Preakness Stakes

Location: Baltimore, MD
Venue: Pimlico Race Course
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012

The 2012 Preakness Stakes, also known as “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans”, will be held on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course.

Baltimore Package

Includes deluxe hotel accommodations in Baltimore, a reserved grandstand ticket to the Preakness Stakes, event transfers, gifts and more.

Local Package

Includes a reserved grandstand ticket to the Preakness Stakes, event transfers, gifts and more.

Event History

The Preakness Stakes is a stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a horseshoe of black-eyed susans, the state flower of Maryland, is traditionally placed around the winner's neck.

The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. The Preakness is 1 3/16 miles, or 9 1/2 furlongs, compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is 1 1/4 miles. It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, which is 1 1/2 miles.