The Preakness Stakes is a horse race in the United States. It is a 1 3/16-mile (about 1,900-meter) flat race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, in mid-May. It is the second race of the Triple Crown of American horse racing. The other two races are the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
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