Preakness race schedule 2026: Post times, TV channels for Laurel Park horse racing weekend originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Triple Crown attempts may be a fading novelty in horse racing, but plenty of anticipation remains for the second leg of this year’s trifecta, the Preakness Stakes.
The Kentucky Derby winner — Golden Tempo this time around — will once again sit this one out with an eye on next month’s Belmont Stakes, leaving a field of fresh 3-year-old contenders to compete on Maryland’s biggest racing weekend of the year.
The venue itself will be worth tuning in for this year, as the race is set to be held at different venue after 150 years at Pimlico. Renovations at the venerable track will see the Preakness temporarily relocate to Laurel Park, about 30 miles away. Despite the venue change, the race will remain at the traditional 1 3/16 miles.
It should be an exciting weekend of racing in Maryland. Here’s everything you need to know to tune in to the Black-Eyed Susan and the Preakness in 2026.
Preakness weekend race schedule 2026
Preakness weekend features two full days of racing at Laurel Park on Friday and Saturday, from the morning through each day’s main attraction in the early evening.
Date
Event
Time (ET)
Fri., May 15
First race post
11:30 a.m.
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
6:14 p.m.
Sat., May 16
First race post
10:30 a.m.
Preakness Stakes
7:01 p.m.
See the broadcast and streaming schedule for this weekend’s program below.
Where to watch Preakness weekend races 2026
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TV channel: NBC
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Live streams:DIRECTV, Peacock
Fans can stream Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan live on Peacock. Saturday’s 151st running of the Preakness Stakes will air on NBC and can be streamed via Peacock or DIRECTV, which offers a free trial to new customers. Select races leading up to the Preakness on Saturday also will be streamed on Peacock.
Date
Coverage
Time (ET)
Watch
Fri., May 15
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
4:30 p.m.
Peacock
Sat., May 16
Preakness Stakes undercard
1 p.m.
Peacock
Preakness Stakes
4 p.m.
NBC, DIRECTV, Peacock
Preakness post positions, odds for 2026
Here are the early morning line odds for the 14 horses competing in the 2025 Preakness Stakes after the post position draw on Monday, to be updated closer to Saturday’s race time.
Post position
Horse
Odds
1
Taj Mahal
5-1
2
Ocelli
6-1
3
Crupper
30-1
4
Robusta
30-1
5
Talkin
20-1
6
Chip Honcho
5-1
7
The Hell We Did
15-1
8
Bull By The Horns
30-1
9
Iron Honor
9-2
10
Napoleon Solo
8-1
11
Corona de Oro
30-1
12
Incredibolt
5-1
13
Great White
15-1
14
Pretty Boy Miah
15-1
Preakness Stakes winners list
The last 10 winners of the Preakness are listed below, with Triple Crown winners in bold.
Year
Winner
2025
Journalism
2024
Seize the Grey
2023
National Treasure
2022
Early Voting
2021
Rombauer
2020
Swiss Skydiver
2019
War of Will
2018
Justify
2017
Cloud Computing
2016
Exaggerator
