December 22, 2024

Get to know the 2018 Preakness contenders

Justify may face seven challengers in the Triple Crown's middle jewel

The field is now set for Saturday’s Preakness (G1) at Pimlico, where Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Justify will try to keep the Triple Crown dream alive.

You can find all the Preakness news here, the post positions with morning line odds, and contender-specific pages are linked with each horse below.

See the free Preakness past performances for more, including Brisnet Speed figures and stats. If you would like to learn more about the kinds of information contained in the past performances, we have an in-depth explanation.

Justify will try to make Baffert Derby winners a perfect 5-0 in the Preakness (c) Jamie Newell/Horsephotos.com

JUSTIFY

Unbeaten colt became the fifth Bob Baffert-trained Derby winner, and the previous four all added the Preakness.

Owner: China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing & WinStar Farm; Trainer: Bob Baffert; Jockey: Mike Smith

Pedigree: by Scat Daddy-Stage Magic, by Ghostzapper

Justify news

GOOD MAGIC

Good Magic taking the Blue Grass (Coady Photography)

Last year’s champion two-year-old colt took a run at Justify in the Derby but had to settle for second.

Owner: e Five Racing Thoroughbreds & Stonestreet Stables; Trainer: Chad Brown; Jockey: Jose Ortiz

Pedigree: by Curlin-Glinda the Good, by Hard Spun

Good Magic news

 

QUIP

Quip is sticking to plan despite overlapping ownership with Justify (SV Photography)

 

Tampa Bay Derby (G2) winner and Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up had ample points to get in Derby 144, but connections (partially overlapping with Justify’s ownership) wanted a fresh horse for the Preakness.

Owner: WinStar Farm, China Horse Club & SF Racing; Trainer: Rodolphe Brisset; Jockey: Florent Geroux

Pedigree: by Distorted Humor-Princess Ash, by Indian Charlie

Quip news

BRAVAZO

Bravazo hopes to pull an ‘Oxbow’ – a Derby sixth who won the Preakness for the same connections (Coady Photography)

Risen Star (G2) victor got nothing out of his strange-trip eighth in the Louisiana Derby (G2), so his sixth behind Justify in the Kentucky Derby was a solid effort that could set him up for better in Baltimore.

Owner: Calumet Farm; Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas; Jockey: Luis Saez

Pedigree: by Awesome Again-Tiz o’Gold, by Cee’s Tizzy

Bravazo news

 

SPORTING CHANCE

Sporting Chance is winless since his erratic Hopeful (Chelsea Durand/Adam Coglianese Photography)

Hopeful (G1) scorer, who lacked sufficient points to make the Derby field, finished a troubled fourth in the Pat Day Mile (G3) on the undercard.

Owner: Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack; Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas; Jockey: Luis Contreras

Pedigree: by Tiznow-Wynning Ride, by Candy Ride

Sporting Chance news

 

TENFOLD

Tenfold is a promising son of Curlin, a Preakness winner who’s already sired one (Coady Photography)

Fifth in the Arkansas Derby (G1) in just his third career start but plenty of promise in his first two wins.

Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds; Trainer: Steve Asmussen; Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr.

Pedigree: by Curlin-Temptress, by Tapit

Tenfold news

 

DIAMOND KING

Diamond King took the “Win & You’re In” Tesio (Jim McCue/MJC)

Parx-based colt captured the Federico Tesio at Laurel to book his spot in the Preakness, but connections cross-entered to the Peter Pan (G3) before deciding in favor of Pimlico.

Owner: Cash Is King, Leonard C. Green & LC Racing; Trainer: John Servis; Jockey: Javier Castellano

Pedigree: by Quality Road-Akron Moon, by Malibu Moon

Diamond King news

LONE SAILOR

Lone Sailor (no. 8) almost got there for New Orleans connections (c) Hodges Photography / Lou Hodges, Jr.

Louisiana Derby (G2) runner-up comes off an eighth in the Kentucky Derby.

Owner: G M B Racing; Trainer: Tom Amoss; Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.

Pedigree: by Majestic Warrior-Ambitious, by Mr Greeley

Lone Sailor news