Meet the Preakness Stakes horses who ran in the 2026 race

The Preakness Stakeswhich featured its biggest field in 15 years with 14 horses in the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crownwas won by Napoleon Solowho entered Saturday's race with 8-1 morning odds. 

None of the horses in the Maryland race had a chance to sweep the Triple Crownthe series for 3-year-olds consisting of the DerbyPreakness and the Belmont Stakes in New York. Derby winner Golden Tempo skipped the Preaknessmarking the third time in five years that the victor in the Run for the Roses isn't competing in the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans.

After history was made earlier this month at the Kentucky Derbywhere the winning trainer was a woman for the first timea different trainer had the chance to accomplish a similar feat at the Preaknessbut fell short.  

2026 Preakness Stakes horses and odds

Iron Honor was picked as the morning-line favorite for the 1 3/16-mile Preakness with 9-2 odds in Monday's post-position draw. The odds for all the horses in the race changed as bettors place their wagers leading up to Saturday's approximate post time of 7:01 p.m. ET.

Here's a list of the horses who raced in the Preakness in order by post position with their morning-line odds:

• 1. Taj Mahal5-1
• 2. Ocelli6-1
• 3. Crupper30-1
• 4. Robusta30-1
• 5. Talkin20-1
• 6. Chip Honcho5-1
• 7. The Hell We Did15-1
• 8. Bull by the Horns30-1
• 9. Iron Honor9-2
• 10. Napoleon Solo8-1
• 11. Corona de Oro30-1
• 12. Incredibolt5-1
• 13. Great White15-1
• 14. Pretty Boy Miah15-1

The last time 14 horses raced in the Preakness was in 2011when Shackleford beat Derby winner Animal Kingdom by half a length.

One major difference between then and now is the venue. The Preakness was held this year at Maryland's Laurel Parklocated between WashingtonD.C.and Baltimorewhich has been the race's home since 1909. The relocation is temporary while Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course is being redevelopedand the Preakness is expected to be held at the new Pimlico next year.

The Wood Memorial was the most recent race for Napoleon Solowho got 8-1 odds in the morning line. Before thatthe gray colt finished fifth in Florida's Fountain of Youth Stakes in February ahead of fellow Preakness contender Bull by the Hornswho came in seventh. In OctoberNapoleon Solo won New York's Champagne Stakesbeating Preakness rival Talkinwho came in second and was given 20-1 odds in the morning line for Saturday.

Paco Lopez rode Napoleon Solo in what was his second Preakness. The 40-year-old finished fifth aboard Max Player in 2020. The colt will be trainer Chad Summers' first in the Preakness.

Iron Honor didn't race in the Derby on the first Saturday of May at its home of Churchill Downs in Louisville. The bay colt won the Gotham Stakes at New York City's Aqueduct Racetrack in February. He didn't fare as well in the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct last monthcoming in seventh behind fellow Preakness contenders Ocelli and Napoleon Solowho finished third and fifthrespectively.

Jockey Flavien Pratwho was aboard 10th-place finisher Emerging Market in the Derbyrode Iron Honor in the Preakness. The colt was Prat's fourth mount in the race. The 33-year-old rode Rombauer to victory in 2021 and came in third with Catching Freedom in 2024. Last yearhe came in fourth place aboard Goal Oriented.

Iron Honor's trainerChad Brownwas chasing his third Preakness victory after seeing Early Voting win in 2022 and Cloud Computing in 2017.

Three horses were right behind Iron Honor in the morning line with 5-1 odds each: Chip HonchoIncredibolt and Taj Mahal.

Trainer Brittany Russell had a chance to make history at the Preakness with Taj Mahal two weeks after Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train a Derby winner with Golden Tempo.

Russell became the 17th woman to saddle a Preakness horse and the first since 2019when Alwaysminingtrained by Kelly Rubleycame in 11th. The closest a woman has come to training a Preakness winner was in 2002when the Nancy Alberts-trained Magic Weisner finished in second placethree-quarters of a length behind the winnerWar Emblem.

Taj Mahal came into the Preakness undefeatedhaving won three races at his home track of Laurel Parkincluding February's Miracle Wood Stakes and the Federico Tesio Stakes last month.

One difference between those races and the Preakness is that the bay colt started from the No. 1 post. While the post is the closest position in the starting gate to the inside of the racetrackit comes with the risk of horses being boxed in between the rail and the rest of the field early in the race.

"You know it's funny. I said to myselfthe only spot I was hoping not to be was the rail," Russell said after the post-position drawaccording to a news release. "It's OK. It's all good."

Her husbandSheldon Russellrode Taj Mahal in his three victoriesand he had mount for the Preakness. It was the 38-year-old's fourth time in the racewith his most recent also being his best finish with Chase the Chaoswho came in fifth in 2023.

Chip Honcho skipped the Derby for the Preakness. The decision to bypass the Derby came in late April amid the runup to the Triple Crown opener after the dark bay colt finished fifth in March's Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.

Chip Honcho had seen some success at Fair Grounds before the Derbywinning the Gun Runner Stakes in December and finishing second at the Risen Star Stakes on Valentine's Day. The colt also came in fourth at the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds in January.

Jose Ortizwho was aboard Golden Tempo for his Derby victory as well as the winner of the all-filly Kentucky Oaks a day earlierrode Chip Honcho in the Preakness. This year's race was the seventh for the 32-year-oldwho had the mount when Early Voting won in 2022 and when Good Magic came in fourth in 2018.

Chip Honcho was the 18th Preakness contender trained by Steve Asmussen. He was looking for a return to the winner's circle after going there twicewith Rachel Alexandra in 2009 and Curlin in 2007.

Incredibolt finished sixth in the Derbybehind the third-place Ocelli but ahead of fellow Preakness contender Robustawho came in 14th. The dark bay colt won the Virginia Derby in Marchbeating Ocelliwho finished sixth. Incredibolt also won October's Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs and finished last out of six horses in January's Holy Bull Stakes in Florida.

Jaime Torreswho's ridden Incredibolt throughout the colt's racing careerwaas eyeing his second Preakness win. The 27-year-old was aboard Seize the Grey during his wire-to-wire victory at Pimlico in 2024.

Incredibolt was the first Preakness horse saddled by trainer Riley Mott. His fathertrainer Bill Motthas run two horses in the racemost recently Riley Tuckerwho finished 12th in 2008.

In addition to his performances in the Derbythe Wood Memorial and the Virginia DerbyOcelli — who was given 6-1 odds in the morning line — also competed in Florida's Sam F. Davis Stakes in Februarycoming in sixth.

Tyler Gaffalione was aboard the bay colt for the Preakness. Ocelli was also under the 31-year-old for his third-place Derby finish. Saturday's race was Gaffalione's fourth Preaknesshis top result coming in 2024 with Tuscan Gold's fourth-place finish. The race was Whit Beckman's first Preakness as a trainer.

Three horses — Great WhitePretty Boy Miah and The Hell We Did — were given morning-line odds of 15-1.

Four more got 30-1 odds: Bull by the HornsCorona de OroCrupper and Robusta.