Preakness Props: We’re Always Dreaming of a Trump Impeachment

The Kentucky Derby is over, the roses have been run for, the big hats have been put back in the closet. Now, Always Dreaming and a host of other hopeful colts head to Maryland for the Preakness Stakes, the race famous for cancelling its BYOB policy in 2009 and a short-lived mascot called “Kegerator.”

Kentucky Derby-winner Always Dreaming will obviously be hoping to keep its Triple Crown campaign alive and enters the Preakness as a roughly 1/1 favorite. There are some great horses in the field, however, including Derby runner-up Lookin at Lee (11/1) and Classic Empire (9/2), who succumbed to a bad trip in Louisville. Plus a lot of the horses that are skipping the Preakness are heading straight to the Belmont. Look for the Belmont to continue its storied tradition of being a graveyard for Triple Crown hopefuls.

If it doesn’t rain at the Preakness, it will be interesting to see how Always Dreaming responds to dryer conditions. A horse that thrives in the slop can struggle against fast runners in the dry. Also of note: trainer Todd Pletcher decided to bring Always Dreaming to Pimlico a week early in a bid to tone down the aggression he showed at Churchill Downs.

The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans/chrysanthemums is shaping up to be a great one. Here are all the odds for the weekend, including a few parlays with our ever-entertaining Commander-in-Chief and Baltimore’s scorching hot boys of summer.

2017 Preakness Stakes Props

Over/Under Preakness winner’s finishing time: 1:56

Odds the Preakness winner breaks Secretariat’s record of 1:53: 40/1

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Preakness but does not start the Belmont: 35/1

Odds the Preakness will be won by a horse that did not run the Kentucky Derby: 13/1

Odds the Preakness will be won by a horse that does not descend from Secretariat: 37/13

Odds a horse is banned/disqualified from the Preakness for PEDs: 1000/1

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Triple Crown: 3/1

Preakness Stakes Broadcast Odds

Over/under number of times “West Point” is said during NBC broadcast: 4.5

Over/under number of times NBC announcers mention Gunnevera’s purchase price of $16,000: 2.5

Over/under number of times NBC announcers mention Gunnevera’s total purse of more than $1 million: 3.5

Over/under number of times NBC announcers ask if Always Dreaming can “keep dreaming” or “keep the dream alive” etc.: 7.5

Pimlico Debauchery Odds

Over/under number of arrests in Pimlico infield on day of the Preakness: 4.5

Odds Maryland National Guard is mobilized to pacify Pimlico infield: 60/1

Over/under on the number of people that will complete the porta-potty run: OFF (we haven’t evaluated the all-you-can-drink beer mugs for ballistic profile)

Preakness Parlays

Donald Trump

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Preakness and Donald Trump finishes his first term: 9/5

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Preakness and Donald Trump is impeached: 9/1

Baltimore Orioles

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Preakness and the Orioles win the ALCS: 16/1

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Preakness and the Orioles win the World Series: 44/1

Odds to be higher, the number of horses that start the Preakness or the number of Orioles/Red Sox who are hit by pitches in their remaining 10 games: 4/5 Preakness starters

Odds Always Dreaming wins the Triple Crown and the Orioles/Nationals meet in the World Series: 249/1