2016 Preakness Stakes 2016 Preakness Stakes The 2016 Preakness Stakes (in full, the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes, due to sponsorship) was the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes. The race was held on May 21, 2016, and was scheduled to be run at 6:45 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and was televised on NBC. Exaggerator won the race, while 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist finished third. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 135,256, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2016. After the running of the Kentucky Derby connections of the winner Nyquist
2017 Belmont Stakes Preakness. "We felt like with the five weeks in between, and with the way this horse had trained, that he had a legitimate chance," said Pletcher, who is based at Belmont Park. "I think that's always an advantage." Times: mile – 0:23.88; mile – 0:48.86; mile – 1:14.01; mile – 1:38.95; miles – 2:04.10; final – 2:30.02.<br> Splits for each quarter-mile: (:23.88) (:24.78) (:25.35) (:24.94) (:25.15) (:25.92) Epicharis (#11) was scratched. The payouts for the Belmont Stakes were as follows: 2017 Belmont Stakes The 2017 Belmont Stakes was the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes and the 106th time the