Meet the horses running in the Preakness Stakes

Kentucky Derby victor Sovereignty volition not tally successful Preakness Stakes, voiding accidental of Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby victor Sovereignty volition not tally successful Preakness Stakes, voiding accidental of Triple Crown 00:30

The Preakness Stakes has a tract of 9 horses acceptable to contention successful Baltimore connected Saturday for the 2025 moving of the mediate jewel of equine racing's Triple Crown.

Journalism, who was favored to triumph the Kentucky Derby earlier this period but came successful second, was picked arsenic the morning-line favorite for the 150th moving of the Preakness astatine Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course.

2025 Preakness Stakes horses and odds

For the Preakness, Journalism was fixed 8-5 likelihood pursuing Monday's post-position gully astatine a Baltimore-area brewery. The likelihood volition alteration arsenic bettors spot their wagers starring up to Saturday's approximate station clip of 7:01 p.m. EDT. Here's a database of each the 3-year-old horses successful the contention successful bid of their fig with their morning-line 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

Kentucky Derby victor Sovereignty volition beryllium missing from the starting gross for the Preakness, dashing immoderate hopes this twelvemonth for a equine to instrumentality the Triple Crown — the three-race bid consisting of the Derby, the Preakness and adjacent month's Belmont Stakes successful New York.

Sovereignty's trainer told Preakness organizers the bay colt was skipping the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans to hole for the Belmont. The Derby victor arrived past week astatine Saratoga Race Course, the temporary home of the Triple Crown's 3rd contention portion Belmont Park connected New York's Long Island is undergoing a monolithic redevelopment.

Journalism finished the Derby 1 1/2 lengths down Sovereignty and a cervix successful beforehand of Baeza, who crossed the decorativeness enactment third. The second-place effect ended the colt's winning streak astatine 4 victories, the past 3 of which were graded-stakes races successful California: the Santa Anita Derby successful April, March's San Felipe Stakes and the Los Alamitos Futurity Stakes successful December.

Jockey Umberto Rispoli was aboard Journalism for those 3 wins and for the Derby. He'll person the equine again Saturday successful his archetypal Preakness.

Journalism's trainer, Michael McCarthy, near the doorway unfastened for a imaginable rematch with Sovereignty astatine the Belmont.

"I'd imagine, if he'd springiness a bully relationship of himself present connected Saturday," McCarthy said Wednesday, according to Preakness organizer 1/ST. "He had 3 races successful 7 weeks arsenic a 2-year-old. It didn't look to fuss him. Three races successful 5 weeks is simply a small spot antithetic but he's a hardy horse. … It's successful the backmost of our minds."

Preakness Stakes introduction Journalism breezes during greeting workouts astatine Pimlico Race Course successful Baltimore, May 14, 2025. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

Two different horses successful the Preakness — Sandman and American Promise — besides ran successful the Derby. Sandman finished sixth successful the Run for the Roses, and American Promise came successful 16th successful the 19-horse field.

For the Preakness, Sandman was fixed 4-1 likelihood successful the greeting line, the closest to Journalism. The grey colt won the Arkansas Derby successful March aft coming successful 3rd successful February's Rebel Stakes and 2nd successful the Southwest Stakes successful January.

Sandman volition beryllium nether jockey John Velazquez, who's ridden successful the Preakness 13 times, astir precocious aboard National Treasure for his triumph successful 2023.

American Promise received 15-1 morning-line likelihood for Saturday's race. The chestnut colt has 2 wins this season, including the Virginia Derby successful March, and finished 5th astatine the Risen Star Stakes successful New Orleans successful February.

Nik Juarez, who rode American Promise successful the Derby, volition person the equine again for his archetypal Preakness. But the colt's trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, is nary alien to the race, saddling a grounds 48 starters and winning 7 times, astir precocious with Seize the Grey past year.

Preakness Stakes introduction American Promise breezes during greeting workouts astatine Pimlico Race Course successful Baltimore, May 14, 2025. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

River Thames was fixed the third-best likelihood successful the greeting enactment with 9-2. The bay colt won 2 races this year, mislaid to Sovereignty by a cervix astatine Florida's Fountain of Youth Stakes successful March and finished 3rd astatine past month's Blue Grass Stakes successful Kentucky.

Irad Ortiz Jr. volition beryllium aboard River Thames for the jockey's seventh equine astatine the Preakness. Ortiz is looking for his archetypal triumph astatine the contention aft coming successful 2nd twice, astir precocious with Blazing Sevens successful 2023. The colt's trainer, Todd Pletcher, has saddled 10 horses astatine the Preakness and is inactive seeking his archetypal win.

Clever Again, the lad of 2015 Triple Crown victor American Pharoah, received 5-1 likelihood successful the greeting line. The bay colt has won 2 races this year, including Arkansas' Hot Springs Stakes successful March.

Jose Ortiz volition thrust Clever Again successful the Preakness, his archetypal equine successful the contention since winning aboard Early Voting successful 2022. With the colt, trainer Steve Asmussen is looking for his archetypal Preakness triumph since filly Rachel Alexandra's triumph successful 2009.

Goal Oriented, with 6-1 morning-line odds, volition springiness trainer Bob Baffert a changeable astatine adding to his grounds 8 Preakness victories. The acheronian bay colt has won 2 races this year, including 1 of the Derby's undercard races. Flavien Prat, who won the Preakness aboard Rombauer successful 2021, volition person the equine Saturday.

With 12-1 likelihood successful the greeting line, Heart of Honor volition springiness jockey Saffie Osborne a accidental to go the archetypal pistillate to triumph a Triple Crown contention since 1993, erstwhile Julie Krone won the Belmont aboard Colonial Affair. Based successful the U.K., Heart of Honor has won 2 races this play successful the United Arab Emirates and came successful 2nd astatine past month's UAE Derby.

Two horses, Gosger and Pay Billy, were fixed 20-1 morning-line likelihood successful the Preakness. Gosger comes to Pimlico with 2 wins this year, including past month's Lexington Stakes successful Kentucky. This season, Pay Billy has won 4 times astatine Maryland's Laurel Park.

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