Preakness Stakes 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024 − Pimlico
2024 Preakness Stakes Field
Post | Horse/ Best Beyer | Trainer/ Jockey | Track Odds | Odds by David Aragona | |||
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1 | Mugatu 87 | Jeff Engler Joe Bravo | 20-1 | 20-1 | |||
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BF: Longshot 12-start colt eligible to entry-level allowance, off board all three stakes starts, off board all three dirt starts. | |||||||
DA: Was picking up pieces in fast-paced Blue Grass; none of his prior efforts suggest he possesses this kind of quality. | |||||||
2 | Uncle Heavy 84 | Robert Reid, Jr. Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 20-1 | 15-1 | |||
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BF: Wet-track G3 upset two back, training interrupted before finishing fifth in Wood Memorial, would move up on wet track. | |||||||
DA: Got a decent trip from outside draw and just flattened out in the Wood against weaker; has to do better to beat these. | |||||||
3 | Catching Freedom 97 | Brad Cox Flavien Prat | 6-1 | 7-2 | |||
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BF: Improved each subsequent start, Ky. Derby fourth-place finisher will be rolling late, uncertain if pace will be fast enough. | |||||||
DA: DA: Mildly shuffled back early in Derby, but otherwise worked out good trip and ran well; might be able to sit closer this time. | |||||||
4 | Muth 98 | Bob Baffert Juan Hernandez | SCR | ||||
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BF: Vindication after CD ban, multi G1 winner already crushed Ky. Derby winner, enters fresh, pressing style suits pace. | |||||||
DA: Tactical speed should ensure good trip, similar to Ark. Derby; has obvious merits, but perhaps getting a tad overhyped. | |||||||
5 | Mystik Dan 101 | Ken McPeek Brian Hernandez, Jr. | 5-2 | 9-5 | |||
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BF: Ky. Derby winner with perfect trip following bad-trip OP loss to Muth, two-week turnaround for rematch vs. fresh rival. | |||||||
DA: Saved ground, but sat pretty close to fast pace in the Derby, so it was a strong effort; can he repeat it on short rest? | |||||||
6 | Seize the Grey 88 | D. Wayne Lukas Jaime Torres | 15-1 | 12-1 | |||
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BF: Career-best performance last time out shortening to one-turn G2, either getting better or preferred shorter trip or both. | |||||||
DA: Didn't think much of that Pat Day Mile field going in, and even less coming out; needs to get faster stretching back out. | |||||||
7 | Just Steel 95 | D. Wayne Lukas Joel Rosario | 15-1 | 10-1 | |||
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BF: BF: Race flow was against Kentucky Derby pace-presser, merits longshot look pressing likely modest fractions Preakness. | |||||||
DA: Pace was quick, but he quit very early in Derby; even if he bounces back to form, still has to turn the tables on Muth. | |||||||
8 | Tuscan Gold 95 | Chad Brown Tyler Gaffalione | 8-1 | 4-1 | |||
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BF: Lightly raced, third La. Derby, trainer won Preakness twice same pattern: skip Ky. Derby, fourth career start Preakness. | |||||||
DA: Has similar look to Chad's prior winners; didn't see much excuse in La. Derby, but he has a right to keep progressing. | |||||||
9 | Imagination 96 | Bob Baffert Frankie Dettori | 6-1 | 7-2 | |||
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BF: Finished neck behind subsequent Ky. Derby seventh Stronghold; Muth scratch puts Imagination potentially loose on lead. | |||||||
DA: Won't be surprised when he takes these a long way up front; just get the sense he's a cut below his stablemate. | |||||||
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The second jewel of the Triple Crown is the Preakness Stakes, run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Grade 1 race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds is run over 1 3/16 miles and has a purse of $1.5 million. The Preakness is a proving ground for the Kentucky Derby winner, who tries to take the second leg and head into New York with a shot at the Triple Crown. But it is also a place where “fresh” horses that bypassed the Derby offer a new challenge. The Preakness is also only two weeks after the Derby, which is a turnaround most horses haven’t faced, and won’t ever again. Some of the best Preakness winners include horses that did go on to take the Triple Crown, such as Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and American Pharoah. It is a race that has been won by fillies - female horses - twice in the last 15 years: Swiss Skydiver and Rachel Alexandra. Trainer Bob Baffert is tied for the most wins in the Preakness with 1870s trainer R. Wyndham Walden; they each have seven. D. Wayne Lukas has six victories.
The horse who wins the Preakness receives a blanket of Black-Eyed Susans, the official flower of the Preakness Stakes and the state flower of Maryland. The flower also lends its name to the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes for top 3-year-old fillies, which is traditionally run the day before the Preakness. The official drink of the Preakness is also named the "Black-Eyed Susan", and features a combination of orange juice, sour mix, vodka and bourbon.
Recent Preakness Stakes Winners
Year | Horse/Trainer | Horse | Trainer | Beyer |
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2024 |
D. Wayne Lukas
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Seize the Grey | D. Wayne Lukas | 100 |
2023 |
Bob Baffert
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National Treasure | Bob Baffert | 98 |
2022 |
Chad Brown
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Early Voting | Chad Brown | 105 |
2021 |
Michael McCarthy
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Rombauer | Michael McCarthy | 102 |
2020 |
Ken McPeek
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Swiss Skydiver | Ken McPeek | 105 |
2019 |
Mark Casse
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War of Will | Mark Casse | 99 |
2018 |
Bob Baffert
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Justify | Bob Baffert | 97 |
2017 |
Chad Brown
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Cloud Computing | Chad Brown | 102 |
2016 |
Keith Desormeaux
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Exaggerator | Keith Desormeaux | 101 |
2015 |
Bob Baffert
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American Pharoah | Bob Baffert | 102 |
2014 |
Art Sherman
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California Chrome | Art Sherman | 105 |
2013 |
D. Wayne Lukas
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Oxbow | D. Wayne Lukas | 106 |
Q: Who is eligible to run?
The Preakness is open only to 3-year-olds who are nominated to the Triple Crown series.
Q: How many horses can start in the race?
Currently, a maximum of 14 horses can run in the Preakness. The largest field was 26 horses (1918) and was run in two divisions, providing two Preakness winners that year and is the only edition of a Triple Crown series race to be split.
Q: What is the largest margin of victory in the Preakness?
In 2004, Smarty Jones won the Preakness by 11 ½ lengths.
Q: What is the trophy for the Preakness Stakes?
The Woodlawn Vase, worth $1 million, is one of the most valuable trophies in all of American sports. Designed in 1860 by Tiffany & Co., the Woodlawn Vase is on-site at the Preakness each year, though the owner of the winning horse keeps only a $30,000 replica. Following the Preakness, the Woodlawn Vase returns to the Baltimore Museum of Art, where it remains on display all year.