2024 Preakness Stakes date and time when is the race and how can you watch it horses, odds, and the weather
Find out start times the weather, TV coverage and other information for the 2024 run of the Preakness Stakes.
By Andrew DeWitt
May 18, 2024 12:07 PM
The 2024 Preakness Stakes (Saturday, May 18 on NBC/Peacock) will be the 149th running of the annual horse race in Baltimore. It’s the yearly second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown pursuit. Mystik Dan will be running in this year’s Preakness after some doubt that he would run in the race due to the short turn around between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
This is everything you need to be aware of regarding 2024’s Preakness Stakes.
What is the Preakness Stakes?
The Preakness Stakes is the second race of the Triple Crown series and is running for the 149th consecutive time this year. A bouquet of yellow flowers is draped over the winner each year, and the weather vane in Pimlico is painted with silk’s colors right after the announcement of a winner. The field is significantly shorter than that of 20 horse that race in with the Kentucky Derby each year. This year, just eight horses will compete through the Preakness. Only horses of three years old or older are able to run for the Preakness Stakes, and it is open to genders of horses. Swiss Skydiver, a filly who won the Preakness Stakes in 2020 and Rachel Alexandra won in 2009.
When is the 2024 Preakness Stakes?
In 2024, the Preakness Stakes will be held on the 18th of May 2024, on the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
What horses will be going to be in 2024’s Preakness Stakes and their odds?
- Mugatu – 20-1
- Uncle Heavy – 7-1
- Catching Freedom – 7-2
- Muth – Scratched
- Mystik Dan – 5-2
- Seize the Grey – 8-1
- Just Steel – 9-1
- Tuscan Gold – 7-2
- Imagination – 9-2
What time will the 2024 Preakness Stakes start?
The time for the post-time of the Preakness Stakes is set for 7:01 p.m. ET.
What is the length of time for Preakness Stakes?
This race runs 1 3/4 miles in length. Secretariat holds the Preakness Stakes record at 1:53 However, he wasn’t officially recognized as having the record until a meeting in 2012 with the Maryland Racing Commission. Smarty Jones holds the record for most margins of victory by winning with an 11 1/2 length win in 2004. The trainer Bob Baffert has won the Preakness Stakes eight times, most recently in 2023.
Who won the 2023 Preakness Stakes?
The year 2023 saw National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes by a head over Blazing Sevens. National Treasure was 4-1 on the line in the morning. Mage 2023, winner of the 2023 Kentucky Derby winner, finished third.
What’s the weather forecast for 2024? Preakness Stakes?
Forecast for the weekend predicts temperatures of 66 degrees and the low at 58 degrees. The most important thing to note is that there’s a chance of 80 percent of rain throughout the day. The forecast calls for an accumulation of approximately one-quarter of an inch.
Where can I view and stream 2024’s Preakness Stakes?
Television coverage of the 2024 Preakness Stakes starts at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The first coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. at CNBC. The entire coverage can be streamed live on Peacock.
Who is the favourite in the 2024 Preakness Stakes?
Mystik Dan was the 5-1 favorite to win The 2024 Preakness Stakes. Muth has been trained by Bob Baffert, was the first line favourite at the time that Post positions were announced Monday night However, Muth suffered a scratch due to high fever.
Catching Freedom (6-1) along with Imagine (6-1) are the two most favorable odds.
What is the meaning of morning line?
It’s the very first odds set that was released following posts were declared. Horse racing is a parimutuel bet that means you can buy an entry on the horse you would like to beat (or place or show, etc.) However, the odds will fluctuate until the beginning of the race. They will then be settled on the final odds when the horses race off in accordance with the betting odds of everyone else. In normal sports betting it is possible to purchase tickets at odds of 5-to-1 and even if the odds have dropped to 2-to-1 at the beginning of the race the bet will pay out at a rate of 5-to-1. When it comes to horse racing, the odds of 5-to-1 changing to 2-to-1 mean you’re stuck with those odds at 2-to-1 like everyone else regardless of when the ticket was bought (but on the positive side, the odds could always shift in the opposite direction, too.).
What is the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes?
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is held on a Friday prior to the Preakness at Pimlico. It pits the top three-year-old fillies up against one another. It is an Grade II race with a an amount of $300,000. The race will be streamed with a start time of 4:30 p.m. ET Friday on Peacock.
How do you bet to win the Preakness Stakes work?
There are a variety of methods to place bets on the Preakness Stakes, and it can be difficult to comprehend what trifecta, exacta and superfecta mean. It can be confusing as to what to do when placing bets on them.
The simplest way to do this is to place bets on the race’s winner. We have explained the various kinds of bets on horse racing here.
