Grade 1 · Pimlico · Saturday, May 17, 2025
2025 Preakness Stakes Results
Journalism won the 2025 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 17, 2025, ridden by Umberto Rispoli for trainer Michael McCarthy, and paid $4.00 to win. Gosger was second and Sandman third in a field of 9.
2025 Preakness Stakes winner
Journalism
- Jockey
- Umberto Rispoli
- Trainer
- Michael McCarthy
- Post position
- 2
- Odds at post
- 1.00-1
- Winning margin
- 1/2 length
- Final time
- 1:55.47
- Track
- Fast
- Field
- 9
- Distance
- 1 3/16 Miles · Dirt
$2 win
$4.00
$2 place
$2.80
$2 show
$2.40
How the 2025 Preakness Stakes was won
Journalism won by 1/2 length over Gosger, with Sandman third and Goal Oriented fourth. Sent off at 1.00-1, Journalism paid $4.00 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.40 to show. The $1 exacta (2-9) paid $16.90, the $1 trifecta (2-9-7) paid $73.50 and the $1 superfecta (2-9-7-1) paid $303.40. The final time was 1:55.47 over a fast track, in a field of 9.
Umberto Rispoli rode Journalism for trainer Michael McCarthy. Michael McCarthy also trained the winner in 2021.
Journalism came into it having won the 2025 Santa Anita Derby. Journalism went on to win the 2025 Haskell Stakes.
Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism won as the 8-5 morning-line favorite after drawing post 2.
Preakness Stakes payouts
$1 Exacta
2-9 paid $16.90
$1 Trifecta
2-9-7 paid $73.50
$1 Superfecta
2-9-7-1 paid $303.40
$1 Super High Five
2-9-7-1-4 paid $1,767.30
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How they finished
2025 Preakness Stakes
| Fin | Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journalism | Umberto Rispoli | $4.00 | $2.80 | $2.40 |
| 2 | Gosger | Luis Saez | — | $9.00 | $5.40 |
| 3 | Sandman | John Velazquez | — | — | $3.60 |
| 4 | Goal Oriented | Flavien Prat | — | — | — |
Previous Preakness Stakes winners
- 2024Seize the GreyJaime Torres · D. Wayne Lukas
- 2023National TreasureJohn Velazquez · Bob Baffert
- 2022Early VotingJosé Ortiz · Chad Brown
- 2021RombauerFlavien Prat · Michael McCarthy
- 2020Swiss SkydiverRobby Albarado · Kenny McPeek
More big race results
Results from public race records (source), checked October 2026. For entertainment purposes only.