operator's terms and conditions for important details. Sports betting operators have no influence over newsroom coverage.
NBC Sports
13-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS MILESTONE 150TH PREAKNESS STAKES THIS SATURDAY, MAY 17 AT 4 P.M. ET LIVE ON NBC AND PEACOCK
Kentucky Derby Runner-Up Journalism is Morning-Line Favorite at 8-5; Sandman is Next at 4-1 NBC Sports to Present 10 Live Races on Friday and Saturday across NBC, Peacock, and CNBC Live Coverage from Pimlico Race Course Begins this Friday, May 16, at 4:30 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock, Headlined by Black-Eyed Susan Saturday's Preakness Stakes to be Final Event at Historic Pimlico Race Course Before Redevelopment STAMFORD, Conn. – May 13, 2025 – NBC Sports presents the milestone 150th Preakness Stakes, this Sat., May 17, on NBC and Peacock beginning at 4 p.m. ET live from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Saturday's Preakness Stakes will be the final event at the historic Pimlico Race Course before the facility is demolished as part of a redevelopment project. The Preakness Stakes will be run at nearby Laurel Park in 2026 before its scheduled return to the upgraded Pimlico Race Course in 2027. NBC Sports' Preakness day coverage features seven races across NBC, Peacock and CNBC on Saturday. Live coverage from Pimlico Race Course begins with 90 minutes of racing this Friday, May 16, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock, headlined by the Black-Eyed Susan for three-year-old fillies. Over the two days, NBC Sports will present 10 live races from Pimlico. Telemundo will present coverage of the Preakness Stakes beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Universo and streaming on and the Telemundo app. The 150th Preakness Stakes field is headlined by 2025 Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism (the morning-line favorite at 8-5) and 2025 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Sandman (4-1), who finished 7th in the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Also expected to contend are 2025 Hot Springs Stakes (LS) winner Clever Again (5-1), and 2025 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) runner-up River Thames (9-2). COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports' coverage of the Preakness Stakes features host Mike Tirico; analysts Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Preakness winner, and Randy Moss; handicapper Matt Bernier; host/reporter Ahmed Fareed; reporters Britney Eurton, Donna Brothers, Kenny Rice, and Nick Luck; and race caller Larry Collmus. Steve Kornacki, chief data analyst for NBC News and NBC Sports, returns to NBC Sports' Preakness coverage as an insights analyst. NBC Sports' Tim Layden will write and narrate an essay on the milestone 150th Preakness Stakes. The supervising producer of NBC Sports' Preakness Stakes coverage is Lindsay Schanzer. The Preakness Stakes is directed by Kaare Numme. Saturday's early coverage is produced by Billy Matthews and directed by Numme. Executive producer and president, NBC Sports Production, is Sam Flood. This year's coverage will include a live performance by rapper and singer Wyclef Jean. Additionally, announcer Bruce Buffer will give the iconic 'Riders Up' call for the Preakness Stakes. Highlights of Preakness Stakes coverage on NBC, Peacock and CNBC include: A look at the team of Preakness Stakes contender Heart of Honor – who is trained by Jamie Osborne with his daughter Saffie Osborne in the saddle as the jockey A look back at the 151st Kentucky Derby and runner-up Journalism, who entered the Derby as the favorite 'High Tea on Old Hilltop' segment featuring Nick Luck engaging with fans in the Pimlico infield Multiple super slo-mo cameras providing fans with a unique look at any photo finishes Multiple jockey cam systems throughout Preakness coverage Aerial coverage from a fixed wing plane and live drone A camera focused on race caller Larry Collmus NBC SPORTS' PREAKNESS STAKES COVERAGE SCHEDULE PREAKNESS STAKES COVERAGE ON & THE NBC SPORTS APP and the NBC Sports app will stream live coverage to desktops, mobile, tablets, and connected TVs via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The full HD-quality video stream will come directly from NBC's broadcasts. and the NBC Sports app are available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Samsung Smart TVs, Xbox, and Chromecast. NBC SPORTS RADIO PREAKNESS STAKES COVERAGE NBC Sports Radio (channel 85 on SiriusXM radios and the SiriusXM app) will present live Preakness Stakes coverage on Saturday, May 17, with NBC Sports' coverage of the 150th Preakness from 4-7:30 p.m. ET with Larry Collmus handling the live race calls. This is the fourth consecutive year NBC Sports and SiriusXM have teamed to produce audio coverage of the Preakness. NBC SPORTS AND HORSE RACING NBC Sports is the exclusive home to the most important and prestigious events in horse racing, including the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Royal Ascot, and Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series. --NBC SPORTS--
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Coal Battle trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Coal Battle trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse Show Caption Hide Caption Meet Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle's trainer Lonnie Briley At the age of 72, Louisiana trainer Lonnie Briley talks about Kentucky Derby contender Coal Battle ahead of the 151st Run for the Roses. Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Lonnie Briley, the 72-year-old trainer of Coal Battle, is in the Kentucky Derby for the first time Coal Battle is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September. The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Coal Battle will enter the Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park. He currently ranks eighth on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 95. Color: Dark bay. Bred in: Kentucky. Sire: Coal Front. Dam: Wolfblade, by Midshipman. Price tag: $70,000 at 2023 Texas Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale. Owner: Norman Stables (Robbie Norman). First Derby. Trainer: Lonnie Briley. First Derby. Jockey: Juan Vargas. First Derby. Record: 5-0-1 in eight starts. Career earnings: $1,188,875. Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 95 (No. 8). Last race: Third in Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park. Running style: Versatile colt has won on the lead and coming from behind. Notes: He's won five races at four different tracks — Evangeline, Delta Downs, Remington Park and Oaklawn Park (twice). He won the Grade 2 Rebel on Feb. 23 at 11-1 odds to put himself in contention for a Kentucky Derby spot. … The 72-year-old Briley has been training on the Louisiana circuit for more than 30 years. He had never even entered a horse in a graded stake — much less won one — until Coal Battle's score in the Rebel. … Coal Battle's two worst finishes have come in his two Kentucky races – fourth in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile on Sept. 8 and seventh in an allowance race at Keeneland on Oct. 12. ... The third-place finisher in last year's Arkansas Derby, Mystik Dan, went on to win the Kentucky Derby. What they're saying: 'It was a long drive getting to Churchill (from Oaklawn Park), but we're getting settled in,' Briley said. 'He's a pretty laid-back horse. If he's not lying down, he's usually at the back of his stall just relaxing. He knows when it's game time.' Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032. The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms. You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock. Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@ Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ. More horse racing: Set for second Kentucky Derby, St. Xavier grad Whit Beckman hopes for better racing luck This story was updated to add a gallery.
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Publisher trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Publisher trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse Show Caption Hide Caption Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Publisher trains at Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Publisher works Wednesday at Churchill Downs. Horse is trained by Steve Asmussen. Horse is 0-2-3 in seven starts. Publisher will enter the Kentucky Derby off a runner-up finish in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Publisher will look to become the first maiden to win the Kentucky Derby since Brokers Tip in 1933 Publisher is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September. The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Publisher will enter the Kentucky Derby off a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park. He currently ranks 13th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 60. Color: Bay. Bred in: Kentucky. Sire: American Pharoah. Dam: Indian Pride, by Proud Citizen. Price tag: $600,000 at 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. Owners: Gus King; Estate of Brereton Jones. First Derby for King. Jones finished 15th with King Russell in 2023. As a breeder, the former Kentucky governor was 0 for 7 in the Derby, his best finish coming with Desert Wine (second) in 1983. Trainer: Steve Asmussen. He's 0 for 26 in the Derby with a trio of runner-up finishes: Nehro (2011), Lookin At Lee (2017) and Epicenter (2022). Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. He's 0 for 8 in the Derby, best finish coming with Improbable (fourth) in 2019. Record: 0-2-3 in seven starts. Career earnings: $407,756 Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 60 (No. 13). Last race: Second in Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park, 2 ½ lengths behind Sandman. Running style: Closer. Notes: Publisher will become just the 13th maiden to start in the Kentucky Derby since 1937 and first since Bodexpress (13th in 2019). Three maidens won the Derby prior to 1937: Buchanan (1884), Sir Barton (1919) and Brokers Tip (1933). … Publisher qualified for the Derby by finishing second in the Arkansas Derby (50 points) and fourth in the Rebel Stakes (10 points). He raced twice as a 2-year-old at Churchill Downs, finishing third both times. … Jones was Kentucky's governor from 1991-95. He died in September 2023 at the age of 84 after battling an illness at his Airdrie Stud Farm in Midway, Kentucky. What they're saying: 'The thing about Publisher that gives you unbelievable confidence is what kind of a horse he is to run,' Asmussen said. 'He is going to be the easiest horse we've ever saddled in the Derby as far as how he takes the surroundings and just his personality. He's not going to waste an ounce of energy doing anything other than running.' Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032. The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms. You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock. Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. More Kentucky Derby: Five things to know about 2025 field as draw approaches April 26 Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@ Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Sandman trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Sandman trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse Show Caption Hide Caption Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Sandman's trainer Mark Casse Trainer Mark Casse says Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Sandman will like the length of the Derby's 1 ¼-mile race. Sandman will enter the Kentucky Derby off a win in the Arkansas Derby on March 29 Sandman raced three times as a 2-year-old at Churchill Downs, finishing third in the Grade 3 Street Sense Sandman is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September. The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Sandman will enter the Kentucky Derby off a victory in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park. He currently ranks second on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 129. Color: Gray/roan. Bred in: Kentucky. Sire: Tapit. Dam: Distorted Music, by Distorted Humor. Price tag: $1.2 million at 2024 Ocala Breeders' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Owners: D.J. Stable (Leonard Green); St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola); West Point Thoroughbreds (Terry Finley); CJ Stables (Charles Sonson). Second Derby for D.J. Stable, which was seventh with Helium in 2021. St. Elias is 1 for 4 in the Derby, winning with Always Dreaming in 2017. West Point is 1 for 7 in the Derby, winning with Always Dreaming in 2017. First Derby for CJ Stables. Trainer: Mark Casse. He's 0 for 10 in the Derby, best finish coming with Classic Empire (fourth) in 2017. Jockey: Jose Ortiz. He's 0 for 9 in the Derby, best finish coming with Good Magic (second) in 2018. Record: 3-1-2 in eight starts. Career earnings: $1,254,595. Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 129 (No. 2). Last race: Won Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on March 29 at Oaklawn Park by 2 ½ lengths over Publisher. Running style: Closer. Notes: Sandman raced three times at Churchill Downs as a 2-year-old, his best finish a third-place showing in the Grade 3 Street Sense on Oct. 27. He has a 1-1-2 record in five career graded stakes. … This will be the first Derby for Casse since 2021, when he finished seventh with Helium and 18th with Soup and Sandwich. … Viola is the owner of the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers and was President Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of the Army in 2017 before withdrawing from consideration, citing business conflicts. What they're saying: 'He actually surprised me how quickly he bounced back out of that race,' Casse said of the Arkansas Derby. '(Jockey Jose Ortiz) told me after the race when he pulled him up, 'He didn't take a deep breath.' … Hopefully everything goes well this month up to the Derby. I think you're going to see a better horse in the (Kentucky) Derby than you saw in the Arkansas Derby.' Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032. The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms. You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock. Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@ Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ. More Kentucky Derby coverage: Which horses are in or on bubble for May 3 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs? This story was updated to add a video.
