By AFRO Staff

Marylanders and equestrian lovers from around the country converged on the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for Preakness 148 on May 19 and 20. Fancy hats, dresses and suits paraded around the race track as jockeys prepared for their races. Aside from the main event, Black eyed susan  horse race, one of several races run during the Preakness Stakes, is for phillies only.

The weekend was brought to a high point with Grammy Award winning pop star Bruno Mars. Attendance for the weekend has not returned to pre-pandemic numbers, but Black Baltimore showed up in style. 

Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in American horse racing. The athletes will continue on to the Belmont Stakes, which takes place in Elmont, N.Y.(NY) on Saturday, June 10. As Mage, took the Kentucky Derby, run at Churchill Downs in the first week of May. This year there will be no Triple Crown winner. 

  • Chelsey Bryant and Shamona Mack (Photo by James Fields)
  • James Thomas and Blossom Robinson (Photo by James Fields)
  • Tracey Furbush enjoys a side attraction of Preakness 148. (Photo by James Fields)
  • Jheanelle Wilkins, community vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee in the Maryland House of Delegates, one of the many elected officials to attend Preakness 148. (Photo by James Fields)
  • Beer Can Man, winner of the Jim McKay Turf Sprint, with Jockey Flavien Prat. (Photo by James Fields)
  • Kevin Liles, CEO of 300 Entertainment, looks on as jockeys prepare to race. (Photo by James Fields)
  • Nykidra Robinson of Black Girls Vote (left) and Kalilah Wright of Mess In a Bottle, arrived in effortless style. (Photo by James Fields)
  • Different Regard co-founders Steven White and Dominick Davis of show off their threads while enjoying a day of horse racing. Different Regard is a high end boutique, located at 825 Charles St. in Baltimore. (Photo by James Fields)
  • National Treasure, with Jockey John Velazquez, edges out Blazing Sevens, with Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., to win the148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, May 20 in Baltimore. Kentucky Derby winner Mage, right, finished third.
    (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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