The 2021 Preakness Stakes is Saturday and the two favorites, including one who could challenge for the Triple Crown, will be under heavy scrutiny because of their controversial trainer.
Medina Spirit — the Kentucky Derby winner trained by Bob Baffert who would be stripped of that title if a second drug test comes back positive for betamethasone — is indeed slated to run at Pimlico along with the trainer’s other horse, Concert Tour.
Both Medina Spirit and Concert Tour will be subjected to additional testing and monitoring as a condition of their entry in the race.
As for the rest of the field? The Preakness post position draw took place on Tuesday afternoon, so here’s the official order and opening odds for the 10 horses set to run on Saturday: