2026 Preakness Betting Preview
The Action Network Sports Betting Podcast
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The 151st running of the Preakness is this Saturday at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland where all eyes will be on the ponies! Action Network betting expert Sean Zerillo welcomes horse racing handicapper Mike Conti back to the show in on of our most anticipated annual episodes. Together the guys get into parimutual betting, CAW's and other aspects of betting thePreakness and horse racing in general as well as specific horses they're tossing and where they're looking to find value in who's left on the board. They dive into the weeds with trends an picks including outright winners, longshots, exotics and a few looks on the undercard. Touching on horses like Ocelli, Robusta, Incredibolt, Taj Mahal, All that and more right here on The Action Network Podcast!
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| 0:00.0 | The Action Network Podcast. |
| 0:03.6 | No one, gentlemen, no one is offering you action like this. |
| 0:08.2 | It's a gambling experience on lifetime. |
| 0:11.1 | It's my way of saying, I understand, Ben, Mike. |
| 0:14.3 | I know what you want. |
| 0:15.1 | You know what you need. |
| 0:15.9 | This is where you belong. |
| 0:18.5 | Hello, Welcome to the Action Network podcast. |
| 0:20.3 | This is our 2026 Freakness Stakes betting for you. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm Sean Zerla, joined again by Mike Conti to help you break down the 151 running of the |
| 0:28.3 | Preakness Stakes, going to post at 7.1 p.m. on Saturday at Laurel Park, first time there |
| 0:33.4 | as they rebuild Pimlico ahead of returning in 2027. |
| 0:39.0 | Smaller fuel than the Derby, just 14 horses, expected to line up instead of 20. |
| 0:44.1 | Tactical race, it seems like it will be very speed heavy and going a little bit of a shorter |
| 0:50.0 | distance. |
| 0:50.6 | Maybe one of those speed horses can go hold on all the way around the track. |
| 0:54.6 | There's a couple of closers, though, that I'm picking on top of this race. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm expecting a very fast pace and then a meltdown thereafter. |
| 1:02.5 | Conti, welcome back to the pod. |
| 1:03.7 | Always great to see. |
| 1:04.5 | Always great to have you on. |
| 1:05.9 | Before we get into this race, because this race is a borderline grade three, if not barely even a graded stakes |
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