Blue Grass Stakes fifth-place finisher was also fourth in the John Battaglia Memorial. His lone win came in a Gulfstream maiden race in November. Left on the also-eligible list for horses aimed at Kentucky Derby.

Aqueduct's Withers winner exits a wide-trip fifth in the Wood Memorial in his second trip from his greater Philadelphia base. Sire Social Inclusion also exited the Wood before finishing third in the 2014 Preakness.

Kentucky Derby 4th-place finisher best known for his rallying win in the Louisiana Derby over 1-3/16 miles, the same distance as the Preakness Stakes. Champion trainer Cox has won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont, seeking his first Preakness.

Winner of the Arkansas Derby, as well as Santa Anita's American Pharoah and San Vicente. Runner-up to Fierceness in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile over that track. Baffert has won a record 8 Preakness editions.

Kentucky Derby winner looks to add the Preakness to his ledger. Arkansas Derby third-place finisher was brilliant on a wet track in his prior start, an 8-length win in Oaklawn's Southwest. Son of 2-time Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Goldencents. Trainer McPeek won the Preakness with filly Swiss Skydiver in 2020.

Won Churchill's Pat Day Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard. Third-place finisher in Turfway's Jeff Ruby mustered only a seventh-place effort in his Lexington Stakes bid to garner Kentucky Derby qualifying points. 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won 14 Triple Crown races. Hall of Fame sire Arrogate missed the '16 Triple Crown, but won the Travers/Breeders' Cup Classic.

Pressed the pace and tired to 17th in the Kentucky Derby. Runner-up in Oaklawn's Smarty Jones, Southwest and Arkansas Derby gives 88-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas a shot at 15th Triple Crown race win. Colt is a son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.

Third-place finisher in the Louisiana Derby pointed to the Preakness by trainer Brown, who won this race in '17 and '22 with Cloud Computing and Early Voting, who also skipped the Kentucky Derby. Sire Medaglia d'Oro best known at stud for Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra.

Santa Anita Derby runner-up and San Felipe winner was ineligible to compete in the Kentucky Derby due to Churchill Downs' ban of trainer Baffert (who has won a record 8 Preakness editions). Has been within a neck of victory in all but his career debut.