The latest news, updates, highlights and insights from the 2024 Preakness Stakes.
Andrew DeWitt, Dana O'Neil and more
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Andrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Seize the Grey won the 149th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore by 2 1/4 lengths over Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas won his seventh Preakness Stakes. Lukas, who is 88 years old, won his first Preakness Stakes in 1980. It's his first Preakness win since Oxbow won in 2013.
Jockey Jaime Torres was running in his first Triple Crown race and led his horse to victory.
There will be no Triple Crown winner in 2024 as Mystik Dan gave a good effort but was unable to chase down Seize the Grey down the stretch.
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Seize the Grey wins Preakness Stakes, edges out Mystik Dan to thwart Triple Crown hopes
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Trainer Bob Baffert congratulated winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas after his horse, Seize the Grey, became the 2024 Preakness champion.
Here's the post-race interview on NBC with winning jockey Jaime Torres:
May 18, 2024 at 7:35 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
The top three finishers all raced at Churchill Downs two weeks ago.
May 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Preakness official finishing order
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Seize the Grey
Mystik Dan
Catching Freedom
Tuscan Gold
Just Steel
Uncle Heavy
Imagination
Mugatu
May 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Seize the Grey is making his way to the winner's circle and his handler has the garland of yellow flowers around his neck almost touching the ground on both sides.
It shows you how massive these animals really are.
May 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
A $2 bet on Seize the Grey pays out $21.60.
A $2 exacta bet on Seize the Grey finishing first and Mystik Dan finishing second pays out $119.40.
A $1 trifecta bet with Seize the Grey, Mystik Dan and Catching Freedom pays out $183.70.
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May 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM EDTDana O'Neil·Senior Writer, CBB
Funny little aside: the share of a racehorse concept is now a two-time Triple Crown race winner. Last year’s Derby winner, Mage, was owned by Commonwealth, a similar concept to MyRacehorse.
May 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM EDTDana O'Neil·Senior Writer, CBB
When I spoke to Bob Baffert earlier this year, he talked about D. Wayne Lukas and how he remembered as a young trainer Lukas taking on the glare of the spotlight. The two chatted earlier this week on the backside of Pimlico.
May 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Seize the Grey went off at 9-1 odds ... only two horses had worse odds for the Preakness.
May 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM EDTDana O'Neil·Senior Writer, CBB
D. Wayne Lukas, 88 years young, wins the Preakness. The legendary trainer’s horse, Seize the Grey, goes to the front and stays there, holding off a challenge from Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
Lukas still gets on his horses every morning for workouts. A legend in the sport.
May 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Seize the Grey is the Preakness champion after edging by Mystik Dan! Trainer D. Wayne Lukas wins his seventh Preakness.
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May 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
We're off!
The race is underway, and Mystik Dan and Imagination both got good starts.
May 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Horses are approaching the starting gate and loaded in. Derby winner Mystik Dan is loaded in and is ready for the second leg of the Triple Crown.
May 18, 2024 at 7:05 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
All the horses in the lead-up to the Preakness Stakes seem pretty calm and ready to go. We'll see if there are any issues with the load-in, but there are only eight horses in this race compared to the Derby, which had 20.
There was a brief delay as one horse had issues getting into the starting gate.
May 18, 2024 at 7:03 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
The horses have completed their warmup runs before the race and are approaching the starting gate. We're at post time.
May 18, 2024 at 7:03 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
The course is incredibly muddy after it has rained on and off all day as some sun shines down on the track.
NBC says this is the first Preakness Stakes on a muddy track in 85 years.
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May 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Pre-race odds: Mystik Dan still the favorite
Mystik Dan will go off as a 5-2 favorite in the Preakness Stakes. The odds haven't changed much in the last 30 minutes before this race.
Catching Freedom is the second favorite with Tuscan Gold the third favorite.
May 18, 2024 at 7:01 PM EDTAndrew DeWitt·Senior Editor, Betting
Anticipation before the Preakness always is on the Triple Crown and what the Kentucky Derby champion will do.
It's a tough turnaround for the winner to bounce back and win again after most of the horses in the field didn't run two weeks ago.
May 18, 2024 at 6:59 PM EDTDana O'Neil·Senior Writer, CBB
Keep an eye on Uncle Heavy. OK, admittedly this is a Philly girl saying this and he’s a Philly horse, with all sorts of connections to the area. He’s also named after a former wrestler. C’mon now!
But besides the great geographical lineage and storyline, Uncle Heavy has run and won twice on muddy tracks. The trainer wasn’t sure about entering him in this race but with a push from the ownership group, here he is.
Wayne Lukas, 88 years young, wins the Preakness. The legendary trainer's horse, Seize the Grey, goes to the front and stays there, holding off a challenge from Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
Seize The Grey ended the Triple Crown quest of Mystik Dan at the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. Seize The Grey fended off a late push from the Kentucky Derby winner to win the seventh Preakness for 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
"We had some big expectations, but this exceeds all those expectations." Seize the Grey paid $21.60 to win, $8.40 to place and $4.40 to show. Mystik Dan paid $4.20 and $2.80, while third-place Catching Freedom paid $3.20 to show.
Dornoch won the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, beating a handful of contenders widely believed to have a greater chance of winning. “It was perfect,” jockey Luis Saez said of Dornoch's run to fend off Mindframe, who finished second. Sierra Leone finished third.
Total amount of entry fees an owner of a horse running in the Preakness Stakes must pay. The initial cost is $15,000, with another payment of that same amount owed if their horse makes the starting gate.
Seize the Grey went off at 9-1, one of the longest shots on the board. Mystik Dan finished second in the field of eight horses running in the $2 million, 1 3/16-mile race.
No one in the race's 149-year history has saddled more horses in the Preakness than Lukas with 48 since debuting in 1980 and winning that one with Codex. He had two in this time, with Just Steel finishing fifth, but Seize the Grey – owned by 2,570 people involved in the MyRacehorse group – delivered the victory.
His dam (mother) is Smart Shopping whose sire was the Canadian Hall of Famer Smart Strike. Seize the Grey was bought for $300,000 from the Mill Ridge Sales consignment at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig Tipton's select yearling sale in 2022. Seize the Grey is owned by the MyRacehorse microsyndicate founded by Michael Behrens.
Dornoch pulls off an upset to win the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course at 17-1. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — When Luis Saez first rode Dornoch at Saratoga Race Course last summer, he told trainer Danny Gargan, “You have the Derby winner.”
The syndicate has 2,570 different owners who bought up 5,000 shares of the colt at US$127 a share. His name was submitted in a contest administered by MyRacehorse and chosen by his shareholders. Seize the Grey is trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas.
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