The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown has arrived.
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The 151st working of the Preakness Stakes takes place Saturday from Laurel Park, a one-year change from its regular house of Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course whereas Pimlico undergoes renovations.
The race won’t embrace Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, after coach Cherie DeVaux stated the horse’s well being was her rationale in giving Golden Tempo practically a one-month break between racing the Derby and returning for the Triple Crown’s third leg, the Belmont Stakes, on June 6. The 14-horse Preakness area contains three Derby entrants, led by Ocelli, which completed third.
That doesn’t imply there gained’t nonetheless be acquainted Derby faces on Saturday. With Golden Tempo not working its jockey, Jose Ortiz, will as an alternative experience Chip Honcho.
Easy methods to watch the 2026 Preakness Stakes
Date: Saturday, Might 16
Stay protection time: Begins at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock and continues on NBC and Peacock at 4 p.m.
Publish time for Preakness Stakes: 6:50 p.m. ET
The place: Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland
TV Community: NBC
Streaming: Peacock
The necessities
Who: 14, 3-year-old horses
Purse: $2 million ($1.2 million for first place)
Distance: 1 3/16 miles
- Jockey: Sheldon Russell | Coach: Brittany Russell
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione | Coach: D. Whitworth Beckman
- End at Kentucky Derby: Third
- Jockey: Junior Alvarado | Coach: Donnie Ok. Von Hemel
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- Jockey: Rafael Bejarano | Coach: Doug O’Neill
- End at Kentucky Derby: 14th
- Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr. | Coach: Danny Gargan
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- Jockey: Jose Ortiz | Coach: Steve Asmussen
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- No. 7 The Hell We Did (15-1)
- Jockey: Luis Saez | Coach: Todd Fincher
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- No. 8 Bull By The Horns (30-1)
- Jockey: Micah Husbands | Coach: Saffie Joseph Jr.
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- Jockey: Flavien Prat | Coach: Chad Brown
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- No. 10 Napoleon Solo (8-1)
- Jockey: Paco Lopez | Coach: Chad Summers
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- No. 11 Corona De Oro (30-1)
- Jockey: John Velazquez | Coach: Dallas Stewart
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
- Jockey: Jaime Torres | Coach: Riley Mott
- End at Kentucky Derby: Sixth
- No. 13 Nice White (15-1)
- Jockey: Alex Achard | Coach: John Ennis
- End at Kentucky Derby: Scratched
- No. 14 Fairly Boy Miah (15-1)
- Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr. | Coach: Jeremiah Englehart
- End at Kentucky Derby: Didn’t run.
