Jonathan Lintner - The Courier-Journal




American Pharoah went off with even-money odds in Saturday's Preakness Stakes and figures to receive similar billing in the Belmont.

Online sports book Bovada.LV installed the Triple Crown hopeful as a 1-1 shot to win the June 6 race, with a tad shorter price available -- 5-7 -- that he won't pull it off.

Comparatively, this time last year Bovada gave California Chrome 5-7 odds of winning the Belmont with an even-money line he'd fall short of ending the Triple Crown drought.