Editor’s word: Observe alongside for reside protection of the one hundred and fiftieth Kentucky Derby.
The third Saturday in Might turns its concentrate on the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the second leg of the distinguished Triple Crown of horse racing.
Pimlico Race Course is anticipated to seat greater than 110,000 on race day, and the stakes are enormous for these concerned. The purse for the winner of the Preakness Stakes will improve to $2 million from $1.5 million in 2023, which ought to improve participation within the race as it is just two weeks after the Kentucky Derby.
Mage, which received the Derby final 12 months, was the one horse to compete within the first two legs of the Triple Crown.
Here is all the things you’ll want to know concerning the 2024 Preakness Stakes:
Easy methods to watch 2024 Preakness Stakes
- When: Saturday, Might 18
- Protection begins: 1:30 p.m. ET on CNBC
- Publish time: approx. 6:50 p.m. ET
- The place: Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
- Cable TV: NBC
- Streaming: Peacock; YouTube TV; fuboTV
Who received 2023 Preakness Stakes?
Nationwide Treasure, who was a 4-1 favourite to win the Preakness, beat seven different horses to cross the end line at 1:55.12.
How lengthy is Preakness Stakes course?
“The Center Jewel of the Triple Crown” at Pimlico is 13⁄16 miles lengthy (70 ft huge).
What’s Preakness Stakes document?
The Preakness document was set by Secretariat in 1973 at 1:53.0. Secretariat went on to win the Triple Crown.