CNN —Seize The Grey bested an eight-horse field to win the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at a muddy Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Entering the race at 9-1 odds, Seize The Grey ran ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan throughout the race.
For the first time in 85 years, the Preakness Stakes was being run on a muddy track, conditions which clearly suited the three-year-old colt.
Jockey Jaime Torres, competing in his first Preakness Stakes, rode Seize The Grey to a wire-to-wire victory.
Rob Carr/Getty ImagesDramatic Kentucky DerbyEntering the race at 18-1 odds, three-year-old Mystik Dan came out victorious after an incredibly close Kentucky Derby.
Persons:
Mystik Dan, Jaime Torres, Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Rob Carr, Dan, Young, Brian Hernandez Jr, ” Mystik Dan, Charlie Riedel, Muth, Mystik, Ray Bryner, “, He’s, Bryner, Wayne Lukas ’
Organizations:
CNN, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Triple, Derby, Sierra, NBC, Jet
Locations:
Baltimore, Elmont , New York, Kentucky, Sierra Leone, Faultless, Churchill Downs