Meet the horses running in the Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes had a field of nine horses that raced in Baltimore today for the 2025 running of the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown. Journalism, who was favored to win the Kentucky Derby earlier this month but came in second, was picked as the morning-line favorite for the 150th running of the Preakness at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course . Journalism took home the win after trailing at sixth place for much of the race. 2025 Preakness Stakes horses and odds For the Preakness, Journalism was given 8-5 odds following Monday's post-position draw at a Baltimore-area brewery. Here's a list of all the 3-year-old horses in the race in order by their number with their morning-line odds: 1. Goal Oriented, 6-1 2. Journalism, 8-5 3. American Promise, 15-1 4. Heart of Honor, 12-1 5. Pay Billy, 20-1 6. River Thames, 9-2 7. Sandman, 4-1 8. Clever Again, 5-1 9. Gosger, 20-1 Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty was missing from the starting gate for the Preakness, dashing any hopes this year for a horse to take the Triple Crown — the three-race series consisting of the Derby, the Preakness and next month's Belmont Stakes in New York. Sovereignty's trainer told Preakness organizers the bay colt was skipping the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans to prepare for the Belmont. The Derby winner arrived last week at Saratoga Race Course, the temporary home of the Triple Crown's third race, while Belmont Park on New York's Long Island is undergoing a massive redevelopment. …