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The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (Grade I), the second jewel of the Triple Crown, is set for Saturday, May 17, 2025 at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

When is the Preakness Stakes?

The Preakness Stakes is on Saturday, May 17, 2025

Where is the Preakness Stakes?

The Preakness Stakes is raced at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Maryland

When is the field drawn for the Preakness Stakes?

Post positions are scheduled to be drawn Monday, May 12 at Pimlico.

Where can I watch the Preakness Stakes?

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Preakness Stakes 150 Tops Lucrative $2 Million Stakes Weekend

Total of 16 Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $4.3 Million May 16 & 17

Headlined by the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, a total of 16 stakes, eight graded, worth $4.3 million in purses will be contested Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at historic Pimlico Race Course.

First run in 1873, the Preakness is the second oldest of the Triple Crown races, predating the Kentucky Derby (G1) by two years. The inaugural Belmont Stakes (G1) was held in 1867.

The $2 million Preakness, contested at 1 3/16 miles, will anchor a May 17 program of 10 stakes worth $3.25 million in purses including the $250,000 Dinner Party (G3) for 3-year-olds and up and $150,000 Gallorette (G3) for fillies and mares 3 and older, each going 1 1/16 miles on the grass, and $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3) for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs.

Other supporting stakes on Preakness Day are the $150,000 Chick Lang sprinting six furlongs and $100,000 Sir Barton at 1 1/16 miles on the main track and $100,000 James Murphy going one mile on the turf, all for 3-year-olds; $125,000 Skipat for fillies and mares 3 and older at six furlongs; and $125,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint, a five-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up.

Returning the Preakness Day lineup will also be the $100,000 UAE President Cup (G1) for 3-year-old Arabian horses, run at 1 1/16 miles.

The 101st running of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies going 1 1/8 miles tops six stakes, three graded, worth $1.05 million in purses on Friday, May 16. It is joined by the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) for 3-year-olds and up at 1 3/16 miles and $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) for sophomore fillies sprinting six furlongs.

Also on the traditional Preakness Eve program are the $125,000 Allaire du Pont for fillies and mares 3 and up at 1 1/8 miles and a pair of turf stakes - the $125,000 Hilltop for 3-year-old fillies going one mile and $100,000 The Very One for fillies and mares 3 and older sprinting five furlongs.

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PREAKNESS STAKES 2025 SCHEDULE

5/16/2025 Black Eyed Susan $300,000 Grade 2 3YO Fillies 1 1/8 mi. Dirt

5/16/2025 Pimlico Special $250,000 Grade 3 3YO & Up 1 3/16 mi. Dirt

5/16/2025 Miss Preakness $150,000 Grade 3 3YO Fillies 6 fur. Dirt

5/16/2025 Allaire DuPont $100,000 Listed 3YO & UpFillies and Mares 1 1/8 mi. Dirt

5/16/2025 The Very One $100,000 3YO & UpFillies and Mares 5 fur. Turf

5/16/2025 Hilltop $100,000 3YO Fillies 1 mi. Turf

5/17/2025 Preakness Stakes $2,000,000 Grade 1 3YO 1 3/16 mi. Dirt

5/17/2025 Dinner Party $500,000 Grade 3 3YO & Up 1 1/8 mi. Turf

5/17/2025 Chick Lang $200,000 Grade 3 3YO 6 fur. Dirt

5/17/2025 Gallorette $100,000 Grade 3 3YO & UpFillies and Mares 1 1/16 mi. Turf

5/17/2025 MD Sprint $100,000 Grade 3 3YO & Up 6 fur. Dirt

5/17/2025 Jim McKay $100,000 Listed 3YO & Up 5 fur. Turf

5/17/2025 Sir Barton $100,000 3YO 1 1/16 mi. Dirt

5/17/2025 James Murphy $100,000 Listed 3YO 1 mi. Turf

5/17/2025 Skipat $100,000 Listed 3YO & UpFillies and Mares 6 fur. Dirt

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About the Preakness Stakes

Traditionally the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, is held on the third Saturday each May at Baltimore, Maryland's Pimlico Race Course. Sandwiched between the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in the Triple Crown, the Preakness is contested at a distance of 1 3/16 miles, and regularly attracts a field of the best three-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses in North America. A staple on Pimlico's stakes schedule since 1873, the Preakness is often a handicapping challenge for bettors as all of North America's best jockeys and trainers are in action at Pimlico that day. Other key stakes races held Preakness weekend at Pimlico include the Pimlico Special, the Dixie Stakes, the Gallorette Handicap and the Maryland Sprint Handicap.

Predating the Kentucky Derby by two years, the Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873. It got its name from then Maryland Governor Oden Bowie, who dubbed it `The Preakness' in honor of a horse of the same name that won the Dinner Party Stakes on the opening day of the Pimlico track in 1870. The race was originally a mile and a half in length, and the inaugural event saw 7 horses go to the starting gate. The first Preakness was won by My Sheba, who trounced the rest of the field by 10 lengths. That would remain the largest margin of victory in the race until 2004 when Smarty Jones won the event by 11 lengths. To date, Smarty Jones' triumph is the biggest margin of victory in Preakness history.

The Preakness race wasn't an immediate success and moved several times during its early years. In 1890, the Morris Race Course in the Bronx, New York held the race after which there was no race run for the next three years. In 1894, the Preakness was revived at the Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island and remained there for the next 15 years. In 1909 it returned to the Pimlico track in Baltimore where it has been run ever since. In 2009, the parent company of the Pimlico track, Magna Entertainment, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and moving the Preakness was once again considered. The Maryland Legislature quickly approved a plan to buy the track if Magna was unable to find a buyer so for now it looks like the Preakness will remain in Baltimore for the foreseeable future.

Just like the Kentucky Derby is preceded by the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, and the Preakness has a similar tradition with Black-Eyed Susan day. The Black-Eyed Susan was first run in 1919 as the Pimlico Oaks; but the name was changed in 1952 to pay homage to the Maryland state flower. The mile and one-eighth race for three-year-old fillies has been a Grade II event since 1976. Gates for the Black-Eyed Susan day open at 10 AM on Friday, May 17th with a full day of racing action.

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