2025 Black-Eyed Susan Entries and Odds
101st Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Set for Friday, May 16
The 101st running of the 1 1/8-mile George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course for 3-year-old fillies highlights a spectacular 14-race program on Friday, May 16, that includes six stakes, three graded, worth $1 million in purses and serves as an exciting prelude to Saturday's 150th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
Other graded stakes on the Black-Eyed Susan program are the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) for 3-year-olds and up at the 150th Preakness distance of 1 3/16 miles and $150,000 Miss Preakness (G3) for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs.
Rounding out the stakes action are the listed $100,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles and a pair of scheduled turf events - the $100,000 Hilltop for 3-year-old fillies at one mile and $100,000 The Very One, a five-furlong dash for females 3 and older.
First-race post time Friday is 11:30 a.m. EST. Post time for the Black-Eyed Susan, carded as Race 13, is scheduled for 5:44 p.m. EST.
2025 Black-Eyed Susan Entries & Odds
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When is the Black-Eyed Susan?
The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is on Friday, May 16, 2025
Where is the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes raced?
The Black-Eyed Susan is raced at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Maryland
When is the field drawn for the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes?
Entries & post positions are scheduled to be drawn Sunday, May 11 at Pimlico.
Where can I bet and watch the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes & Preakness Stakes?
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Black-Eyed Susan Pre-Draw News
2025 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Draws 28 Nominees for 101st Running
May 7 - Multiple graded-stakes winners Tenma and Quietside, both exiting the Kentucky Oaks (G1), and Complexity Jane, sporting a 3-0 record, are among 28 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.
The 101st running of the 1 1/8-mile Black-Eyed Susan highlights a spectacular 14-race program that includes six stakes, three graded, worth $1 million in purses that serves as a fitting prelude to the 150th Preakness Stakes (G1), the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, May 17.
Debuting as the Pimlico Oaks in 1919, the race was not run from 1932-36 and 1950, returning in 1951 as the Black-Eyed Susan to honor both the Preakness and the Maryland state flower. Notable winners have included Nellie Morse, the only filly to also go on to win the Preakness, in 1924; and champions Vagrancy, Twilight Tear, But Why Not, Wistful, Real Delight, Office Queen, Davona Dale, Serena's Song, Silverbulletday and Royal Delta.
Baoma Corp's Tenma, trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, prompted the pace in the May 2 Kentucky Oaks and wound up fourth behind unbeaten Good Cheer. The daughter of Florida Derby (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist won the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and Starlet (G2) at 2 and Las Virgenes (G3) and Santa Anita Oaks (G2) to start her sophomore season.
Shortleaf Stable, Inc.'s Quietside had a two-race win streak snapped when sixth in the Oaks, having captured the Honeybee (G3) and Fantasy (G2) in her prior starts. The Oaks was also Quietside's only finish worse than third from eight tries including placings in the Spinaway (G1) and Alcibiades (G1) as a 2-year-old.
Golden Lion Racing's Complexity Jane earned an automatic berth in the Black-Eyed Susan for her three-quarter-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile Weber City Miss April 19 at Laurel Park for Maryland's leading trainer, Brittany Russell. She rallied for a 3 ΒΌ-length debut victory Feb. 1 and finished second after setting the pace but was promoted to first in a one-mile optional claiming allowance March 2. Her stablemate, Repole Stable's Reply, ran second and is also among the nominees.
The group also includes Bernieandtherose, a winner of four straight including back-to-back New York-bred stakes; two-time graded-stakes placed Liam in the Dust; Paris Lily, who beat Liam in the Dust last out to win a Keeneland optional claiming allowance April 6; stakes winners Princess Aliyah, Runnin N Gunnin, Safe Trust, Shkhara Fire and Simply Joking.
Heading the supporting stakes is the historic $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) for 3-year-olds and up going the Preakness distance of 1 3/16 miles, which attracted 28 nominations led by defending champion Pyrenees, who went on to be second in the Stephen Foster (G1) and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1); millionaires Disarm, First Mission, Red Route One - fourth in last year's race - and Repo Rocks; and graded winners Antiquarian and Encino.
A total of 48 3-year-old fillies were nominated to the $150,000 Miss Preakess (G3) sprinting six furlongs. Most prominent among them is Vodka With a Twist, a stakes winner at 2 that has gone on to place in five graded-stakes, two of them Grade 1, including the 2024 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She has faced Black-Eyed Susan nominee Tenma in her last two starts, finishing third in the April 5 Santa Anita Oaks (G2) in her lone start at 3.
Grade 1-winning millionaire filly Candied, third in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) in 2023 and 2024, tops 36 nominees to the $125,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff for fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles. Others include Gun Song (2024) and Taxed (2023), the past two winners of the Black-Eyed Susan; millionaires Hoosier Philly, Morning Matcha and Tarifa, and graded winners Dazzling Move and Occult.
The $100,000 Hilltop for 3-year-old fillies at one mile on the grass saw 49 nominations, among them Irish Group 3 winner Sigh No More, Grade 3-placed As Catch Can, and stakes winners Fionn, G W's Girl, Hollywood Beauty, Kilwin, Me Governor, Pure Majestic, Running Away and White Rocks.
Forty fillies and mares 3 and up were nominated to the $100,000 The Very One sprinting five furlongs on the grass, among them Grade 3 winner Toupie and fellow multiple stakes winners Accomplished Girl, Bosserati, Loon Cry, Miss Harriett and Youalmosthadme; and 2024 The Very One runner-up Shoshanah.
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