2026 Preakness Stakes: Weather forecast, could it rain on race day?

May 16th, 2026

What will the weather be like at the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park today?

Looking through several respected weather websites, we can see the morning conditions are excellent for racing today and at prime time 7pm there should be no rain and warm temperatures.

The national weather service says today will be Sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 3 to 8 mph and tonight poses a slight chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

The Weather Channel's Preakness Stakes Forecast

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Track
Preakness at Laurel
Race
13
Time
11:01 PM
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Horse Info
Horse Name
Jockey
Trainer
Odds
1
Taj Mahal
Russell, Sheldon
Russell, Brittany T
5/1
2
Ocelli
Gaffalione, Tyler
Beckman, D Whitworth
6/1
3
Crupper
Alvarado, Junior
Von Hemel, Donnie K
30/1
4
Robusta
Bejarano, Rafael
O'neill, Doug F
30/1
5
Talkin
Ortiz; Jr, Irad
Gargan, Danny
20/1
6
Chip Honcho
Ortiz, Jose L
Asmussen, Steven M
5/1
7
The Hell We Did
Saez, Luis
Fincher, Todd W
15/1
8
Bull By The Horns
Husbands, Micah J
Joseph; Jr, Saffie A
30/1
9
Iron Honor
Prat, Flavien
Brown, Chad C
9/2
10
Napoleon Solo
Lopez, Paco
Summers, Chad
8/1
11
Corona De Oro
Velazquez, John R
Stewart, Dallas
30/1
12
Incredibolt
Torres, Jaime A
Mott, Riley
5/1
13
Great White
Achard, Alex
Ennis, John
15/1
14
Pretty Boy Miah
Santana; Jr, Ricardo
Englehart, Jeremiah C
15/1
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