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Seize the Grey won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Wayne Lukas, 88 years young, wins the Preakness. The legendary trainer's horse, Seize the Grey, goes to the front and stays there, holding off a challenge from Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.

"We had some big expectations, but this exceeds all those expectations." Seize the Grey paid $21.60 to win, $8.40 to place and $4.40 to show. Mystik Dan paid $4.20 and $2.80, while third-place Catching Freedom paid $3.20 to show.

Wayne Lukas' Seize the Grey goes wire-to-wire to win the 149th Preakness Stakes on a muddy day at Pimlico, giving the 88-year-old trainer his seventh career Preakness win. There will be no horse racing Triple Crown in 2024: Seize the Grey won the 149th Preakness Stakes at a muddy Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Although the Preakness Stakes has historically been dominated by colts and geldings, 56 fillies have run in the race and six fillies have claimed Preakness victories. The first filly to win the Preakness was Flocarline in 1903 followed by Whimsical in 1906, Rhine Maiden in 1915 and Nellie Morse in 1924.

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The $2 exacta paid $119.40. The $1 trifecta paid $183.70. The $1 superfecta, with fourth-place finisher Tuscan Gold joining the top three, paid $749. Mystik Dan went off as the betting favorite at 2-1.

How much money did the Preakness Stakes winner earn in 2024? The 2024 Preakness Stakes, meanwhile, featured the same purse ($2 million) and first-place prize ($1.2 million) as this year's Belmont. However, only the top five finishers in the eight-horse Preakness earned a share of the prize money.

What did Seize the Grey go off at? ›

Seize the Grey went off at 9-1, one of the longest shots on the board. Mystik Dan finished second in the field of eight horses running in the $2 million, 1 3/16-mile race.

The Preakness Stakes has room for 14 horses each year. In 2024, there will only be eight horses running after Muth scratched.

The track at Pimlico is 1 3/16 miles, or 9.5 furlongs, long, making it the shortest of the Triple Crown horse races. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan enters as the 8-5 betting favorite in the latest 2024 Preakness Stakes odds after morning-line favorite Muth was forced to withdraw from the 2024 Preakness Stakes field.

Jack Harlow made his debut on the Pimlico Infield by headlining Preakness LIVE 2024, closing out a full day of live music and entertainment after performances by Gryffin, Channel Tres, Frank Walker, and Chantel Jeffries.

BALTIMORE -- The winner of this year's Preakness takes home about $1.2 million. After Seize the Grey won the race on Saturday, that prize money will be divvied up between its more than 2500 owners. "It was just incredible," said Viktoria Schofield, another co-owner.

The 2024 Preakness Stakes, meanwhile, featured the same purse ($2 million) and first-place prize ($1.2 million) as this year's Belmont. However, only the top five finishers in the eight-horse Preakness earned a share of the prize money.

Dornoch, co-owned by 2008 World Series champion Jayson Werth, won the Belmont Stakes Saturday evening, beating the favorites in the field.