150th Preakness Stakes Betting Online
The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland with nine horses competing to win the second race in horse racing’s Triple Crown. There will be no Triple Crown on the line this year, as Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will skip the Preakness and be pointed toward the Belmont Stakes in early June. Sovereignty went off at odds of 7-1 in the Kentucky Derby, while Journalism was the 7-2 favorite. In the previous six years, all of the Kentucky Derby winners failed to win the Preakness and in 2025 the Kentucky Derby winner will not be entered. It is now the fifth time since Justify won the Triple Crown in 2018 that the Derby winner will not run in the Preakness. The Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 17th will be the last race run at Pimlico Race Course before it is knocked down and rebuilt. Journalism is listed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite to win the 2025 Preakness Stakes. Trainer Mike McCarthy won the 2021 Preakness with Rombauer. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was hoping to send Rodriguez who was scratched for the Kentucky Derby, but the horse will not run in the Preakness. Baffert will be sending Goal Oriented as he looks to win the Preakness for the ninth time.
Sandman, who finished a disappointing 7th in the Kentucky Derby is listed as the 4-1 second choice in Preakness odds. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will be sending River Thames who is listed at odds of 9-2 on the morning line. Hall of Fame Trainer Steve Asmussen will send Clever Again who is the son of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Clever Again is listed at odds of 5-1. Asmussen won the 2007 Preakness with Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Curlin. He did it again in 2009 with the filly Rachel Alexandra.
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2025 Preakness Stakes At a Glance
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Location: Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD
Race Distance: 1 3/16 Miles
Record: 1:53 (Secretariat, 1973)
Purse: $2 million
Qualification: Three-year-old thoroughbreds
2025 Preakness Stakes Post positions, odds
1. Goal Oriented - 6-1
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Flavien Prat
2. Journalism - 8/5
Trainer: Michael McCarthy
Jockey: Umberto Rispoli
3. American Promise - 15-1
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Jockey: Nik Juarez
4. Heart of Honor - 12-1
Trainer: Jamie Osborne
Jockey: Saffie Osborne
5. Pay Billy - 20-1
Trainer: Michael Gorham
Jockey: Raul Mena
6. River Thames - 9/2
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
7. Sandman - 4-1
Trainer: Mark Casse
Jockey: John Velazquez
8. Clever Again - 5-1
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Jose Ortiz
9. Gosger - 20-1
Trainer: Brendan Walsh
Jockey: Luis Saez
Preakness Stakes Winners (2000)
| YEAR |
WINNER |
JOCKEY |
TRAINER |
TIME |
| 2024 |
Seize the Grey |
Jaime A. Torres |
D. Wayne Lukas |
1:56.82 |
| 2023 |
National Treasure |
John Velazquez |
Bob Baffert |
1:55.12 |
| 2022 |
Early Voting |
José Ortiz |
Chad Brown |
1:54.54 |
| 2021 |
Rombauer |
Flavien Prat |
Michael W. McCarthy |
1:53.62 |
| 2020 |
Swiss Skydiver |
Robbie Albarado |
Kenneth G. McPeek |
1:53.28 |
| 2019 |
War of Will |
Tyler Gaffalione |
Mark Casse |
1:54.34 |
| 2018 |
Justify |
Mike Smith |
Bob Baffert |
1:55.93 |
| 2017 |
Cloud Computing |
Javier Castellano |
Chad C. Brown |
1:55.98 |
| 2016 |
Exaggerator |
Kent Desormeaux |
Keith Desormeaux |
1:58.31 |
| 2015 |
American Pharoah |
Victor Espinoza |
Bob Baffert |
1:58.46 |
| 2014 |
California Chrome |
Victor Espinoza |
Art Sherman |
1:54.84 |
| 2013 |
Oxbow |
Gary Stevens |
D. Wayne Lukas |
1:57.54 |
| 2012 |
I'll Have Another |
Mario Gutierrez |
Doug O'Neill |
1:55.94 |
| 2011 |
Shackleford |
Jesus Castanon |
Dale Romans |
1:56.47 |
| 2010 |
Lookin At Lucky |
Martin Garcia |
Bob Baffert |
1:55.47 |
| 2009 |
Rachel Alexandra |
Calvin Borel |
Steve Asmussen |
1:55.08 |
| 2008 |
Big Brown |
Kent Desormeaux |
Rick Dutrow |
1:54.86 |
| 2007 |
Curlin |
Roberto Albarado Jr. |
Steve Asmussen |
1:53.46 |
| 2006 |
Bernardini |
Javier Castellano |
Thomas Albertrani |
1:54.65 |
| 2005 |
Afleet Alex |
Jeremy Rose |
Timothy F. Ritchey |
1:55.04 |
| 2004 |
Smarty Jones |
Stewart Elliott |
John Servis |
1:55.59 |
| 2003 |
Funny Cide |
Jose Santos |
Barclay Tagg |
1:55.61 |
| 2002 |
War Emblem |
Victor Espinoza |
Bob Baffert |
1:56.40 |
| 2001 |
Point Given |
Gary Stevens |
Bob Baffert |
1:55.40 |
| 2000 |
Red Bullet |
Jerry Bailey |
Joe Orseno |
1:56.00 |
Fastest Times
| YEAR |
HORSE |
TIME |
| 1973 |
Secretariat |
1:53.00 |
| 2020 |
Swiss Skydiver |
1:53.28 |
| 1996 |
Louis Quatorze |
1:53.40 |
| 1985 |
Tank's Prospect |
1:53.40 |
| 2007 |
Curlin |
1:53.46 |
| 1990 |
Summer Squall |
1:53.60 |
The great Secretariat still reigns supreme at the Preakness Stakes, but there have been times where other horses have challenged his record time of 1:53.00. Four horses have finished within a half-second, and filly Swiss Skydiver came the closest yet to breaking Secretariat’s record at this track.
Swiss Skydiver was tied for the third favorite at post time, but she bested Authentic at the wire by a head to win the 2020 Preakness Stakes. She was the first filly to win The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans since Rachel Alexandra in 2009.
Longest Odds To Win
| YEAR |
HORSE |
TIME |
| 1975 |
Master Derby |
23.40 |
| 1925 |
Coventry |
21.80 |
| 1926 |
Display |
19.35 |
| 2024 |
Seize the Grey |
15.00 |
| 2013 |
Oxbow |
15.00 |
| 1900 |
Hindus |
15.00 |
| 1909 |
Effendi |
15.00 |
It's hard to believe that there has never been a horse win the Preakness Stakes with a price of even 25 to 1 on his head. Master Derby is the longest shot to ever win the second leg of the Triple Crown at 23.40. Unlike the other legs of the Triple Crown where horses go off the board at 50 to 1 all the time and occasionally win, the Preakness Stakes rarely sees horses go off at those lofty odds. Oxbow, who was 15 to 1 in 2013, is largely considered to have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Preakness Stakes history. Another longshot hit in 2024 when Seize the Grey won at odds of 15-1, as the horse beat Kentucky Derby winner Mystic Dan by more than two lengths.
Most Jockey Wins
| JOCKEY |
WINS |
YEARS WON |
| Eddie Arcaro |
6 |
1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957 |
| Pat Day |
5 |
1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| George Barbee |
3 |
1873, 1876, 1883 |
| Bill Hartack |
3 |
1956, 1964, 1969 |
| Lloyd Hughes |
3 |
1875, 1879, 1880 |
| Gary Stevens |
3 |
1997, 2001, 2013 |
| Victor Espinoza |
3 |
2002, 2014, 2015 |
| Kent Desormeaux |
3 |
1998, 2002, 2016 |
Most of the jockeys you see on this list won the Preakness Stakes several times back in the day. However, it isn't out of the ordinary to see an active jockey go on a bit of a run. The most famous recent run came from Victor Espinoza, who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in consecutive years with California Chrome and American Pharoah respectively.
Kent Desormeaux won his third Preakness Stakes aboard Exaggerator in 2016, giving him a span of 18 years from his first Preakness victory until his third.
The record of six Preakness Stakes victories held by Eddie Arcaro figures to stand up for quite some time in the future though, as no active jockey has more than three career Preakness Stakes wins.
Most Trainer Wins
| TRAINER |
WINS |
YEARS WON |
| Bob Baffert |
8 |
1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023 |
| D. Wayne Lukas |
7 |
1980, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2013, 2024 |
| R. Wyndham Walden |
7 |
1875, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1888 |
| Thomas J. Healey |
5 |
1901, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929 |
| Jim Fitzsimmons |
4 |
1930, 1935, 1955, 1957 |
| Jimmy Jones |
4 |
1947, 1948, 1956, 1958 |
Bob Baffert holds the record for Preakness Stakes victories with eight. The record of seven by Walden stood for 120 years, but Baffert tied the record in 2018 with Justify’s win and he broke the record with National Treasure winning in 2023. D. Wayne Lukas has seven Preakness Stakes wins, as he picked up his latest when Seize the Grey won at longshots odds in 2024.
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