Preakness Stakes 2024 winner, payouts, results: Seize the Grey wins at Pimlico, Mystik Dan finishes 2nd, ending Triple Crown bid

The Woodlawn Vase will be presented to the winner of the Preakness this afternoon. It's valued at over $4 million, which makes it one of the most valuable trophies in all of sports.

Ray Lewis has given the call for riders up, and the horses are getting set to load in to the gate. Just as the horses and jockeys are making their way to the starting gate, the sun has come out at Pimlico, peeking through the clouds for the first time this afternoon. The track will be muddy — the first time the Preakness has been run in officially muddy track conditions since 1939.

It's official. We've got a muddy track today in Baltimore.

On a very wet turf track, as rain continues to fall at Pimlico, it was the Irish horse Balnikhov (5-1) taking first in the $500,000 Dinner Party Stakes with Crabs N Beer (14-1) second and Running Bee (9/5) third. The appetizers are now over, about 50 minutes away from the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes, which will be run on a bit of a muddy track.

3 — Balnikhov WIN: $12.80 PLACE: $6.00 SHOW: $3.80
6 — Crabs N Beer PLACE: $12.00 SHOW: $5.20
5 — Running Bee SHOW: $3.00

• $1.00 EXACTA: 3-6 $91.50

• $0.50 TRIFECTA: 3-6-5 $174.45

• $0.10 SUPERFECTA: 3-6-5-1 $177.12

In the final sprint race before the Preakness Grooms All Bizness (5-1) took first in the $100,000 Jack McKay Turf Sprint over 5 furlongs (5/8 mile). Just one race remains before the main event, the 149th Preakness Stakes in Race 13 of the day.

1 — Grooms All Bizness WIN: $13.60 PLACE: $6.00 SHOW: $4.20
11 — Witty PLACE: $4.20 SHOW: $3.20
6 — Smooth B SHOW: $7.80

• $1.00 EXACTA: 1-11 $30.90

• $0.50 TRIFECTA: 1-11-6 $236.20

• $0.10 SUPERFECTA: 1-11-6-7 $615.81

Rain is expected to continue in the Baltimore area throughout the rest of the afternoon. While track conditions are currently listed as "good," the precipitation could lead to a muddy track for the Preakness Stakes.

A thrilling $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes came down to the wire as Corporate Power won by a nose over Gould's Gold in a must-see finish. Race 11 is up next at 4:55 p.m. ET.

5 — Corporate Power WIN: $5.20 PLACE: $3.40 SHOW: $2.40
6 — Gould's Gold PLACE: $5.00 SHOW: $ 3.20
10 — Imperial Gun SHOW: $2.80

• $1.00 EXACTA: 5-6 $15.30

• $0.50 TRIFECTA: 5-6-10 $15.10

• $0.10 SUPERFECTA: 5-6-10-2 $12.97

Well traveled, star jockey Flavien Pratt is back in Baltimore looking for his second win at the Preakness (2019, Rombauer). He'll be piloting Catching Freedom in this evening's Preakness Stakes looking for his third Triple Crown Race victory — he also was declared the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby aboard Country House, which crossed the line second but was elevated to the official Winner's Circle after Maximum Security was disqualified for impeding other horses on the track.

Race 9 is in the books at Pimlico and Starlight Racing & Mark B. Grier's Fulmineo too the 8 furlong turf race. Up next in Race 10, the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes for 3-year-olds set for 4:10 p.m. ET.

12 — Fulmineo: WIN: $6.60 PLACE: $3.60 SHOW: $2.60
7 — Crystal Quest: PLACE: $4.60 SHOW: $3.00
10 — Abrumar: SHOW: $3.20

• $1.00 EXACTA: 12-7 $12.90

• $0.50 TRIFECTA: 12-7-10 $22.60

• $0.10 SUPERFECTA: 12-7-10-3 $26.44

Legendary trainer Bob Baffert has been persona non grata at the Kentucky Derby for the last couple of years because of a suspension following his 2021 Derby winner Medina Spirit failing a post-race drug test. That three-year ban is up after this season, so he's likely to be back at Churchill Downs next year, but the suspension stemming from that incident at both the Preakness and the Belmont are up, and he has one horse, Imagination, in the Preakness today. He did train morning line favorite Muth, who was scratched earler in the week.

(Last updated at 6 p.m. ET)

1. Mugatu — 16-1
2. Uncle Heavy — 7-1
3. Catching Freedom — 7/2
4. Muth (scratched)
5. Mystik Dan — 5/2
6. Seize the Grey — 9-1
7. Just Steel — 9-1
8. Tuscan Gold — 4-1
9. Imagination — 4-1

Temperatures are in the mid 60s this afternoon under overcast skies, with an 80% chance of rain throughout the afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m. ET, the track is already muddy, but the rain has taken a break with more expected before Race 13, the Preakness Stakes, with a post time set for 6:50 p.m. ET.

The 149th Preakness Stakes is here, and Mystik Dan is at the top of the board coming off a win at the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. The eight horse field was supposed to be a nine horse field, but morning line favorite Muth was scratched earlier this week because of a fever.