2020 Preakness Stakes

145th Preakness Stakes
Preakness Stakes
Grade I stakes race
"The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
LocationPimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DateOctober 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)
Distance1+316 mi (9.5 furlongs; 1,900 m)
Winning horseSwiss Skydiver
Winning time1:53.28
Final odds11.70–1
JockeyRobby Albarado
TrainerKenneth McPeek
OwnerPeter J. Callahan
ConditionsFast
SurfaceDirt
Attendance[a]
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The 2020 Preakness Stakes was the 145th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+316 miles (1.9 km). The race is one leg of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Preakness is regularly scheduled to be held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, but the 2020 running was rescheduled to Saturday, October 3, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On September 2, it was announced that the race would be held without spectators,[2] and it was won by filly Swiss Skydiver in the second-fastest time ever.


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  1. ^ Zanzucchi, Mia (May 16, 2020). "Preakness Stakes 2020 rescheduled for October 3". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Preakness to be run without fans as Maryland continues to cope with coronavirus pandemic". Baltimore Sun. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.