2009 Preakness Stakes Predictions Pioneerof the Nile vs. Rachel Alexandra: It is the biggest matchup of them all in this Saturday’s Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course, as the two 2009 Preakness Stakes Predictons favorites, Rachel Alexandra and Pioneerof the Nile are matched up, head-to-head at SportsBook.com.
Individually, Rachel Alexandra [+150 ML] currently leads the field with the absolute best Sports Odds to win the 2009 Preakness Stakes Odds. 
This is how easy this is: If you believe that Rachel Alexandra will win the 2009 Preakness Stakes Odds and you bet $100 on her, you’ll win your original investment of $100 + $150 (from [+150 ML]) = $250 bucks; this of course assuming Rachel Alexandra crosses the finish line first.
On the other hand, Pioneerof the Nile [+450] has been listed as the second 2009 Preakness Stakes Prediction Odds favorite. This of course means that, if you were to invest $100 on Pioneerof the Nile and you are correct, you would get back $550 ($100 + 450). How easy is that?
Now, in a matchup situation, things get a bit more complex. Let’s take Pioneerof the Nile vs. Rachel Alexandra as an example. At SportsBook.com’s “2009 Preakness Stakes Matchup Odds”, Rachel Alexandra [-200 ML] has been listed as the Sports Odds favorite not necessarily to win the whole thing — meaning finishing in 1st place — but simply to finish better than the underdog, Pioneerof the Nile [+160 ML].
Remember, these aren’t Odds to win the 2009 Preakness Stakes, they’re Matchup Odds meaning that: if you believe that Rachel Alexandra will do better than Pioneerof the Nile on Saturday, you’ll have to wager $200 in order to win $100; hence the negative sign in front of -200 ML.
But if you chose to put your money on the underdog, in this case Pioneerof the Nile [+160 ML], sure the risk is higher — because now you’re going against the odds — but the reward is almost doubled.
Example: If you were to wager $100 on Pioneerof the Nile beating Rachel Alexandra head-to-head, you would win a total of $260, regardless of what position your pick ends up at the end of the race.
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