The picture of the field for the 2016 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico is beginning to become clear as the post position draw looms on Wednesday. The second jewel of the Triple Crown is scheduled to run on Saturday, May 21 and will feature the undefeated champion Nyquist. 
Every year following the Kentucky Derby, so-called 'new shooters' join the Triple Crown series at the Preakness to take on the Derby champion. Here's a look at this year's challengers. 
Racing at Belmont Park this Saturday includes a handful of stakes, including the (G1) Man O' War, the (G2) Ruffian Handicap and (G2) Peter Pan Stakes. 
While not wishing any ill will, the connections to horses on the AE list must sit and wait to see if there's a late scratch out of the race. 
Outside of a couple Kentucky Derby favorites, the 2016 Run for the Roses lacks for speed, but not closers. Which come-from-behind horse will get there first? 
In one of the more wide-open betting races on the Kentucky Oaks undercard May 6 at Churchill Downs, the Grade 2, $400,000 Alysheba features a field of ten veteran runners set to go a mile and a sixteenth on the main track. 
On Saturday at Charles Town, the track will host the $100,000 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes. Restricted to three-year-olds, the seven-furlong contest has drawn a field of seven colts and geldings. 
The 86th running of the Grade 3 Ben Ali April 16 at Keeneland features a field of ten older horses set to go a mile and an eighth in a betting race with plenty of viable angles. 
On Friday at Keeneland, the featured race is the $300,000 Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes. Scheduled to be run at one mile on the turf, the Grade 1 event has drawn a wide open field of nine contenders. 
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