Preakness Contenders: Then and Now

Contenders in this year’s Preakness Stakes have all amassed impressive résumés leading up to this year’s edition of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course; but before they were stars on the racetrack, they were unnamed foals playing in fields.
Thanks to The Jockey Club, the breed registry for American Thoroughbreds that you see running at tracks every day, we’ve tracked down baby pictures of the probable runners in this year’s Preakness Stakes so you can see how far they’ve come. The signs in some of the images indicate the foal's dam (mother) and year of birth for identification, since the foals were unnamed at the time.
All photos of adult horses courtesy of Eclipse Sportswire unless otherwise indicated.
American Pharoah - Then

Now

Photo by Penelope P. Miller/America's Best Racing
Bodhisattva - Then

Now

Photo by Jim McCue
Danzig Moon - Then

Now

Divining Rod - Then

Now 

Dortmund - Then

Now

Photo by Benoit Photography
Firing Line - Then

Now

Tale of Verve - Then

Now

Photo by Coady Photography
Mr. Z - Then

Now