Post time for the 2024 Preakness Stakes is 6:50 p.m. ET.
The Preakness Stakes will be broadcast live on NBC, with coverage starting at 4:30 p.m. ET. Coverage of the early races begins at 1:30 p.m. ET on CNBC.
For cord-cutters, the Preakness Stakes can be streamed on Peacock.
Post positions for the 2024 Preakness Stakes were drawn on Monday, May 13. The eight-horse field is as follows, followed by the jockey and the odds, courtesy of FanDuel:
The complete field for the 2024 Preakness Stakes is as follows (trainer in parenthesis):
The Preakness Stakes takes place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Preakness Stakes is the shortest of the three Triple Crown races, at 1 3/16 miles, or 9 ½ furlongs. The race has been run at this length since 1925.
The weather forecast for Saturday evening in the Baltimore area is for cloudy skies, per Weather.com. Temperatures should hover around the mid- to high-60s, with a 30 percent chance of rain at post time.
The physical effort it took for Mystik Dan to win the Kentucky Derby was undoubtedly at the front of trainer Ken McPeek’s mind during the week he spent waffling whether to run in the Preakness.
