The 2021 Preakness Stakes has some controversy after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a post-Derby drug test. Trainer Bob Baffert was suspended from entering any horses at Churchill Downs until the investigation process is complete. That will likely include a disqualification of Medina Spirit and naming runner-up Mandaloun as the Kentucky Derby winner. Unfortunately for Mandaloun bettors and others, there will be no changes to the Kentucky Derby payouts.
For the Preakness, an agreement was reached between Baffert and the Maryland Jockey Club, which operates Pimlico. Medina Spirit and Concert Tour, both of Baffert’s runners, have already been given a pre-race drug test by Maryland officials.
2021 Preakness Stakes Field and Opening Odds
| Post | Horse | Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1 | Ram | 30-1 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 2 | Keepmeinmind | 15-1 | David Cohen | Robertino Diodoro |
| 3 | Medina Spirit | 9-5 | John Velazquez | Bob Baffert |
| 4 | Crowded Trade | 10-1 | Javier Castellano | Chad Brown |
| 5 | Midnight Bourbon | 5-1 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Steve Asmussen |
| 6 | Rombauer | 12-1 | Flavien Prat | Mike McCarthy |
| 7 | France Go de Ina | 20-1 | Joel Rosario | Hideyuki Mori |
| 8 | Unbridled Honor | 15-1 | Luis Saez | Todd Pletcher |
| 9 | Risk Taking | 15-1 | Jose Ortiz | Chad Brown |
| 10 | Concert Tour | 5-2 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert |
The 2021 Preakness field is not too strong but does have other leading contenders from the Kentucky Derby. Along with Medina Spirit, Midnight Bourbon and Keepmeinmind are making the two-week Derby-Preakness turnaround to run in the second leg of the Triple Crown.
How to bet the Preakness Stakes and Triple Crown races
The 146th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course is Saturday, May 15. Post time is 6:48 p.m. EST, and NBC will carry the TV coverage of the 1 3/16 mile race. Fans can also tune in online and watch the race streamed live on NBCsports.com/live or TVG.
Live television pre-race coverage on NBCSN begins at 2 p.m. EST and on NBC at 5 p.m. EST. Fans can wager on horse racing legally at racetracks in up to 33 states plus simulcast centers such as off-track betting (OTB), and on advanced deposit wagering platforms such as TVG and TwinSpires,
Past Preakness Stakes Winners
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Early Voting | Jose Ortiz | 1:54.54 |
| 2021 | Rombauer | Flavien Prat | 1:53.62 |
| 2020 | Swiss Skydiver | Robby Albarado | 1:53.28 |
| 2019 | War of Will | Tyler Gaffalione | 1:54.34 |
| 2018 | Justify | Mike Smith | 1:55.93 |
| 2017 | Cloud Computing | Javier Castellano | 1:55.98 |
| 2016 | Exaggerator | Kent Desormeaux | 1:58.31 |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | 1:58.46 |
| 2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | 1:54.84 |
| 2013 | Oxbow | Gary Stevens | 1:57.54 |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | 1:55.94 |
| 2011 | Shackleford | Jesus Castanon | 1:56.47 |
| 2010 | Lookin At Lucky | Martin Garcia | 1:55.47 |
| 2009 | Rachel Alexandra | Calvin Borel | 1:55.08 |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | 1:54.86 |
| 2007 | Curlin | Robby Albarado | 1:53.46 |
| 2006 | Bernardini | Javier Castellano | 1:54.65 |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | 1:55.04 |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | 1:55.59 |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | Jose Santos | 1:55.61 |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | 1:56.40 |
| 2001 | Point Given | Gary Stevens | 1:55.40 |
| 2000 | Red Bullet | Jerry Bailey | 1:56.00 |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | 1:55.20 |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | 1:54.60 |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | 1:54.80 |
| 1996 | Louis Quatorze | Pat Day | 1:53.40 |
| 1995 | Timber Country | Pat Day | 1:54.40 |
| 1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | 1:56.40 |
| 1993 | Prairie Bayou | Mike Smith | 1:56.60 |
| 1992 | Pine Bluff | Chris McCarron | 1:55.60 |
| 1991 | Hansel | Jerry Bailey | 1:54.00 |
| 1990 | Summer Squall | Pat Day | 1:53.60 |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | 1:53.80 |
| 1988 | Risen Star | Ed Delahoussaye | 1:56.20 |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | 1:55.80 |
| 1986 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis | 1:54.80 |
| 1985 | Tank's Prospect | Pat Day | 1:53.40 |
| 1984 | Gate Dancer | Angel Cordero | 1:53.60 |
| 1983 | Deputed Testamony | Donnie Miller Jr. | 1:55.40 |
| 1982 | Aloma's Ruler | Jack Kaenel | 1:55.40 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | 1:54.60 |
| 1980 | Codex | Angel Cordero | 1:54.20 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | 1:54.20 |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | 1:54.40 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | 1:54.40 |
| 1976 | Elocutionist | John Lively | 1:55.00 |
| 1975 | Master Derby | Darrel McHargue | 1:56.40 |
| 1974 | Little Current | Miguel A. Rivera | 1:54.60 |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | 1:53.00 |
| 1972 | Bee Bee Bee | Eldon Nelson | 1:55.60 |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | 1:54.00 |
| 1970 | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | 1:56.20 |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | 1:55.60 |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | 1:56.80 |
| 1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | 1:55.20 |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | 1:55.40 |
| 1965 | Tom Rolfe | Ron Turcotte | 1:56.20 |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | 1:56.80 |
| 1963 | Candy Spots | Bill Shoemaker | 1:56.20 |
| 1962 | Greek Money | John L. Rotz | 1:56.20 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | 1:57.60 |
| 1960 | Bally Ache | Bobby Ussery | 1:57.60 |
| 1959 | Royal Orbit | William Harmatz | 1:57.00 |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | 1:57.20 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | 1:56.20 |
| 1956 | Fabius | Bill Hartack | 1:58.40 |
| 1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | 1:54.60 |
| 1954 | Hasty Road | John H. Adams | 1:57.40 |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | 1:57.80 |
| 1952 | Blue Man | Conn McCreary | 1:57.40 |
| 1951 | Bold | Eddie Arcaro | 1:56.40 |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | 1:59.20 |
| 1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | 1:56.00 |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | 2:02.40 |
| 1947 | Faultless | Douglas Dodson | 1:59.00 |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | 2:01.40 |
| 1945 | Polynesian | Wayne D. Wright | 1:58.80 |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | 1:59.20 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | 1:57.40 |
| 1942 | Alsab | Basil James | 1:57.00 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | 1:58.80 |
| 1940 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | 1:58.60 |
| 1939 | Challedon | George Seabo | 1:59.80 |
| 1938 | Dauber | Maurice Peters | 1:59.80 |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | 1:58.40 |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | George Woolf | 1:59.00 |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | 1:58.40 |
| 1934 | High Quest | Robert Jones | 1:58.20 |
| 1933 | Head Play | Charley Kurtsinger | 2:02.00 |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | 1:59.80 |
| 1931 | Mate | George Ellis | 1:59.00 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | 2:00.60 |
| 1929 | Dr. Freeland | Louis Schaefer | 2:01.60 |
| 1928 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | 2:00.20 |
| 1927 | Bostonian | Whitey Abel | 2:01.60 |
| 1926 | Display | John Maiben | 1:59.80 |
| 1925 | Coventry | Clarence Kummer | 1:59.00 |
| 1924 | Nellie Morse | John Merimee | 1:57.20 |
| 1923 | Vigil | Benny Marinelli | 1:53.60 |
| 1922 | Pillory | Louis Morris | 1:51.60 |
| 1921 | Broomspun | Frank Coltiletti | 1:54.20 |
| 1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | 1:51.60 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | 1:53.00 |
| 1918 | War Cloud | Johnny Loftus | 1:53.60 |
| 1918 | Jack Hare, Jr. | Charles Peak | 1:53.40 |
| 1917 | Kalitan | Everett Haynes | 1:54.40 |
| 1916 | Damrosch | Linus McAtee | 1:54.80 |
| 1915 | Rhine Maiden | Douglas Hoffman | 1:58.00 |
| 1914 | Holiday | Andy Schuttinger | 1:53.80 |
| 1913 | Buskin | James Butwell | 1:53.40 |
| 1912 | Colonel Holloway | Clarence Turner | 1:56.60 |
| 1911 | Watervale | Eddie Dugan | 1:51.00 |
| 1910 | Layminster | Roy Estep | 1:40.60 |
| 1909 | Effendi | Willie Doyle | 1:39.80 |
| 1908 | Royal Tourist | Eddie Dugan | 1:46.40 |
| 1907 | Don Enrique | George Mountain | 1:45.40 |
| 1906 | Whimsical | Walter Miller | 1:45.00 |
| 1905 | Cairngorm | Willie Davis | 1:45.80 |
| 1904 | Bryn Mawr | Gene Hildebrand | 1:44.20 |
| 1903 | Flocarline | William Gannon | 1:44.80 |
| 1902 | Old England | Lee Jackson | 1:45.80 |
| 1901 | The Parader | Frank Landry | 1:47.20 |
| 1900 | Hindus | Henry Spencer | 1:48.40 |
| 1899 | Half Time | Richard Clawson | 1:47.00 |
| 1898 | Sly Fox | Willie Simms | 1:49.75 |
| 1897 | Paul Kauvar | T. Thorpe | 1:51.25 |
| 1896 | Margrave | Henry Griffin | 1:51.00 |
| 1895 | Belmar | Fred Taral | 1:50.50 |
| 1894 | Assignee | Fred Taral | 1:49.25 |
| 1890 | Montague | Willie Martin | 2:36.75 |
| 1889 | Buddhist | George Anderson | 2:17.50 |
| 1888 | Refund | Fred Littlefield | 2:49.00 |
| 1887 | Dunboyne | William Donohue | 2:39.50 |
| 1886 | The Bard | S. Fisher | 2:45.00 |
| 1885 | Tecumseh | Jim McLaughlin | 2:49.00 |
| 1884 | Knight of Ellerslie | S. Fisher | 2:39.50 |
| 1883 | Jacobus | George Barbee | 2:42.50 |
| 1882 | Vanguard | Tom Costello | 2:44.50 |
| 1881 | Saunterer | Tom Costello | 2:40.50 |
| 1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | 2:40.50 |
| 1879 | Harold | Lloyd Hughes | 2:40.50 |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | Cyrus Holloway | 2:41.75 |
| 1877 | Cloverbrook | Cyrus Holloway | 2:45.50 |
| 1876 | Shirley | George Barbee | 2:44.75 |
| 1875 | Tom Ochiltree | Lloyd Hughes | 2:43.50 |
| 1874 | Culpepper | William Donohue | 2:56.50 |
| 1873 | Survivor | George Barbee | 2:43.00 |
