This is the full field, with odds, for the 2026 Preakness Stakes

While horse racing won’t have a Triple Crown winner this year, there’s still intrigue ahead of Saturday night’s 151st running of the Grade 1, $2 million Preakness Stakes.

The Preakness is the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, but Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo won’t be running in Saturday’s race, which means the Triple Crown is off the table for 2026.

Only three horses in the Preakness field of 14 runners also competed in this year’s Kentucky Derby on May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Despite the absence of Golden Tempo and his history-making trainer, Cherie DeVaux, plenty of prestige is on the line in Saturday’s Preakness, which is being run at Laurel Park in Maryland.

The traditional home of the Preakness, Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The Preakness had been held consecutively at Pimlico from 1909 until this year.

This year marks the first time that Laurel Park will host the Preakness.

Post position draw results for 2026 Preakness Stakes

The post position draw for the Preakness was held Monday evening, with 14 horses assigned starting gates for the race. Up to 14 horses can race in the Preakness, which will go 1 ^3/16 miles on the main track at Laurel Park.

Post time for the Preakness is 7:01 p.m. Saturday.

Here are the results of the 2026 Preakness Stakes post position draw. Horses are listed with their morning-line odds, trainers, jockeys, owners and breeders, in that order.

• No. 1: Taj Mahal, (5-1), Brittany T. Russell, Sheldon Russell, SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan, Vegso Racing Stable.
• No. 2: Ocelli, (6-1), Whit Beckman, Tyler Gaffalione, Ashley Durr, Anthony Tate and Front Page Equestrian, Rosedown Racing Stables.
• No. 3: Crupper, (30-1), Donnie K. Von Hemel, Junior Alvarado, Robert H. Zoellner, Robert H. Zoellner.
• No. 4: Robusta, (30-1), Doug O’Neill, Rafael Bejarano, Calumet Farm, Calumet Farm.
• No. 5: Talkin, (20-1), Danny Gargan, Irad Ortiz Jr., Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Pine Racing Stables, Legendary Thoroughbreds, Belmar Racing and Breeding and R. A. Hill Stable, Fifth Avenue Bloodstock.
• No. 6: Chip Honcho, (5-1), Steve Asmussen, Jose Ortiz, Leland Ackerley Racing, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia, Venneri Racing Inc. and Tony Fanticola.
• No. 7: The Hell We Did, (15-1), Todd W. Fincher, Luis Saez, Peacock Family Racing Stable, Joe R. Peacock, Jr.
• No. 8: Bull by the Horns, (30-1), Saffie Joseph Jr., Micah Husbands, Peachtree Stable and Mark Corrado, Ashview Farm and Colts Neck Stables.
• No. 9: Iron Honor, (9-2), Chad Brown, Flavien Prat, St. Elias Stable, William H. Lawrence and Glassman Racing, Mike Freeny and Pat Freeny.
• No. 10: Napoleon Solo, (8-1), Chad Summers, Paco Lopez, Gold Square, John D. Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock.
• No. 11: Corona de Oro, (30-1), Dallas Stewart, John Velazquez, On Our Own Stable, Commonwealth Stable, U Racing Stables, Saints or Sinners, Titletown Racing, Jim Nichols, Edwin S. Barker, Daniel Rivers, John Haines and Dallas Stewart, Willow Oaks Stable.
• No. 12: Incredibolt, (5-1), Riley Mott, Jaime Torres, Pin Oak Stud, Deann Baer and Greg Baer DVM.
• No. 13: Great White, (15-1), John Ennis, Alex Achard, Three Chimneys Farm and John Ennis, Stud TNT.
• No. 14: Pretty Boy Miah, (15-1), Jeremiah C. Englehart, Ricardo Santana Jr., Team Penney Racing, Echo Racing, Flower City Racing, Anthony Bruno and Christopher J. Meyer, Thoroughbred by Design.

Golden Tempo will be the second straight Kentucky Derby winner not to run in the Preakness. Sovereignty also skipped the Preakness in 2025 before returning to win last year’s Belmont Stakes.

The three horses in the Preakness field who also raced in the Derby earlier this month are Ocelli, Robusta and Incredibolt.

Ocelli is still a maiden, but he finished third in the Kentucky Derby at 70-1 long shot odds. Incredibolt came in sixth in the Run for the Roses and Robusta finished 14th.

Great White was scratched from the Kentucky Derby at the starting gate after he reared and fell just before the race was to begin.

What are some takeaways from the Preakness Stakes post position draw?

Iron Honor, the morning-line favorite for the Preakness at 9-2 odds, could become the 75th winner of the race to leave the starting gate as the betting favorite. Historically, the post-time favorite has won the Preakness Stakes about 49% of the time.

Last year’s Preakness winner, Journalism, was the race-time favorite with even-money odds.

Iron Honor has won two of his three career starts, but he was last seen finishing seventh in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial Stakes in early April at Aqueduct in New York.

The Wood Memorial featured three horses — Ocelli (third), Napoleon Solo (fifth) and Iron Honor (seventh) — who will also run in Saturday’s Preakness.

Chip Honcho, who is set to begin the Preakness from post position No, 6, will have history on his side Saturday. The Preakness winner has come from post No. 6 a remarkable 17 times in race history. The most recent horse to win the race from post No. 6 was Rombauer in 2021.

Bob Baffert — who doesn’t have a horse in this year’s race — leads all trainers with eight victories in the Preakness. The 73-year-old Baffert has conditioned eight Preakness winners in his career: Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), Point Given (2001), War Emblem (2002), Lookin At Lucky (2010), American Pharoah (2015), Justify (2018), and National Treasure (2023).

American Pharoah and Justify each won the Preakness Stakes as part of Triple Crown-winning campaigns.

The total purse for this year’s Preakness Stakes is $2 million, with the winning horse earning $1.2 million. Earlier this month, Golden Tempo took home $3.1 million from the $5 million Kentucky Derby purse after winning the Run for the Roses.

This story was originally published May 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM.

Cameron Drummond

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