Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs (1+3⁄16 miles (1,900 m)) on dirt.

Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes.

Other websites

• Preakness Archived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Watching the Preakness Online
• Among the people of Baltimore's Preakness Stakes
• The Preakness Stakes and Revisionist History
• Ten Things You Should Know About the Preakness at Hello Race Fans! Archived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine