The Preakness! Place your bets here!

  Here are the horses


Horse                            Trainer                       Jockey                        ML Odds

1.  War of Will                Mark Casse               Tyler Gaffalione             4-1 

2.  Bourbon War             Mark Hennig              Erad Ortiz, Jr.              12-1

3.  Warrior's Charge        Brad Cox                   Javier Castellano          12-1

4.  Improbable               Bob Baffert                Mike Smith                    5-2

5.  Owendale                  Brad Cox                   Florent Geroux             10-1

6.  Market King               D. Wayne Lucas        John Court                   30-1

7.  Alwaysmining             Kelly Rubley              Daniel Centeno              8-1

8.  Signalman                 Kenny McPeek          Brian Hernandez Jr.       30-1

9.  Bodexpress               Gustavo Delgado        John Velazquez            20-1

10. Everfast                   Dale Romans             Joel Rosario                  50-1

11. Laughing Fox           Steve Asmussen         Ricardo Santana Jr.       20-1

12. Anothertwistafate     Blaine Wright             Jose Ortiz                      6-1

13. Win Win Win            Michael Trombetta      Julian Pimentel             15-1

History (I copied this from Wikipedia)

Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873. Then Maryland governor Oden Bowie named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stud in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey, who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico opened (October 25, 1870). The New Jersey name was said to have come from the Native American name Pra-qua-les ("Quail Woods") for the area. After Preakness won the Dinner Party Stakes, his jockey, Billy Hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges' stand. This was the supposed way that the "wire" at the finish line was introduced and how the awarding of "purse" money came to be. In reality, the term "purse", meaning prize money, had been in use for well over a century.


The first Preakness, held on May 27, 1873, drew seven starters. John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, collected the $2,050 winning purse by galloping home easily by 10 lengths. This was the largest margin of victory until 2004, when Smarty Jones won by 11 1/2 lengths.

In 1890 Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York hosted the Preakness Stakes. This race was run under handicap conditions, and the age restriction was lifted. The race was won by a five-year-old horse named Montague. After 1890, there was no race run for three years. For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. In 1909 it returned to Pimlico.

Seven editions of the Preakness Stakes have been run under handicap conditions, in which more accomplished or favored horses are assigned to carry heavier weight. It was first run under these conditions in 1890 and again in the years 1910-1915. During these years, the race was known as the Preakness Handicap.

In March 2009 Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Pimlico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy thus throwing open the possibility the Stakes could move again. On April 13, 2009, the Maryland Legislature approved a plan to buy the Stakes and the Pimlico course if Magna Entertainment cannot find a buyer.

Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the Kentucky Oaks. The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the Kentucky Derby, for more information see American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events.

In February 2017, the Maryland Stadium Authority released the first phase of a study saying that Pimlico needed $250 million in renovations. As of May 2017, no one showed interest in financing the work. The Stronach Group, owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park, was only interested in moving the Preakness Stakes to Laurel Park unless someone else financed work on Pimlico.