Preakness Stakes: Season 2025, Episode 1

2025 - 1: The 150th Preakness Stakes

Live from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.Saturday's Preakness Stakes will be the final event at the historic Pimlico Race Course before the facility is demolished as part of a redevelopment project. The Preakness Stakes will be run at nearby Laurel Park in 2026 before its scheduled return to the upgraded Pimlico Race Course in 2027.The 150th Preakness Stakes field is headlined by 2025 Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism (the morning-line favorite at 8-5)and 2025 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Sandman (4-1), who finished 7th in the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Also expected to contend are 2025 Hot Springs Stakes (LS) winner Clever Again (5-1), and 2025 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) runner-up River Thames (9-2).