Organizers announce the 2027 Preakness Stakes will be held on the fourth Sunday in May, moving back from its prior placement on the Triple Crown calendar. The change places the Preakness 22 days after the Kentucky Derby and less than two weeks before the Belmont Stakes. The rescheduling is intended to encourage more Kentucky Derby horses to enter the second leg of the Triple Crown. Recent history has shown that some Derby winners avoid the Preakness, which is the shortest Triple Crown race. Across the past five years, Kentucky Derby winners skip the Preakness in three of those years. Sources state that the reason often involves Derby horses focusing instead on June’s Belmont Stakes, the last and longest event in the Triple Crown series. By shifting the Preakness to a later date in May, organizers aim to better align preparation and scheduling for horses coming out of the Derby, potentially increasing the number of Derby entrants in the Preakness field. The announcement comes ahead of the 2027 Triple Crown sequence.
Preakness Stakes 2027 rescheduled to target more Kentucky Derby horses
Organizers announce the 2027 Preakness Stakes will be held on the fourth Sunday in May, moving back from its prior placement on the Triple Crown calendar. The change places the Preakness 22 days after...
- The 2027 Preakness Stakes moves to the fourth Sunday in May.
- The new Preakness date is 22 days after the Kentucky Derby.
- The Preakness will be less than two weeks before the Belmont Stakes.
- Organizers say the change is intended to attract more Kentucky Derby horses to the Preakness.
- Kentucky Derby winners have skipped the Preakness in three of the past five years.
Kentucky Derby winners have skipped the Preakness in three of the past five years.
3 hours agoThe Preakness, the second leg of US horse racing's Triple Crown, will move eight days later in 2027 with hopes of enticing more entries from Kentucky Derby horses, organizers announced Wednesday.Kentucky Derby winners have skipped the Preakness, the shortest of the Triple Crown events, in three of the past five years in order to focus upon June's Belmont Stakes, the last and longest of the Triple Crown races.
4 hours agoThe 2027 Preakness Stakes is moving to the fourth Sunday in May, now 22 days behind the Kentucky Derby and less than two weeks before the Belmont.
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