Preakness Stakes

Bob Baffert is aiming to win a record-breaking eighth Preakness Stakes with Authentic or Thousand Words

It’s the most prestigious prize in horse racing – and the most elusive

The 144th running of the Preakness Stakes is Saturday, May 18, on NBC 5. This is the first time the Derby winner isn’t running in the Preakness since 1996, and that means there’s no chance of a horse winning the Triple Crown this year. But the 13-horse Preakness field is the largest since 2009.

“The 37-year wait is over! American Pharaoh is finally the one! American Pharaoh has won the Triple Crown!” Those words from famed horse racing announcer Larry Collmus at the Belmont Stakes last year marked the end of a nearly four-decade drought, and thrust horse racing into the national spotlight . American Pharaoh galloped into the history books with ease, leaving...

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith thinks Justify can win the Triple Crown. He told me on NBC Sports Radio, “It’s not out of his realm. He’s the kind of horse that can pull it off again so we’ll just have to wait and see if it’s meant to be.”

Purses, times, weights, lengths, odds and more.

The ornate Woodlawn Vase was the 1st sports trophy designed by Tiffany & Co.

Cloud Computing caught Classic Empire in the final strides Saturday to win the Preakness by a head.

A jury handed down a 20 year sentence for a man found guilty in an AT&T parking lot shooting that happened almost two years ago.

Cloud Computing, a 13-to-1 long shot contender, bested Preakness favorites Classic Empire and Always Dreaming to win the 142nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Todd Pletcher, trainer for Always Dreaming, talks about the Kentucky Derby winner’s mechanics and how he expects the three-year-old to bounce back for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.

Lone Star Park’s all-team leading trainer and Arlington resident, Steve Asmussen, wins his first Belmont Stakes with his horse Creator, while a Lone Star Park patron wins thousands with pick six wager.