The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs (1+3⁄16 miles (1,900 m)) on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 pounds (55 kg). It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes.
First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after the colt who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. The race has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of Maryland's state flower is placed across the withers of the winning colt or filly. Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby.
- Source TVMazeOn Mon., August 19, 2013, the Saratoga WarHorse Foundation (SWF), an acclaimed therapy program for veterans, hosted a 'Thank You to Sponsors' gala at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Tent in Saratoga Springs, NY. The event, held before the Travers Stakes, featured surprise guest, Tenor Anthony Kearns. 'I w...
The Caribbean Dutch Pot Restaurant presents the 2013 International Reggae Jerk Festival featuring the Grammy Award Winning "King of the Dance Hall," Beenie Man. Today, July 7, 2013 from 10am until 10pm on the infield of the world's famous Pimlico Racecourse (home of the second leg of horseracing's t...
The Caribbean Dutch Pot Restaurant presents the 2013 International Reggae Jerk Festival featuring the Grammy Award Winning “King of the Dance Hall,” Beenie Man. Sunday, July 7, 2013 from 10am until 10pm on the infield of the world's famous Pimlico Racecourse (home of the second leg of horseracin...
Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow square off as NBC Sports Group presents 6½ hours of coverage of the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes. Coverage begins from Belmont Park in Elmont...
Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow square off as NBC Sports Group presents 6½ hours of coverage of the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes. Coverage begins from Belmont Park in Elmont...
There may never have been nor ever be another horse as good as Secretariat, and his owner knew it. As Penny Chenery recalls her chestnut colt's Triple Crown win 40 years ago, she tells 60 Minutes Sports she never used the nickname 'Big Red.' That was the name rooting fans used for the racehorse that...
There may never have been nor ever be another horse as good as Secretariat, and his owner knew it. As Penny Chenery recalls her chestnut colt's Triple Crown win 40 years ago, she tells 60 Minutes Sports she never used the nickname 'Big Red.' That was the name rooting fans used for the racehorse that...
Coverage begins from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., today at 3 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, and culminates with the Preakness Stakes Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC....
Coverage begins from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., Friday at 3 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, and culminates with the Preakness Stakes Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC....
Global superstar Rihanna soars in the exclusive world premiere of concert documentary RIHANNA 777, which gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the musical artist's unprecedented globetrotting concert tour that hit seven countries in seven days with seven shows to promote her seventh album....
NBC announces SPORTS EVENTS from May 4 - May 26, 2013...
NBC Sports Group will present 14.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage beginning today, May 1, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with Kentucky Derby Classics, and culminating with the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 4...
NBC Sports Group will present 14.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage beginning Wednesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with Kentucky Derby Classics, and culminating with the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 4...
NBC announces sports events coverage April 27 - May 19, 2013:...
Martita Goshen's Earthworks - 9 dancers joined by female equestrian and jockey Janice Blake Baeza - will premiere her 'Turning Home,' a tribute in dance and film to the greatness and goodness of American thoroughbred racehorses Barbaro and the brilliant Ruffian, who both died tragically and too soon...
Live coverage of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, continues this Saturday with the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., (4:30-6 p.m. ET on NBC) and the Arkansas Derby from Oaklawn Park...
Live coverage of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, continues this Saturday 6-7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with the Santa Anita Derby from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and the Wood Memorial from Aqueduct Ra...
Live coverage of the ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY, a series of major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, begins with the Florida Derby from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla....
Live coverage of the ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY, a series of major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, begins with the Florida Derby from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla....
Martita Goshen's Earthworks - 9 dancers joined by female equestrian and jockey Janice Blake Baeza - will premiere her 'Turning Home,' a tribute in dance and film to the greatness and goodness of American thoroughbred racehorses Barbaro and the brilliant Ruffian, who both died tragically and too soon...
The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of six major prep races for the 2013 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands, as well as a 30-minute special previewing the Triple Crown season during the last two Saturdays in March and the fi...
For the first time ever, the Breeders' Cup Classic will be broadcast live in primetime, culminating 9 1/2 hours of Breeders' Cup World Championships coverage over two days by the NBC Sports Group from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The Breeders' Cup returns to its original home at NBC for the ...
The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group, CNBC and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of the ROAD TO THE KENTUCK DERBY™, a series of six major prep races for the 2012 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands to be run over four consecutive weekends. Coverage begins with t...
The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group, CNBC and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of the ROAD TO THE KENTUCK DERBY™, a series of six major prep races for the 2012 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands to be run over four consecutive weekends. Coverage begins with t...
The NBC Sports Network today announced that Hall-of-Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach and cruiserweight contender B.J. Flores team up with NBC's veteran broadcaster Kenny Rice to provide commentary for the network's new NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series....
