2024 Preakness Stakes
149th running of the Preakness Stakes
The 2024 Preakness Stakes was the 149th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (9+1⁄2 furlongs; 1,911 meters). The race is one leg of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is traditionally held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. The 2024 edition was scheduled for May 18, Race 13, with a post time of 7:01 p.m. EDT and television coverage by NBC and Peacock from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. ET. The purse for the 2024 stakes was valued at $2 million. The race was won by Seize the Grey.
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A field of 9 was drawn on May 13. Muth drew post 4 as the 8-5 morning line favorite. Mystik Dan drew post 5 as the 5-2 second choice, for an expected wet running of the Preakness.
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