Preakness

[preek-nis]

Trademark.

1. a horse race for three-year-olds run annually two weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Pimlico in Baltimore, Md.: the second race in the Triple Crown.

Example Sentences

Fierceness finishes ahead of Preakness Stakes winner Journalism to win the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday.

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In between, he won the Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness seven times and the Belmont Stakes four times.

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His last significant win was in last year’s Preakness Stakes, which he won with Seize the Grey.

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Sovereignty’s three-length win leaves a lot of people asking “what if” Sovereignty had run in the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness, and won.

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It’s why there was such consternation when trainer Bill Mott and owner Godolphin, decided to skip the Preakness Stakes.

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When To Use

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.