Pimlico Race Course linemaker Frank Carulli made Big Brown the big 1/2 odds on favorite to win the 2008 Preakness Stakes Wednesday after the Kentucky Derby winner drew lucky post position seven.

“Drawing post seven, if nobody wants to go with him he can bounce out of there and take the race on his own on the lead,” said Iavarone. “It gives Kent a lot more options.”

The second pick to win at 8/1 odds on winning the Preakness is Gayego, who placed 17th in the Derby but was the only horse to come back and challenge the Derby winner. But bettors looking for a little challenge and perhaps some value may want to consider Kentucky Bear, the 15/1 longshot who will race from the eighth post position.

“I love it,” he said. “It’s outside Big Brown. It couldn’t be better. He’s beatable. He beat all those horses at Churchill Downs, but he didn’t beat us.”

In order of post position, here are the names of the horses competing in the 133 running of the Preakness Stakes, along with the names of their jockeys and trainers:

1. Macho Again Leparoux/Stewart
2. Tres Borrachos T. Baze/Greely
3. Icabad Crane Rose/Motion
4. Yankee Bravo Solis/Gallagher
5. Behindatthebar Flores/Pletcher
6. Racecar Rhapsody Albarado/McPeek
7. Big Brown Desormeaux/Dutrow
8. KentuckyBear Theriot/Baker
9. Stevil Velazquez/Zito
10. Riley Tucker Prado/Mott
11. Giant Moon Dominguez/Schosberg
12. Gayego Smith/Lobo
13. Hey Byrn Lopez/Plesa