<P> 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 ( 1 ⁄ miles ( 1,900 m ) on dirt . Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ( 57 kg ) ; fillies 121 lb ( 55 kg ) . It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown , held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and two or three weeks before the Belmont Stakes . </P>
<P> 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 ( 1 ⁄ miles ( 1,900 m ) on dirt . Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ( 57 kg ) ; fillies 121 lb ( 55 kg ) . It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown , held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and two or three weeks before the Belmont Stakes . </P>
where is the preakness horse race held at
where is the preakness horse race held at
at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore , Maryland
at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore , Maryland