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Preakness Stakes
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Preakness Stakes
The
Preakness Stakes
is an American flat
thoroughbred horse race
held on the third Saturday in May each year at
Pimlico Race Course
in
Baltimore
,
Maryland
. It is a
Grade I
race run over a distance of 9.5
furlongs
on dirt.
Colts
and
geldings
carry 126 pounds (57 kg);
fillies
121 lb (55 kg). It is the second leg of the
Triple Crown
, held two weeks after the
Kentucky Derby
and three weeks before the
Belmont Stakes
.
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