Preakness Stakes 2020 winner: Swiss Skydiver captures title in photo finish

When Secretariat won the Preakness on the way to his Triple Crown, the news appeared alongside stories about Watergate on The Baltimore Sun's May 20, 1973, front page. In the half-century since, no horse has finished the 1 3/16-mile track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore faster than his 1 minute, 53 seconds. Decades of debate over a timer…

Kentucky Derby winner Mage will face seven new shooters in the Preakness Stakes, and his owners, trainer and jockey are no doubt hoping the chestnut colt has enough left for another late burst to pass his well-rested competitors and capture the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. Not since 1969 has only one Derby runner made the trip to run in…

The 2022 Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday, May 21. Hank Goldberg's picks, best bets and predictions for Preakness 2022 are available below. The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes is taking place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday. This race is the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. Also, the track distance is 9.5…

Esteemed horse racing expert Steve Kornacki made his 2022 Preakness picks and predictions. Find out which Preakness horses Steve Kornacki is betting on at Pimlico Race Course in 2022. The Preakness may not have as much excitement this year because of the absence of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike. However, there are some interesting storylines…

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- With Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike skipping over Pimlico Race Course, the 147th Preakness Stakes does not have the usual buzz surrounding a potential 14th Triple Crown winner. But as the name suggests, there are only three of these horse races every year, and even if there isn't a horse with a chance to sweep the historic…

With Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike bypassing the Preakness Stakes to focus on the Belmont, Derby second-place finisher Epicenter is the horse to beat in Saturday's second leg of the Triple Crown. The Steve Asmussen trainee will re-oppose Derby fourth-place finisher Simplification and also-ran Happy Jack in the 1 3/16-mile race, which features a…

For the second straight Triple Crown race, the winner came as a result of an upset. Rombauer, who had 11/1 odds entering Saturday's race, won the Preakness Stakes, edging out favorite Medina Spirit and Midnight Bourbon to take the victory down the final stretch. The win was a pair of firsts for the people behind the horse. First, Flavien Prat, the…

Neither owner nor trainer knows for sure … yet. Decision day looms on whether the Preakness-winning filly Swiss Skydiver will run against the boys in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic or go in the $2 million BC Distaff instead - both races are scheduled for Nov. 7 at Keeneland. With Swiss Skydiver training well at Churchill Downs since her…

Swiss Skydiver won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday by holding off Kentucky Derby winner Authentic down the stretch. The filly rolled out of the gate strong and found herself on the inside rail at the back of a five-horse pack that paced the race. After the half-mile mark, the seas parted, and Swiss Skydiver charged through the group to take the…

BALTIMORE (AP) - Those hanging around the heavily restricted stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course this week joked around that Authentic would stare down filly Swiss Skydiver whenever she walked past. "He got a good look at her today," jockey Robby Albarado said. Swiss Skydiver added one final memorable moment to cap off a topsy-turvy Triple Crown…

The Preakness Stakes normally is the second leg of the Triple Crown, but the coronavirus pandemic has completely changed the horse racing calendar in 2020. It's not the final leg anymore and instead is taking place only two weeks after the Kentucky Derby -- not in May like usual. The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes comes after two different…

BALTIMORE -- Filly Swiss Skydiver added another memorable moment to cap off a topsy-turvy Triple Crown season. Jockey Robby Albarado made a power move to pass favored Authentic around the far turn, and Swiss Skydiver went head-to-head and beat him by a neck after a stretch duel in the Preakness Stakes run without fans Saturday. She's the sixth…

A historic 15 weeks after it began, the 2020 Triple Crown drew to a close as Swiss Skydiver crossed the line first in the 145th Preakness Stakes at a spectatorless Pimlico to become the sixth filly to win the race. She was the first filly to run in the Preakness since Ria Antonia in 2014, who finished last. Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra was the…

Swiss Skydiver has built her reputation in 2020 as a filly unafraid to race anyone, anytime, anywhere. Saturday, in her ninth start at her ninth different track of the season, she scored the biggest win of her career. The Daredevil filly became just the sixth female in history to win the Preakness Stakes when beating Kentucky Derby winner Authentic…

The final leg of an unforgettable Triple Crown is set for Saturday, as 11 three-year-old colts will take the starting gate for the 2020 Preakness Stakes. As was the case with the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby, no fans will be in attendance at Pimlico Race Course due to COVID-19 concerns. While Belmont winner Tiz The Law is not in the 2020…

Trainer Kenny McPeak wasn't sure he wanted to put Swiss Skydiver in the Preakness Stakes. If there had been a Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-old fillies at the same juncture of the calendar, he probably would not have. But McPeak has ducked no challenges this year, racing Swiss Skydiver in Florida, Louisiana, California, Arkansas, Kentucky and New York.…

With fans watching at home instead of cheering from the stands, the 145th running of the Preakness Stakes, the final race in the Triple Crown, is set to take place on Saturday at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Traditionally the middle jewel of the American Triple Crown held after the Kentucky Derby and before the Belmont Stakes,…

In yet another upset in a Triple Crown race, Swiss Skydiver (11-1) defeated race favorite Authentic (3-2), edging out the Bob Baffert trainee by a neck to win the 145th Preakness Stakes in a time of 1:53.10. This marks the first time that a filly has won the race since Rachel Alexandra did it in 2009. Swiss Skydiver took the lead after the…

Sometimes the wrong jockey gets on the right horse. Ask Robby Albarado. Last week, if you had said the name of the 47-year-old journeyman from Cajun country - known as southwest Louisiana outside of horse racing - you would have been asked: "Whatever happened to him?" The answer could be found on Saturday in the winner's circle of the Preakness…

The Preakness Stakes is traditionally the second leg of the American Triple Crown but in this most unusual of seasons, the 2020 Preakness concludes the series this year at Pimlico on Saturday (10.45pm BST). Routinely flanked by the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, this renewal of the Preakness moves from second to third in the Triple Crown…

Authentic comes into the Preakness Stakes at a disadvantage compared to every other Kentucky Derby champion. Because of the rescheduling of the Kentucky Derby in the Triple Crown sequence, the Bob Baffert-trained horse will not chase a Triple Crown through a Derby-Preakness double. Instead, Authentic will try to become the third horse since 2000 to…

After lots of last-minute decisions, the 145 Preakness (G1) is set - a field of 11 was entered Monday with Kentucky Derby winner Authentic the morning-line 9-5 favorite leaving from post No. 9. Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Authentic has won five of six career starts, and put in his final workout - 4 furlongs in 47.60 seconds - earlier…

Decisions, decisions, decisions. A few weeks ago, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen acknowledged Pneumatic would show up for the 145 Preakness (G1) on Oct. 3, giving the trainer a shot at victory No. 3 in this classic to go with wins by Curlin in 2007 and Rachel Alexandra in 2009. In the past few days, Asmussen came up with two more Preakness…

A Triple Crown season unlike any other ended with a photo finish. Swiss Skydiver outlasted Kentucky Derby winner Authentic down the stretch, putting the expression "winning by a nose" to the test, to take home the 145th Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The filly, r by jockey Robby Albarado, started the race in the fourth stall and waited patiently…

Kentucky Derby winner Authentic was made the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's $1 million, Grade 1 Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by John Velazquez, Authentic drew the No. 9 post position in the field of 11. "He's handled everything that's been thrown at him," Velazquez said. "I…