The 2025 Preakness Stakes was the 150th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of miles ( furlongs; 1,911 meters). The race is the second of the three legs of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is traditionally held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. The 2025 edition occurred on May 17, with a scheduled post time of 7:01 p.m. EDT and television coverage by NBC. The 2025 purse was valued at $2 million. The race was won by Journalism.
Entries On May 12, a field of nine horses was drawn. Journalism, the 8-5 morning line favorite who finished second in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, drew post 2. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who won the 2024 Preakness Stakes, was back with American Promise, who drew post 3. Sandman drew post 7 after finishing seventh in the Derby.
Results FinishProgramNumberHorseJockeyTrainerMorningLine OddsFinal OddsMargin(Lengths)Winnings12JournalismUmberto RispoliMichael W. McCarthy8-51.00$1,200,00029GosgerLuis SaezBrendan P. Walsh20-115.50$400,00037SandmanJohn R. VelazquezMark E. Casse4-16.40$220,00041Goal Oriented Flavien PratBob Baffert6-18.00$120,00054Heart of Honor (GB)Saffie OsborneJamie Osborne12-119.70$60,00066River ThamesIrad Ortiz Jr.Todd A. Pletcher9-29.70 75Pay BillyRaul E. MenaMichael E. Gorham20-117.30 83American PromiseNik JuarezD. Wayne Lukas15-112.70 98Clever Again José OrtizSteven M. Asmussen5-15.50
Track condition: Fast
Times: mile – 23.19; mile – 46.66; mile – 1:10.23; mile – 1:35.89; final – 1:55.47. Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.47) (23.57) (25:66) (25.58) (19.58 for final 3⁄16)
Payout Pgm Horse Win Place Show 2Journalism $4.00 $2.80 $2.40 9 Gosger – $9.00 $5.40 7Sandman – – $3.60
$1 Exacta (2–9) $16.90 $1 Trifecta: (2–9–7) $73.50 $1 Superfecta: (2-9-7-1) $303.40 $1 Super High Five (2-9-7-1-4) $1,767.30
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