Preakness Stakes 2026: What to know about the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown

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The 151st Preakness Stakes volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday, but it volition not instrumentality spot astatine its accustomed racetrack.

For the archetypal clip ever, the Preakness Stakes volition beryllium tally astatine a antithetic people than the Pimlico Race Course. The racetrack, which is located successful Baltimore, is nether operation with hopes that it volition beryllium acceptable adjacent season.

This year’s Preakness Stakes volition beryllium tally astatine Laurel Park, which is conscionable extracurricular of Washington, D.C., and is astir 20 miles southbound of the Pimlico Race Course.

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Jockeys racing horses connected a ungraded way astatine Laurel Park

Jockeys contention horses during the Preakness Meet astatine Laurel Park successful Laurel, Maryland, connected May 8, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

The Preakness Stakes volition besides beryllium without the Kentucky Derby winner, Golden Tempo, meaning determination volition not beryllium a accidental to witnesser a imaginable Triple Crown this year.

Fourteen 3-year-old horses volition tally 1 3/16 miles, competing for a $2 cardinal purse.

Who is racing and what are the betting odds?

Taj Mahal (Sheldon Russell) 5-1
Ocelli (Tyler Gaffalione) 8-1
Crupper (Junior Alvarado) 25-1
Robusta (Rafael Bejarno) 29-1
Talkin (Irad Ortiz Jr.) 9-1
Chip Honcho (Jose L. Ortiz) 11-1
The Hell We Did (Luis Saez) 9-1
Bull by the Horns (Micah J. Husbands) 17-1
Iron Honor (Flavien Prat) 8-1
Napoleon Solo (Paco Lopez) 9-1
Corona de Oro (John R. Velazquez) 16-1
Incredibolt (Jaime A. Torres) 5-1
Great White (Alex Achard) 7-1
Pretty Boy Miah (Ricardo Santana Jr.) 31-1

Who are the favorites?

Taj Mahal, who is trained by Brittany Russell, and Incredibolt, who is trained by Riley Mott, are some 5-1.

Great White, who is trained by John Ennis, is astatine 7-1. Ocelli, who is trained by D. Whitworth Beckman, and Iron Honor, who is trained by Chad Brown, are some 8-1.

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A equine moving retired astatine Laurel Park racetrack during sunrise.

A equine works retired astatine Laurel Park racetrack during sunrise successful Laurel, Md., connected May 8, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

What everyone’s talking astir up of the Preakness Stakes

The play had a tragic beginning, arsenic connected Friday, Hit Zero collapsed and died aft crossing the decorativeness enactment successful its archetypal vocation race.

Hit Zero, who was trained by Russell, came successful past spot aft being the favourite to win. After crossing the decorativeness line, Hit Zero began coughing, dropped to its knees, enactment its caput down and passed away.

Fans of equine racing anticipation to debar immoderate much tragedies during the 2nd limb of the Triple Crown.

Fourteen horses are racing, which is the astir the contention has seen successful 15 years. This is the 2nd clip successful the past 40 years that the first- oregon second-place finisher from the Kentucky Derby is not racing successful the Preakness Stakes.

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Jockeys racing horses connected a ungraded way astatine Laurel Park successful Laurel, Md.

Jockeys contention horses during Laurel Park's Preakness Meet successful Laurel, Maryland, connected May 8, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

Just 3 of the horses successful the Preakness Stakes ran successful the Kentucky Derby: Ocelli (finished third), Robusta (finished 14th) and Incredibolt (finished sixth). Great White was scheduled to tally successful the Kentucky Derby but was scratched.

On the heels of Cherie DeVaux becoming the archetypal pistillate trainer to person her equine triumph the Kentucky Derby, Russell seeks to go the archetypal pistillate trainer to triumph the Preakness Stakes.

Taj Mahal, Russell’s horse, has won each 3 of the races helium has competed successful astatine Laurel.

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Trainer Brittany Russell talking to radical successful a barn astatine Laurel Park

Trainer Brittany Russell talks to radical successful her barn up of the 102nd moving of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes astatine Laurel Park successful Laurel, Maryland, connected May 15, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)