Paco Lopez, atop Napoleon Solo, wins the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Friday, May 15, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
LAUREL, MD-- The roan colored thoroughbred Napoleon Solo won Saturday's running of the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park. The second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown took place at Laurel Park this year as Pimlico Race Course was demolished in June 2025 for a $400 million renovation.
Napoleon Solo claimed the $2 million purse after narrowly beating out Iron Honor and Chip Honcho respectively in a final home stretch win. The weather was perfect for the pack of fourteen horses to blaze the mile and three-sixteenths course.
There will be no triple crown winner this year because Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo's trainer, Cherie DeVaux opted out of running for the Black-Eyed Susan sash. Instead the first female Kentucky Derby winning trainer is focusing on keeping Golden Tempo healthy ahead of the Belmont Stakes in June.
Racing fans must wait to watch Golden Tempo and Napoleon Solo face off against each other in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in three weeks.
Trainer Chad Summers and jockey Paco Lopez were joined by the horse's owner Al Gold in the winner's circle to receive the Woodlawn vase. Plenty of spectators were in attendance to watch the race, wear fancy hats and sip Black-Eyed Susan cocktails.
See photos from the 151st running of the of the Preakness Stakes and the fashionable hats that graced Laurel Park.
A woman in a sunflower hat looks on as horses run the track at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Pimlico Race Course, where the Preakness is typically held, was demolished in June 2025 for a $400 million renovation. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock)
The 151st Preakness Stakes takes places at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland on Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock)
A person sells Black-eyed Susan cocktail drinks ahead of the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A woman watches the second race of the day at Laurel Park. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock)
Michael Freeze from Havertown, Pennsylvania dresses as a jockey. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock)
Paco Lopez, right, atop Napoleon Solo, leads the pack to win the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Napoleon Solo, leads the pack. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A woman wears a hat with a horse on top at Laurel Park. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock)
People watch the track as horses race by. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Paco Lopez reacts after riding Napoleon Solo to win the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Paco Lopez is lead to the winners circle . (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
From left, jockey Paco Lopez, owner Al Gold, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, and trainer Chad Summers celebrate after Napoleon Solo won the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Jockey Paco Lopez pats Napoleon Solo after their win. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)