The 2024 Preakness Stakes is this Saturday and will see Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan go for the second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mystik Dan's path to winning the Preakness opened on Wednesday as early favorite Muth was ruled out due to a spiking fever. Trainer Bob Baffert said the horse's temperature reached 103 degrees Fahrenheit and there was no other option but to remove him from the race.
“We are sick about this. The horse had been doing really well,” Baffert said via the Associated Press.