The field for the Preakness (G1) Stakes on Saturday, May 21 is still coming together but there are several probable fresh faces ready to take on Nyquist. The field is limited to fourteen starters and the race will be contested at a mile and three-sixteenths at Pimlico Race Course.
Stradivari will face the biggest class test of his career as he steps up to graded stakes competition for the first time. A dark bay son of Medaglia d’Oro, he has won two of his three starts. He finished fourth in his career debut as a juvenile and then came back a month later to break his maiden at Gulfstream Park. In his first start as a sophomore, he won an allowance race at Keeneland by 14 ½ lengths. John Velazquez will be aboard for trainer Todd Pletcher.
Cherry Wine just missed making the Kentucky Derby (G1) field off of the current points system and will instead come in fresh for the Preakness Stakes (G1). Trained by Dale Romans who also trained the gray colt’s sire, Paddy O’Prado, he has been on the board in five of his eight starts and has two victories. He is coming out of a third-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and will likely have jockey Corey Lanerie in the irons.
Another potential new shooter is Abiding Star who is currently stuck at Parx Racing while the track is quarantined for an EHV-1 outbreak. The bay colt is a homebred for Gil Campbell’s Stonehedge Farm, LLC and, like Nyquist, is a son of champion Uncle Mo. He has won five of his eleven starts and is undefeated this year. He will be making his first start against graded stakes competition and will have regular rider J.D. Costa aboard.
The 2023 Preakness Stakes is coming up Saturday, May 20 at Pimlico! It is one of the most eagerly-awaited events of the racing year, and this is the place to […]
The Preakness Stakes is coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The second jewel of the American Triple Crown drew a field of 10 top three-year-olds. Find out the top contenders in the race, and learn the best places to place your bets!
After all the drama of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, the racing scene shifts to Pimlico Race Course in anticipation of the running of the 2019 Preakness Stakes. A couple of the high-profile contenders from the Derby are expected in the field, as well as a number of new shooters that add to the handicapping puzzle and could provide good betting value.
The field has been established for the 2016 running of the Belmont Stakes and of the thirteen contenders, there are four horses who competed in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and are moving on to the third jewel of the Triple Crown.
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