The horses for Saturday’s 140th running of the Preakness Stakes are listed in order of post position with comments provided by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. Both have also selected their win-place-show horses. The morning-line odds were set by Keith Feustle of Pimlico Race Course.
Purse: $1.5 million guaranteed Distance: 1 3/16 miles
Track record: 1:52.2 (Farma Way, 1991) Weight: 126 pounds
Post time: 6:18 p.m. Eastern time Television: NBC
Joe Drape’s picks: Firing Line, Dortmund, American Pharoah
Melissa Hoppert’s picks: Dortmund, American Pharoah, Firing Line
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