2025 Preakness Stakes Participants: Who's In & Who's Out Following Kentucky Derby Results

After the Kentucky Derby on May 3rd, the 2025 Preakness Stakes field fell together quickly. The draw happened on Monday, May 12th with the race set to go on Saturday, May 17th at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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This is what you need to know about who is in the 2025 Preakness Stakes, and who is out.

Is Kentucky Derby Winner Sovereignty In the 2025 Preakness Stakes?

No. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will skip the 2025 Preakness Stakes. Instead of running Sovereignty in all three races of the Triple Crown season, trainer Bill Mott is pointing the horse toward the Belmont Stakes, five weeks after the first Saturday in May.

Kentucky Derby Horses Racing In Preakness

Three horses that ran in the 2025 Kentucky Derby will now race in the 2025 Preakness. These are:

• Journalism: Finished 2nd in the Kentucky Derby
• Sandman: Finished 7th in the Kentucky Derby
• American Promise: Finished 16th in the Kentucky Derby

This means there are 6 horses that will be racing in Preakness that did not race in the Kentucky Derby. These are:

• Goal Oriented
• Heart of Honor
• Pay Billy
• River Thames
• Clever Again
• Gosger

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