Preakness Stakes making shocking Triple Crown change

It’s a Triple Crown first. For the first time in the century-plus-old history of the horseracing series – which features the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes – there will be a race held on a Sunday next year. The Preakness Stakes, typically held on the third Saturday in May, is moving to the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, per Maryland governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Jockey Club. Taj Mahal and other horses compete during the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race on May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson They announced the change Wednesday, hoping to bring a top field back to the second leg of the Triple Crown. The shift is largely in response to the recent increase in trainers not run