The second leg of the 2022 Triple Crown has arrived with Saturday’s running of the 147th Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. The nine-horse field will be without Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike. Follow along for live coverage.
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The second leg of the 2022 Triple Crown has arrived with Saturday’s running of the 147th Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. The nine-horse field will be without Rich Strike, who came from out-of-nowhere to win two weeks ago at the Kentucky Derby, but will not race again until next month’s Belmont Stakes, the third and final jewel in the Triple Crown. Just three of the 20 horses that ran the Derby two weeks ago will go off at Pimlico.
“Obviously, with our tremendous effort and win in the Derby it’s very, very tempting to alter our course and run in the Preakness at Pimlico, which would be a great honor for all our group,” Rich Strike owner Rick Dawson . “However, after much discussion and consideration with my trainer, Eric Reed, and a few others, we are going to stay with our plan of what’s best for [Rich Strike] is what’s best for our group.”Odds, post positions and analysis for the 2022 Preakness StakesCoverage of the 147th Preakness Stakes can be seen on NBC, Peacock and Telemundo, beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern time Saturday. Post time is scheduled for 7:01 p.m.
Two of the top four Derby finishers will run in the Preakness, including runner-up Epicenter, who is the favorite Saturday. The other is Simplification, a three-year old who bears
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