Seize The Gray gained the 149th Preakness Stakes Saturday, closing at 9-1 odds, one of many longest photographs on the board.
Mystik Dan, the winner of the Kentucky Derby, made a transfer late, however completed second within the area of eight horses working within the $2 million, 1 3/16-mile race.
It was a wire-to-wire victory for Seize The Gray, who led by a number of lengths on the ¾-mile mark, with Creativeness trailing carefully behind.
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Jockey Jaime Torres, using Seize the Gray, celebrates after profitable the 149th working of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Could 18, 2024, in Baltimore. (Samuel Corum/Getty Pictures)
Mystik Dan and Creativeness each crept up, and as a lot as Mystik Dan tried to maneuver previous the chief, nothing labored. Seize The Gray crossed the end line first.
D. Wayne Lukas, 88, grew to become the oldest coach to win the Preakness, his seventh victory within the race, one shy of Bob Baffert’s document.
The unique favourite, Muth, educated by the controversial Baffert, was scratched earlier this week attributable to a spiking fever. That led to Mystik Dan changing into the favourite in his quest to be the primary Triple Crown winner since Justify in 2018.
Jockey Jaime Torres, using Seize the Gray, celebrates after profitable the 149th working of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Could 18, 2024, in Baltimore. (Samuel Corum/Getty Pictures)
Muth opened because the 8-5 favourite, forward of Mystik Dan at 5-2 (he later closed at 2-1). Baffert stated the horse was dominated out after reaching a temperature of 103 levels Fahrenheit roughly 12 hours after arriving on the racecourse.
It was unknown for a bit whether or not Mystik Dan would run after his Kentucky Derby victory, however possession determined he was good to go.
Nobody within the race’s 149-year historical past has saddled extra horses within the Preakness than Lukas with 48 since debuting in 1980. He had two this time, with Simply Metal ending fifth.
The wind vane at Pimlico Race Course forward of the 147th Preakness Stakes Could 18, 2022, in Baltimore. (Getty Pictures)
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Baffert was at Pimlico after lacking his third straight Kentucky Derby attributable to suspension. He’s slated to be again at Churchill Downs in 2025. His Nationwide Treasure gained final yr’s Preakness.
The ultimate leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, will happen at Saratoga Race Course June 8.
Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj and The Related Press contributed to this report.
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