Planes, vans, and quarantines. The Preakness this year will boast a first-ever direct-from-Dubai shipper And on Saturday, British trainer Jamie Osborne will give his daughter Saffie a leg up on Heart of Honor and try to win the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. “I suppose fo...
In 2013, the Maryland Jockey Club announced it would increase the purse for the Preakness Stakes from $1 million, which had been the figure since 1998, to $1.5 million where it remained until 2018 and returned to in 2022 and 2023. In 2019 the pot was worth $1.65 million and last year it was boosted ...
The 150th Preakness Stakes will thrill horse racing fans on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. With a post time of 7:01 p.m. ET, this year's race features a competitive nine-horse field with narrow differences in each Preakness Stakes odds. The absence of Kentucky...
The legend and Hall of Famer Secretariat still holds the stakes (and track) record for the Preakness Stakes’s 1 3/16-mile distance when he stopped the clock in 1:53 in 1973 en route to his win in that year’s Triple Crown. Initially, the timing of the race was questioned as the official clo...
2025 Preakness Stakes Horse-by-Horse Analysis and Betting Insights The 150th Preakness Stakes is set to captivate horse betting enthusiasts on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. With Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty absent, the field opens up for other contenders...
Each year, the winner of the Preakness Stakes is adorned with a blanket of Black-Eyed Susans across the withers and in front of the jockey. The Black-Eyed Susan blanket is created shortly before Preakness Day and it takes about eight hours for four people to construct it. It’s made up of black m...
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is the Preakness Stakes’ most successful active trainer with eight wins, including Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018). His other Preakness winners were Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), Point Given (2001), War Emblem (2002), Looki...
Baltimore’s nickname is Charm City, and the charm of its signature race is that if the Kentucky Derby (G1) winner shows up, there’s a chance for a Triple Crown. Times change, and no longer is the Preakness an automatic destination for the Derby champion. Beaten Derby favorite Journalism the one ...
Moments after the finish of the Preakness Stakes is declared official, a hydraulic lift hoists a painter, his paints (lots of them) and his ladder a couple of dozen feet into the air, whereupon he will meticulously apply the colors of the winning owner and the winning horse’s number to the weather...
With regular rider Jose Ortiz booked to ride Clever Again in the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1) on Saturday, Mark Casse found himself a Hall of Famer to climb aboard Sandman – John Velazquez. Sandman gets Hall of Fame service in the saddle for Preakness “Johnny is a strong rider, and Sandman needs...
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