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Golden Tempo is headed to Saratoga. The Preakness Stakes Park as headed to Laurel Park and Saturday’s race will look nothing like the ones before it.
For the first time in its 151-year history, the Preakness will not be run at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Laurel Park, about 20 miles south, is hosting the race while Pimlico undergoes a $400 million renovation and revitalization project. The Preakness is expected to return to its historic home in 2027.
And without Kentucky Derby winner Golden Temp in the gate, the race is wide open. Trainer Cherie DeVaux, who became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner when Golden Tempo surged from 23-1 odds to win on May 2, has decided to focus on the Belmont Stakes. That will be June 6 at Saratoga while Belmont is also under construction.
Fourteen horses are expected to go to the gate, the largest Preakness field since 2011. Three ran in the Kentucky Derby: Incredibolt, who finished sixth, Icelli, who finished a stunning third at 70-1 odds, and Robusta, who finished 14th.
Iron Honor is the morning line favorite at 9-2 from post 9. The Chad Brown-trained horse was kept off the Kentucky Derby course specifically to show up at the Preakness fresh. Brown has won the Preakness before with this exact strategy, taking it with Cloud Computing in 2017 and Early Voting in 2022.
The horse to watch is Taj Mahal, drawn into post 1 at 5-1. The unbeaten Nyquist colt has run all three of his career races at Laurel Park and won them all. Trainer Brittany Russell has been the dominant force in Maryland racing for three straight years. A win would make her the first woman to train a Preakness winner.
Here’s what you need to know about the 2026 Preakness Stakes:
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
Time: Approximately 6:50 p.m. ET
TV: NBC, USA Network
Stream: Peacock
Location: Laurel Park, Maryland
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2026 Preakness Stakes post positions, odds and how to watch
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For the first time in its 151-year history, the Preakness will not be run at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Laurel Park, about 20 miles south, is hosting the race while Pimlico undergoes a $400 million renovation and revitalization project. The Preakness is expected to return to its historic home in 2027.
And without Kentucky Derby winner Golden Temp in the gate, the race is wide open. Trainer Cherie DeVaux, who became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner when Golden Tempo surged from 23-1 odds to win on May 2, has decided to focus on the Belmont Stakes. That will be June 6 at Saratoga while Belmont is also under construction.
Fourteen horses are expected to go to the gate, the largest Preakness field since 2011. Three ran in the Kentucky Derby: Incredibolt, who finished sixth, Icelli, who finished a stunning third at 70-1 odds, and Robusta, who finished 14th.
Iron Honor is the morning line favorite at 9-2 from post 9. The Chad Brown-trained horse was kept off the Kentucky Derby course specifically to show up at the Preakness fresh. Brown has won the Preakness before with this exact strategy, taking it with Cloud Computing in 2017 and Early Voting in 2022.
The horse to watch is Taj Mahal, drawn into post 1 at 5-1. The unbeaten Nyquist colt has run all three of his career races at Laurel Park and won them all. Trainer Brittany Russell has been the dominant force in Maryland racing for three straight years. A win would make her the first woman to train a Preakness winner.
Here’s what you need to know about the 2026 Preakness Stakes:
When is the 2026 Preakness Stakes?
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
Time: Approximately 6:50 p.m. ET
TV: NBC, USA Network
Stream: Peacock
Location: Laurel Park, Maryland
- Taj Mahal 5-1 Sheldon Russell Brittany Russell
- Ocelli 6-1 Tyler Gaffalione Whit Beckman
- Crupper 30-1 Junior Alvarado Donnie Von Hemel
- Robusta 30-1 Rafael Bejarano Doug O’Neill
- Talkin 20-1 Irad Ortiz, Jr. Danny Gargen
- Chip Honcho 5-1 Jose Ortiz Steve Asmussen
- The Hell We Did 15-1 Luis Saez Todd Fincher
- Bull by the Horns 30-1 Micah Husbands Saffie Joseph Jr.
- Iron Honor 9-2 Flavien Prat Chad Brown
- Napolean Solo 8-1 Paco Lopez Chad Summers
- Corona de Oro 30-1 John Velazquez Dallas Stewart
- Incredibolt 5-1 Jaime Torres Riley Mott
- Great White 15-1 Alex Achard John Ennis
- Pretty Boy Miah 15-1 Ricardo Santana Jeremiah Englehart
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2026 Preakness Stakes post positions, odds and how to watch
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