What Time Does the Preakness Stakes Start and End?

The 150th edition of the “Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” is about to transpire. This year’s Preakness Stakes will take place on Saturday, May 17. 

Below is information on the frequently asked questions of what time does the Preakness Stakes start and what time does the Preakness end? We also look at how you can watch and how you can bet on this year’s big race from Pimlico.

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Here are Preakness Stakes odds for horses that could potentially make this year’s Preakness field. Morning line odds and post positions will be made official at the Preakness draw on Monday, May 12.

• Journalism (8-1)
• Baeza 12-1
• Clever Again (15-1)
• Gosger (15-1)
• Pay Billy (15-1)
• River Thames (15-1)
• Sandman (15-1)
• Sovereignty (15-1)
• Caldera (20-1)
• Heart of Honor (20-1)
• Hill Road (20-1)
• Poster (20-1)
• Rodriguez (20-1)
• Voldemort (20-1)
• Luxor Cafe (30-1)
• Tiztastic (40-1)
• Burnham Square (40-1)
• East Avenue (40-1)
• Grande (40-1)
• Madaket Road (40-1)
• Admiral Dennis 50-1
• Admire Daytona 50-1
• American Promise 50-1
• Bracket Buster (50-1)
• Built (50-1)
• Captain Cook (50-1)
• Chunk of Gold (50-1)
• Citizen Bull (50-1)
• Coal Battle (50-1)
• Final Gambit (50-1)
• Flying Mohawk (50-1)
• Neoequous (50-1)
• Owen Almighty (50-1)
• Publisher (50-1)
• Render Judgment (50-1)

⌚ What time does the Preakness Stakes start?

The Preakness Stakes is known for its party atmosphere and the party in the infield starts early on Saturday. Most Preakness viewers, though, are only concerned with when the actual race starts.

This year’s Preakness Stakes starts at 6:50 p.m. ET. This is an approximate start time as there is always a ton of pre-race pomp and circumstance.

Viewers at Pimlico Race Course and at home will surely want to be in their seats by 6:45 p.m. ET or so.

What time does the Preakness Stakes end?

When it comes to drama, horse racing will always give you a quick fix. The Preakness is particularly quick to determine a winner as victors routinely clock in at just under 2 minutes. Last year’s winner won with a time of 1 minute and 56 seconds. 

So, expect the Preakness Stakes to end around 6:52 p.m. ET.

📺 How to watch the Preakness Stakes

If you’re not attending Pimlico on May 17, there are plenty of ways to watch the Preakness Stakes live. NBC has the traditional TV broadcast in the US. Its coverage will begin at 4 p.m. ET and end at 7:30 p.m. ET. NBC’s live streaming service, Peacock, will have coverage starting at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 17. You can also view this coverage on CNBC.

TSN will broadcast the Preakness in Canada.

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