"The 151st Preakness Stakes runs Saturday, May 16 at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland, marking the first and almost certainly only time the race will be held at this venue after 108 consecutive years at Pimlico Race Course. The race returns to a rebuilt Pimlico in 2027. Post time is approximately 7:01 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, with coverage beginning at 1 p.m. ET."
"Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not be in the starting gate. Trainer Cherie DeVaux announced last week that the connections are giving the Derby winner additional time before pointing toward the Belmont Stakes on June 6. That decision removes the clearest favorite from the field and opens the door for a genuinely competitive 14-horse field with no single dominant force at the top of the board."
"Iron Honor enters as the morning line favorite from Post 9 under trainer Chad Brown, who has won the Preakness twice before with Cloud Computing in 2017 and Early Voting in 2022. Both of those horses followed the exact same path Iron Honor is taking now, running in the Wood Memorial before bypassing the Kentucky Derby and targeting the Preakness directly. Brown's deliberate preparation pattern is well established and gives the connections a legitimate reason for confidence heading into Saturday."
"Iron Honor won his first two career starts, including the Gotham Stakes, with pace-pressing trips that suited his running style. His Wood Memorial was a different story. Breaking from the far outside in a full field, he had a troubled trip throughout and finished seventh, a result Brown and jockey Flavien Prat attributed to circumstance rather than ability. Prat, who won the Preakness in 2021 with Rombauer, gets the call from Post 9."
The 151st Preakness Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, May 16 at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland, the first and likely only time the race will be held there after 108 consecutive years at Pimlico Race Course. The race returns to a rebuilt Pimlico in 2027, with post time around 7:01 p.m. ET and coverage beginning at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not start, with trainer Cherie DeVaux citing additional time before targeting the Belmont Stakes on June 6. Iron Honor is the morning-line favorite at 9-2 from Post 9, trained by Chad Brown, who has previously won the Preakness with Cloud Computing and Early Voting using a similar prep path. Iron Honor’s Wood Memorial included a troubled trip, but prior success and an excuse support his standing.
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