Preakness 2018: Payouts, Results...And Another Triple Crown?

Every NBC analyst picked him to win. The crowd cheered him in the post parade. And even though most of us at Pimlico could see him for only a couple of furlongs, Justify capped off a dreary Preakness day with a tour de force performance that will have racing fans salivating for a second Triple Crown in four years.

The favorite went off at 2-5 and paid $2.80 to win, topping a $27.40 exacta for $2 and a $148.30 trifecta. Bravazo was a half-length back in second, with Tenfold a neck behind in third.

The win gives trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh Preakness win, while rider Mike Smith got his second.

The announced attendance for the Preakness was 134,487, down slightly from last year, and likely a higher number than actually showed up for one of the worst weather days in Preakness history.

Justify is owned by China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Starlight Racing, and WinStar Farm. He was bred in Kentucky by John D. Gunther and sold for $500,000 as a yearling. With his win in the Preakness, his lifetime earnings, undefeated in five races, is $2.9 million.

Rain had fallen relentlessly in Baltimore for much of this week, and Preakness day dawned misty and rainy. The track was designated "sloppy" (standing water on it) early on and remained that way throughout the day, even though rain stopped by mid-afternoon. Fog had begun to roll in and by Preakness post time, the track was shrouded in cloud, the horses visible only when directly in front of the grandstand, shortly before the winner's circle.

Complete Preakness payouts

$2 double: $4.60

$1 superfecta: $372.50

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