Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and second place finisher Hard Spun are the two favorites heading into the Preakness. Special horse racing match ups like this is why bettors play the ponies. The horse racing betting odds between Street Sense and Hard Spun are not as close as one might think.
2007 Preakness: Street Sense vs Hard Spun
Street Sense: -200
Hard Spun: +160
Street Sense put on a show at the 2007 Kentucky Derby coming from 19th position on the inside rail to win the entire race in 2:02. To be considered one of the best horses of all time Street Sense will need to win the second jewel in the elusive Triple Crown of Racing. Carl A. Nafzger is the Trainer. Bodog.com has made it easy to bet on Street Sense the favorite at -200 odds to beat Hard Spun.
Hard Spun set the pace early at the Derby and ran out of gas. The big question is whether jockey Mario G. Pino can get something out of Hard Spun down the stretch. Bodog.com has made posted betting odds for horse racing fans to bet on Hard Spun at +160 odds to beat Street Sense.
(1) Mint Slewlep: 45/1
(2) Xchanger: 25/1
(3) Circular Quay: 21/5
(4) Curlin: 7/2
(5) King of the Roxy: 15/1
(6) Flying First Class: 20/1
(7) Hard Spun: 11/4
(8) Street Sense: 5/4
(9) C P West: 30/1
