The 148th running of the Preakness Stakes is 6:50 p.m. ET Saturday (NBC) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, and as usual, all eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner and Triple Crown hopeful Mage.
Mage is the 8-5 favorite and understandably so. His run in the Derby was impressive, ignoring the early speed horses — some might say struggling out of the gate — and coming from behind to close strong in a wide-open field.
But the Preakness is a different beast. The 7-horse field is a far cry from the Derby’s 18-horse run. With less crowding and more space, the Preakness is more beneficial to pure runners. Mage isn’t a big, physical horse, but as the kids say, he has that dog in him. His competitive spirit reigned with so many horses in a physical, hectic environment.
Horse racing has been in a weird place the last few years. Whether because of the pandemic affecting breeding, training and proper preparation, or because of natural variance in competition, recent seasons have been a mess with few dominant horses and a lot of outlier results. It was just more than a year ago when Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby as an 80-1 long shot.
So as we look to this year's Preakness, let's perhaps not give so much weight to what may have very well been an outlier result at the Derby. Let's look at who many view as the fastest and most talented horse in the small field. At 4-1, National Treasure — ridden by John Velazquez and trained by Bob Baffert — is the third favorite, but there is value in the number with Mage being the known horse of the masses.
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How to watch the Preakness Stakes 2023: Time, channel, odds and moreThe Kentucky Derby is done and now it's on to the second leg of the Triple Crown, the 148th Preakness Stakes. Eight horses will run for the honor of a blanket of Black-Eyed Susans — and the grand prize of $900,000 — this Saturday, but nearly all eyes will be on just one Preakness contender: Mage. Unlike last year's derby winner, the surprising 2023 winner of the Run for the Roses will race in the Preakness Stakes, meaning there's a significant shot for a Triple Crown win in 2023, an honor only 13 horses have ever achieved. If you want to watch Mage continue his quest for the Triple Crown this weekend, here's how to watch the 2023 Preakness Stakes live.
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