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The 150th Preakness Stakes — the second leg of the Triple Crown of horseracing — is this weekend. What time does it begin and where can you watch it on free TV or streaming?
Horseracing fans go into the Preakness Stakes knowing that there won’t be a Triple Crown winner this year after the owner of Sovereignty — the winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 — bowed out of the prestigious race to recover before coming back for the Belmont Stakes on June 7, according to ESPN.
“We want to do what’s best for the horse,” Sovereignty trainer Bill Mott told reporters (via ESPN) following the Kentucky Derby. “Of course, you always think about a Triple Crown, and that’s not something we’re not going to think about.”
The 2025 Preakness Stakes will take place, per usual, at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The purse for the race is $2 million, with $1.2 million of the total going to the winner.
The 2025 Preakness Stakes is set to begin at 7:01 ET/4:01 PT and will be broadcast live on NBC-TV. Coverage of the Preakness begins at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on cable on CNBC and moves over to NBC at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
The 2025 Preakness Stakes will also stream on Peacock, which is NBC Universal’s streaming platform, as well as the NBC Sports app. If you’re not a Peacock subscriber, Peacock offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 per year, as well as an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year.
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How Many Horses Are Racing In The 2025 Preakness Stakes?
Nine horses make up the field of competitors for the 2025 Preakness Stakes, down from 19 horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby.
Only three horses from the Kentucky Derby — American Promise, Journalism and Sandman — are running in the Preakness. Journalism, which was favored to win the Kentucky Derby but finished second to Sovereignty, is in the second post position for Saturday’s race.
Here’s a full list of the post positions for the 2025 Preakness Stakes with current betting odds.
1. Goal Oriented (6-1)
2. Journalism (8-5)
3. American Promise (15-1)
4. Heart of Honor (12-1)
5. Pay Billy (20-1)
6. River Thames (9-2)
7. Sandman (4-1)
8. Clever Again (5-1)
9. Gosger (20-1)
The top five finishers in the 2025 Preakness Stakes will share the $2 million purse. After the winner takes the $1.2 million top prize, the second-place finisher will receive $400,000. The third, fourth and fifth place finishers will receive $220,000, $120,000 and $60,000, respectively.
The 2025 Kentucky Derby endured showers and the horses ran on a muddy track. The forecast for the 2025 Preakness Stakes, per CBS Sports, calls for cloudy skies with a 19% chance of rain in Baltimore on Saturday morning. The chance of rain drops to 0% by post time Saturday evening with sunny skies and a high of 86.
