The Preakness Stake, the second Triple Crown race on the horse racing calendar, takes place Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, and nine horses will compete in the 1-and-3/16 mile race.

Just as he was in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby a couple of weeks ago, Journalism (8-5) is the favorite following the Draw for Post Positions for the 150th Preakness Stakes. Journalism drew the No. 2 post Monday in a field of nine for the $2 million, second leg of the Triple Crown.