The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I flat horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds held yearly at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It’s the second leg of the Triple Crown collection, following the Kentucky Derby and previous the Belmont Stakes. The Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873 and is called after Preakness, a well-known trotting horse who gained the inaugural race.
The Preakness Stakes is among the most prestigious horse races on the earth and is called “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” because of the blanket of black-eyed susans draped over the winner. The race is 1 3/16 miles lengthy and is run on a dust monitor. The Preakness Stakes has an extended and storied historical past, and lots of the best horses in historical past have gained the race, together with Seabiscuit, Secretariat, and American Pharoah.
