Concert Tour Now The Favorite To Win Preakness Stakes Without Medina Spirit 16211e

  • Concert Tour is a +130 favorite without Medina Spirit in the field.
  • Medina Spirit tested positive for a banned substance after its Kentucky Derby win.

BALTIMORE – The horse racing world is in a whirlwind right now. 1h4r6h

Medina Spirit has been popped for a banned substance after his win in the Kentucky Derby. This was the fifth time in a 13-month span that one of Bob Baffert’s horses has failed a postrace drug test.

With a second test on Medina Spirit pending, odds have been released for the Preakness Stakes in a field without the Kentucky Derby “winner” Medina Spirit.

Preakness Stakes 2021 Winner Without Medina Spirit l284p

  • Concert Tour +130
  • Midnight Bourbon +325
  • Crowded Trade +500
  • Risk Taking +600
  • Rombauer +700
  • Unbridled Honor +1200
  • Go De Ina +2000
  • Keepmeinmind +2000
  • Ram +2200

A Baffert Horse Still Has The Favorite 2p3x2x

Even with Medina Spirit potentially out of the Preakness Stakes, Baffert still has the betting favorite in Concert Tour. If Concert Tour had qualified for the Kentucky Derby, he would have likely had the second shortest odds behind Essential Quality.

The Preakness Stakes field is noticeably weaker than the Derby, thus why Concert Tour is a +130 favorite. Online sportsbooks have Midnight Bourbon, who finished sixth in the Kentucky Derby, at +325 odds and is the second favorite to win the Preakness.

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Field Is Not Final 1a2x2r

Medina Spirit is not officially out for the Preakness and could potentially still run. However, many believe Concert Tour has always been Baffert’s best horse and horse betting sites could still be the betting favorite even if Medina Spirit does run.

If Medina Spirit does get taken down as the Kentucky Derby winner, Brad Cox has said that Mandaloun will still not run in the Preakness Stakes, meaning there is a very little chance that there is a Triple Crown winner this year.

Given the field, it seems like this is Concert Tour’s race to lose regardless of if Medina Spirit is running or not.