Preakness
AmericanUsage
What is the Preakness? The Preakness is an annual horse race at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s officially called the Preakness Stakes. It is the second race in the three-race that also includes the races known as the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Winning all three races in a single year is known as winning the Triple Crown. The Preakness is limited to 14 three-year-old horses and is run on a dirt track that is 1 3/16 miles long.
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Many were hoping for a rematch with Journalism, who finished second in both those races and won the Preakness, which Sovereignty did not run in.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
After he won the Kentucky Derby his connections elected to not run him in the Preakness because it was only two weeks after the Derby.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Journalism, winner of the Preakness Stakes and second in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, has not finished out of the exacta this year in seven starts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025
Bookending that win was his last Triple Crown race victory, when he won the Preakness last year with Seize the Grey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
He once vanished without a trace a few days before the Preakness Stakes, throwing the entire Maryland racing community, including an owner who wanted him to ride one of the race favorites, into an uproar.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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