What to know about The Preakness
- Seize the Grey won the race. He entered at 9-1 odds.
- Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finished second and will not compete for the Triple Crown.
- Seize the Grey's triumph marked the seventh Preakness win for the 88-year-old D. Wayne Lukas, who now has seven garlands of black-eyed Susans after previous victories in 1980, 1985, 1994, 1995 , 1999 and 2013.
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Watch the full 2024 Preakness Stakes
Check out the full race replay here:
‘Are you kidding me?’ Seize the Grey owner in happy disbelief
Seize the Grey owner Michael Behrens said that for 15 minutes after his horse won the Preakness, all he could say was, “Are you kidding me?!”
“We had some big expectations, but this exceeds all those expectations. I really don’t have words,” Behrens said. “I really don’t have words.”
“I can’t believe this. This is the race I’ve wanted to win, this is the race I’ve wanted to win for 2,570 people. It’s 100% ours.”
Behrens is an owner, but only one of 2,570 in a group that owns Seize the Grey.
Time with the legend
D. Wayne Lukas — again — gets it done.
Seize the Grey jockey Torres thanks family for sacrifices
Two years after entering jockey school, winning Preakness jockey Jaime Torres thanked his family for their support.
Torres, from Puerto Rico, rode Seize the Grey to the Preakness win over favorite Mystik Dan, who finished second.
“Very excited,” Torres said after the win. “Very excited and very thankful to all the people that have been beside me helping me."
"My family, I want to thank them. Because we came — like a lot of people, a lot of jockeys — we came from the bottom. ... To afford flights and all those things, to support me, I know is hard. They still do it because they love me. And I appreciate that a lot,” he said.
Watch Seize the Grey win the Preakness.
He entered at 9-1 odds, outlasting Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
Seize the Grey wins 149th Preakness
Seize the Grey has won the 149th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
And we're off!
The 149th Preakness is underway.
Final odds entering Preakness
1. Mugatu — 16-1
2. Uncle Heavy — 7-1
3. Catching Freedom — 7/2
4. Muth (scratched)
5. Mystik Dan — 5/2
6. Seize the Grey — 9-1
7. Just Steel — 9-1
8. Tuscan Gold — 4-1
9. Imagination — 4-1
Baltimore Ravens icon Ray Lewis calls riders up
Ray Lewis stayed in his Baltimore Ravens character, calling riders up and then breaking into the dance that he performed to lead his team's fearsome defense.
Uncle Heavy is a long shot to consider
I don't see him as a contender at the 149th Preakness Stakes, but his 20-1 odds make him an intriguing long-shot play.
