Preakness Stakes Printable Coloring and Activity Pages

My how time flies, it is already time for the 134^th Preakness! The Preakness Stakes are the second part of the Triple Crown. It is similar to the Kentucky Derby, in that it is a race of 3-year-old thoroughbred horses. It is held annually on the third Saturday in May, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Are you and your child ready for the "Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"? The race is named this because the winner of the race traditionally gets a wreath of Black-Eyed Susans, Maryland's state flower, placed around its neck. Whether you will be out at the Pimlico Race Course or celebrating at home, you may be looking for something fun for you and your child to do. If you are fan of the horse races or horses and like to color, here are some coloring pages for you:

Coloring Book Pages - Horse Racing: On this page you can color your own jockey silks, the famous Seabiscuit and his jockey, and Salty Jones and his jokey, several colts, and a nursing colt and its mother.

The perfect pages for your pre-school child or kindergartner are at, First School - Horse Coloring Pages. There are letters with themed horses on them that you will find there. You'll find all things equestrian as well. If your child is into studying animals that are now extinct, have them color the Quagga. It was a relative of the Zebra.

At this site, http://www.awhitehorse.com/coloringbook/horses/ you will find horses that range from racing horses to carousel horses to color.

On this site, http://www.coloring.ws/horse.htm it is doubtful you will want to ride any of these horses in a horse race. They are all done as comics. But they sure look fun to color.

Coloring Pages and More - Horse Coloring Pages: On these pages you will also find fun cartoon style pictures of horses in the stables and horses kicking up their heels. There are some fun facts about horses listed at the bottom of the page. Don't forget to read them.

This site has four printable pictures of horses to color, Star World Rocks - Free Horse Coloring Pages. One of the horses looks like he is saddled up for the races!

Want to stay occupied for hours or have pages for kids at various age levels? Try http://www.hellokids.com/t_115/horses for 38 different horses to color.

Here is a coloring page with a giant sized Black-Eyed Susan that can be colored: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/maryland/susan2.htm. From this page you can link to various other coloring pages, games and the all important activities that were too numerous to list.

For a huge listing of activities, puzzles and jokes see About.Com Racing page http://horseracing.about.com/od/humorandjokes/Fun_Stuff.htm. Don't miss out on the fun.