<Tr> <Th> Weight </Th> <Td> Colt / Gelding: 126 pounds (57 kg) Filly: 121 pounds (55 kg) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Purse </Th> <Td> US $1,500,000 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland . It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs (1 ⁄ miles (1,900 m) on dirt . Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes . </P> <P> First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after a winning colt at Pimlico . The race has been termed "The Run for the Black - Eyed Susans" because a blanket of yellow flowers altered to resemble Maryland's state flower is placed around the winner's neck . Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, only surpassed by the Kentucky Derby . </P>

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