| Preakness Stakes | |
 "The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, United States |
|---|---|
| Date | May 20, 2017 |
| Distance | 1+3⁄16 mi (9.5 furlongs; 1,911.1 m) |
| Winning horse | Cloud Computing |
| Winning time | 1:55.98 |
| Final odds | 13.40–1 |
| Jockey | Javier Castellano |
| Trainer | Chad C. Brown |
| Owner | Klaravich Stables, Inc. and William H. Lawrence |
| Conditions | Fast[1] |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Attendance |  140,327 (record crowd)[2] |
The 2017 Preakness Stakes was the 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km) and was held on May 20, 2017, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] The race went off at 6:51 pm ET and was broadcast by NBC.[4] The race was won by Cloud Computing, upsetting Always Dreaming's chances of a Triple Crown. Classic Empire was second, and Senior Investment finished third. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 140,327, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2017.[5]
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- ^ "2017 Preakness Stakes". Pimlico. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "NBC, NBCSN Set for Preakness Stakes Weekend". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ 2015 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 97.