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Preakness Stakes 2022: Meet Horses From The 147th Race

Thoroughbred Rich Strike will be noticeably absent from the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland.

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In this Oct. 3, 2020, file photo, Swiss Skydiver (4), with Robby Albarado aboard, wins the 145th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Meet the horses running in Saturday's Preakness.
In this Oct. 3, 2020, file photo, Swiss Skydiver (4), with Robby Albarado aboard, wins the 145th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Meet the horses running in Saturday's Preakness. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

BALTIMORE, MD — The top thoroughbreds in horse racing will compete in the second race in the Triple Crown series Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the 147th Preakness Stakes. Only nine horses are competing in the stakes race, significantly narrowing down the field of 20 that initially ran in the 148th Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will be noticeably absent from the race, meaning there will be no Triple Crown winner this year. However, some familiar faces will be in the field, along with some new ones.

The race will be less than 2 minutes, but there are several standout horses ready to outpace the others in the 1 3/16 miles to win the $1.5 million purse. You can watch the race on NBC at 7:01 p.m. E.T.

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Check out some photos of the thoroughbreds training ahead of 147th Preakness Stakes and their post positions for the race.

The Horses And Their Positions for the 147th Preakness Stakes

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1. Simplification

2. Creative Minister

3. Fenwick

4. Secret Oath

5. Early Voting

6. Happy Jack

7. Armagnac

8. Epicenter

9. Skippylongstocking

Graphic shows silks, horses, trainers, jockeys and odds for the entries in the Preakness Stakes. (Image via AP)

Secret Oath

Horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, right, rides alongside exercise rider Oscar Quevedo and Preakness entrant Secret Oath off the track after a morning workout. Lukas could have entered the filly in the Black-Eyed Susan on Friday. Instead, the 86-year-old Hall of Fame trainer chose the Preakness for the Kentucky Oaks winner, who has done well facing off against male horses in previous opportunities. Secret Oath will break from the fourth position with jockey Luis Seaz. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Simplification

Preakness entrant Simplification gallops during a morning workout Thursday. Simplification took home the win for the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes in March and is looking to add another stakes win on Saturday. The bay placed fourth in the Kentucky Derby. He will be ridden by John Velazquez and break from the first position. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Epicenter

Preakness entrant Epicenter, left, the runner up in the Kentucky Derby horse race, leaves the track after a workout ahead of the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday. On Saturday, Epicenter will be running in the stakes in the eighth position with jockey Joel Rosario. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Fenwick
Preakness entrant Fenwick is cleaned up after working out. Fenwick has a 50-1 shot of winning the race. Could he have the same kind of long shot luck Rich Strike did in the derby? Fenwick is posted in the third position with jockey Florent Geroux. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Creative Minister

Creative Minister is on a hot streak, winning his last two races. His odds currently sit at 10-1. Jockey Brian Hernandez will will ride Creative Minister in the second post position in Saturday's race. (Scott Serio/CSM/Shutterstock)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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