FOXSports.com · May 10, 2017
11 fun facts about the Preakness Stakes
Winslow Townson/Winslow Townson-USA TODAY SportsThe 142nd Preakness Stakes is just around the corner: Always Dreaming will take the next step toward racing immortality on May 20 at Pimlico Race Course.
Get ready for the second jewel of the Triple Crown with 11 fun facts below.
The Preakness is usually won by horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby. Just three winners in the last 27 years did not first run in the Derby.
The favorite wins the Preakness more than half of the time. In 141 editions of the race, the favorite has emerged victorious 72 times including two of the last three.