When is Preakness Stakes 2022: Date, TV channel, time, distance, race coverage

The Preakness Stakes returns in its traditional spot after the Kentucky Derby in the Triple Crown season. The race has been called “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” because a blanket of Maryland’s state flower is placed across the winning colt or filly.

NBC is home to the 147th Preakness Stakes, providing comprehensive race coverage and analysis live on TV, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock before, during and after. Coverage begins on Saturday, May 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. ET on CNBC and moves to NBC from 4 to 7:30 p.m. ET.

NBC will also broadcast the 2022 Belmont Stakes to conclude 2022 Triple Crown coverage.

The Preakness Stakes, traditionally held on the first or second Saturday in June, is the second-most attended Grade 1 Thoroughbred stakes races in North America. First run in 1873, this 1 3/16-mile (9.5 furlongs) race is the second of the American Triple Crown of horse racing.

The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday, May 21, 2022 on NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

The weekend kicks off with the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday, May 20 from 5 to 6 p.m. ET on the USA Network. For the Preakness, coverage runs from 2 to 4 p.m. ET on CNBC and moves to NBC from 4 to 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Preakness is held on the dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., where it has been held since its inaugural running in 1873.

NBC is home to the 147th Preakness Stakes, providing comprehensive race coverage and analysis live on TV, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and Peacock before, during and after. NBC will also broadcast the 2022 Belmont Stakes.

Only three-year-old thoroughbreds can qualify for the Preakness Stakes. The winner of the Kentucky Derby, Federico Tesio Stakes,