A field of eleven is entered for tomorrow’s Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister was made the morning line favorite this week. He’ll run from post position seven.Derby winner I’ll Have Another was the early second choice. He’ll break from post position nine. A Preakness win would set up an opportunity for him to become racing’s first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.The Preakness field of eleven, the smallest since 2007, includes six horses that ran in the Derby.Post time at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course is 6:18pm EDT.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.
