A look at the nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of the U.S. Triple Crown, and thoughts on their chances.

The weekend between the first two races of the Triple Crown will likely include plenty of debate among owners and trainers of top 3-year-olds as they approach Monday's entry deadline for the Preakness Stakes.

Juarez — whose agent, former jockey Gary Stevens, won the Preakness Stakes three times — will be making his Preakness Stakes debut with American Promise. Stevens’ last Preakness win (aboard Oxbow in 2013) came with Lukas as the trainer.

Journalism, who had won three straight graded-stakes races coming into Saturday, had been picked as the morning-line favorite by Mike Battaglia, the oddsmaker at the home of the Derby, Churchill ...

The son of Quality Road earned his first graded stakes victory and a spot in the Belmont Stakes on June 7 at Saratoga Springs.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism and Arkansas Derby winner Sandman both were confirmed as Preakness Stakes candidates during the weekend, while racing in Florida and France turned up some Royal Ascot candidates.

Mitole registered three wins over the winter and spring at Oaklawn Park before his Chick Lang triumph, and would go on to win four Grade 1 stakes including the Met Mile and Breeders’ Cup Sprint and earn the 2019 Eclipse Award as male sprint champion.

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The nine-horse field also includes Sugoi, the front-running winner in last year's edition of the 1 1/2-mile turf test at