PIMLICO — By David Grening

Muth beat Mystik Dan by 6 1/4 lengths in the Arkansas Derby two months ago at Oaklawn Park, and though the latter has since come back to win the Kentucky Derby, Muth was installed as the morning-line favorite over Mystik Dan for Saturday’s $2 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Muth drew post 4 and was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite in a field of nine on the line of both Daily Racing Form’s David Aragona and Preakness linemaker Brian Nadeau. Mystik Dan drew post 5 and was made the 3-1 second choice on Aragona’s line, 5-2 on Nadeau’s line.

The last time the Kentucky Derby winner ran in the Preakness and did not go off favored in the race was in 2012 when Derby winner I’ll Have Another won the race at 3-1 over Bodemeister, the 8-5 favorite. I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister had finished one-two in the Kentucky Derby.

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