Actress won the $250,000 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes in a photo finish on a sloppy track, running the 1-1/8-mile course in 1:51.87. She entered the race at 12/1 odds. Ridden by Nik Juarez and trained by Nik Servis, she paid $27.60 to win. Lights of Medina finished in second, and Corporate Queen followed a bit behind the pair in third.
Preakness results 2017: Black-Eyed Susan won by longshot Actress
The favorites failed to finish even in the money.
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Actress entered with just a maiden to her name, but the daughter of Tapit brought a good pedigree to the track at Pimlico on Friday. However, her victory was not a total surprise, as she was called a longshot to win by Chicago Now entering the race.
None of the three favorites had much luck. Moana, trained by Todd Pletcher, had the best odds, at 4/1.
The 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes will be held on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. ET. You can watch on NBC beginning at 5 p.m. Or you can stream it online or using an app, including the iTunes AppStore, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire.
You can watch a reply of the race below.
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