2025 Preakness Stakes: Weather forecast, chance of rain for the day of the race

May 17th, 2025

Track Conditions:

  • DIRT = GOOD
  • TURF = GOOD

Preakness Stakes Day Forecast 

What will the weather be like at Pimlico Park today? Will there be rain?

Weather.com says

  • Current (10:30am ET): 75°
  • At 2pm ET: 87°
  • High: 89°
  • Chance of Rain: 15%
  • Wind Speed: WSW 15 mph
  • Forecast for the day: Sunny to partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible.
  • Night (8:15pm): 66°

National Weather Service says

  • Current (9:53am ET): 76° (24° C)
  • High: 90°

Today's Scratches as of 10:15am ET on May 17, 2025

  • Race 1 - #3
  • Race 2 - #5, #6 (Paco Lopez now aboard)
  • Race 3 - #2, #6
  • Race 4 - #2, #4
  • Race 5 - #1, #5, #13
  • Race 6 - #6
  • Race 7 - #1, #5
  • Race 8 - #2 (new gelding)
  • Race 9 - #1, #7
  • Race 10 - #4, #7
  • Race 11 - #2, #3, #5, #10 (Junior Alvarado now aboard)
  • Race 12 - #3, #9, #11
  • Race 14 - #2, #4 (Alberto Delgado now aboard)

2025 Preakness Stakes - Bet with TwinSpires

Track
Pimlico
Race
13
Time
May 17 2025
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Horse Info
Horse Name
Jockey
Trainer
Odds
1
Goal Oriented
Prat, Flavien
Baffert, Bob
8/1
2
Journalism
Rispoli, Umberto
Mccarthy, Michael W
1/1
3
American Promise
Juarez, Nik
Lukas, D W
12/1
4
Heart Of Honor
Osborne, Saffie
Osborne, Jamie
19/1
5
Pay Billy
Mena, Raul E
Gorham, Michael E
17/1
6
River Thames
Ortiz; Jr, Irad
Pletcher, Todd A
9/1
7
Sandman
Velazquez, John R
Casse, Mark E
6/1
8
Clever Again
Ortiz, Jose L
Asmussen, Steven M
5/1
9
Gosger
Saez, Luis
Walsh, Brendan P
15/1
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