150th running of the Preakness Stakes
The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, will be held Saturday, May 17, 2025. The first Preakness was run in 1873 and took a hiatus from 1891-1893 before resuming in 1894.
Here's a look at some of our editors’ picks of Preakness images over the years.
Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, right, checks over the entries with William G. Helis, whose Cosmic Bomb is in the Preakness field, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 10, 1947. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
Citation leads the Preakness field around the first turn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 15, 1948. Vulcan's Forge (2) is second, Bovard, third and Better Self, fourth. That was also the order of the finish. Eddie Arcaro guided Citation during the race. (AP Photo)
Eddie Arcaro waves his hand from astride Citation after winning the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 15, 1948. Left to right at horses head are owner Warren Wright, trainer Jimmy Jones and an unidentified groom. (AP Photo)
Kentucky Derby winner Tim Tam hopes this winning atmosphere is contagious on May 17, 1958 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, where he's planning to add the Preakness to his Laurels. (AP Photo)
Bee Bee Bee, right, with Eldon Nelson in the irons, has the lead over No Le Hace, left, as he wins the 97th running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, May 20, 1972. Behind No Le Hace is Riva Ridge, who finished fourth. Behind Bee Bee Bee is Key To The Mint, who finished third. (AP Photo)
Secretariat on the rail, with Ron Turcotte up, wins the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths over Sham, left, in Baltimore, May 19, 1973. (AP Photo)
Secretariat leads the pack coming out of the final turn at Pimlico Race Course, as he heads for the finish line and victory in the 98th Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, May 19, 1973. (AP Photo)
Jockey Miguel Rivera is seen as he eases Little Current after winning the 99th running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, May 18, 1974. (AP Photo)
Jockey Miguel Rivera, who rode Little Current to victory in the Preakness, smiles after the race in Baltimore, May 18, 1974. (AP Photo)
Kentucky Derby winner Seattle Slew with exercise boy Mike Kennedy up top returns to his Pimlico barn in Baltimore, May 20, 1977, after his final workout before the running of the 102nd Preakness Stakes. (AP Photo/William A. Smith)
Seattle Slew, 8, with jockey Jean Cruguet up, passes Cormorant, with Danny Wright in the irons, as they head into the stretches of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 21, 1977. (AP Photo)
Seattle Slew, 8, with jockey Jean Cruguet in the irons, stretches to cross the finish line ahead of Iron Constitution, right, and win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 21, 1977. (AP Photo)
Jean Cruguet atop Seattle Slew looks back toward the pack as they cross the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 21, 1977. Seattle Slew won by over a length. (AP Photo)
Kentucky Derby winner Affirmed is surrounded by owners, Louis and Patrice Wolfson, right, and trainer Lazaro Barrera in the stable area of Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 19, 1978. (AP Photo/William A. Smith)
Affirmed, with Steve Cauthen in the irons, right, wins the 103rd running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 20, 1978. Alydar runs second. (AP Photo)
Spectacular Bid crosses the finish line with Ronnie Franklin in the irons in the 104th running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, May 19, 1979. (AP Photo)
Spectacular Bid with jockey Ronnie Franklin in the irons crosses the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 19, 1979. (AP Photo)
Jockey Ronnie Franklin atop Spectacular Bid in the winner's circle after winning the 104th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 19, 1979. (AP Photo)
Field of thirteen horses leaves the starting gate at the start of the 106th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 16, 1981. (AP Photo)
Alysheba, with Chris McCarron, leads Bet Twice, right, at the finish to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 16, 1987. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
The pack, with Alysheba, second from left, with Chris McCarron up, moves to the outside at the head of the stretch, to challenge Bet Twice, third from left, going on to win the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, May 16, 1987. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
Trainer Bob Baffert holds the Preakness Trophy atop his head as Silver Charm's owner Beverly Lewis looks on, at right, in the Winner's Circle at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 17, 1997. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea)
Jockey Kent Desormeaux rides Real Quiet to victory in the 123rd running of the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 16, 1998. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)