![]() ![]() It is the second jewel (or leg) of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes.įirst run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after the colt who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg) fillies 121 pounds (55 kg). Held annually on Preakness Weekend (Friday - Saturday), the Preakness Stakes (Saturday) is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs ( 1 + 3⁄ 16 miles (1,900 m)) on dirt. ![]() The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. ![]()
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