2025 Preakness Stakes


The 2025 Preakness Stakes was the 150th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of miles. The race is the second of the three legs of the Triple Crown of [Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|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 2025 edition occurred on May 17, with a scheduled post time of 7:01 p.m. EDT and television coverage by NBC. The 2025 purse was valued at $2 million. The race was won by Journalism.

Entries

On May 12, a field of nine horses was drawn. Journalism, the 8-5 morning line favorite who finished second in the 2025 [Kentucky Derby], drew post 2. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who won the 2024 Preakness Stakes, was back with American Promise, who drew post 3. Sandman drew post 7 after finishing seventh in the Derby.

Results

Times: mile – 23.19; mile – 46.66; mile – 1:10.23; mile – 1:35.89; final – 1:55.47.
Splits for each quarter-mile:

Payout

  • $1 Exacta $16.90
  • $1 Trifecta: $73.50
  • $1 Superfecta: $303.40
  • $1 Super High Five $1,767.30
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