Will Sovereignty continue the chase for the Triple Crown at the Preakness Stakes? Well, we already have an answer before the race has even started.
The three-year-old thoroughbred will not compete in the Preakness Stakes after winning the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Bill Mott, Sovereignty's trainer, announced that his horse will jump straight to the Belmont Stakes, which will be held on June 7.
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"I think over the years, people realize that spacing these horses out a little bit gives you the opportunity to make them last a little longer," Mott said after the Kentucky Derby. "I think we're looking at a career, you know, and you want the career to last more than five weeks."
With Sovereignty now out of the field, the race is wide open. Before the Preakness Stakes begins, the annual post position draw will establish the starting gate for each horse.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 2025 Preakness Stakes post position draw.
Preakness Stakes post position draw 2025: Date, time
- Date: Monday, May 12
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
The Preakness Stakes post position draw will occur on Monday, May 12, at 7 p.m. ET. The race itself will take place on Saturday, May 17.
Where to watch Preakness Stakes post position draw 2025: TV channel, live stream
- TV channel: N/A
- Live stream: Maryland Racing YouTube channel and Preakness.com
The Preakness Stakes post position draw will not air on a national TV channel. It can be streamed on the Maryland Racing YouTube channel and at Preakness.com.
Preakness Stakes horses 2025
The list of participants for the Preakness Stakes has not yet been finalized. The Courier-Journal has offered the names of a few horses that could be lining up at Pimlico Race Course.
- American Promise*
- Clever Again
- Goal Oriented
- Gosger
- Heart of Honor
- Journalism*
- Pay Billy
- River Thames
*Kentucky Derby participant
When is the Preakness Stakes in 2025?
- Date: Saturday, May 17
- Post time: 6:50 p.m. ET
The 150th Preakness Stakes will be run in its traditional slot on the third Saturday in May. Post time for the race at Pimlico Race Course is set for 6:50 p.m. ET.
Full list of Triple Crown winners
A total of 13 horses have won the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes). Justify became the most recent horse to add his name to the record book, pulling off the impressive feat in 2018.
Here is the full list of Triple Crown winners:
| Year | Horse |
| 1919 | Sir Barton |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox |
| 1935 | Omaha |
| 1937 | War Admiral |
| 1941 | Whirlaway |
| 1943 | Count Fleet |
| 1946 | Assault |
| 1948 | Citation |
| 1973 | Secretariat |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew |
| 1978 | Affirmed |
| 2015 | American Pharoah |
| 2018 | Justify |