The $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) is the main attraction on the Friday card that kicks off Preakness Stakes (G1) weekend at Laurel Park. Just as the Kentucky Oaks (G1) for fillies sets the table for the Kentucky Derby (G1) the following afternoon, the Black-Eyed Susan card is the lead-in to the big...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | US Racing Sports Desk Most horses that flip at the gate in the Kentucky Derby tunnel simply disappear from the Triple Crown conversation. Great White is not most horses. The big gray Volatile gelding went from a dramatic last-minute scratch at Churchill Downs to a confirmed P...
One of the most wide-open fields in Preakness Stakes history is set with Iron Honor, the slight 9-2 morning-line favorite in a full field of 14 3-year-olds for the 151st edition of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. With Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Golden Tempo bypassing the Preakness to better pr...
The tension in the air at the Maryland Jockey Club reached a fever pitch today as officials finalized the field for the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes. This year carries a unique weight, as the middle jewel of the Triple Crown shifts its home to Laurel Park while Pimlico Race Course undergoes...
An early look at the 14 3-year-olds entered Monday for the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1), the second leg of the Triple Crown. The 1 3/16-mile race on Saturday will be held for the first time at Laurel Park in Maryland while Pimlico Race Course is being rebuilt. Post time is 6:50 p.m. ET. (In [&he...
Monday, May 11, 2026 The Preakness Stakes field took another hit Monday morning. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse ruled out Silent Tactic on May 11, pulling the plug on any chance the colt makes it to Laurel Park. The prospective field is now down to 13 horses, and the Preakness Stakes odds board has...
Monday, May 11, 2026 | US Racing Sports Desk The 2026 Preakness Stakes just got a whole lot more interesting, and not in a way that makes the chalk bettors sleep easily. Bob Baffert confirmed Thursday that Crude Velocity, the undefeated GII Pat Day Mile winner who briefly held the 4/1 morning-line s...
If you're serious about Preakness Stakes odds to bet this year, you need more than a pace scenario and a speed figure. You need to understand what's happening to this race at a structural level, because it affects the field, the Preakness Stakes odds, and frankly, whether this race stays in Maryland...
Marylanders have always taken great pride in their state's signature race, the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes (G1). Saturday's 151st running at Laurel Park could be historic because Brittany Russell can become the first female trainer to win it and complete the female Triple Crown. Cherie DeVaux just ...
The thought of a Kentucky Derby winner bypassing the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown used to be unthinkable. And yet here we are in 2026, reacting to Golden Tempo skipping the Preakness Stakes (G1) to prepare for the Belmont Stakes three weeks later with something closer to a collective shrug ...
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