Preakness Stakes
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| Grade 1 race | |
|---|---|
| Preakness Stakes | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland  |
| Inaugurated | 1873 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | Preakness Stakes |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 3/16 miles |
| Track | Dirt, Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-year-old |
| Weight | Colt/Gelding: 126 lb (57.2 kg) Filly: 121 lb (54.9 kg) |
| Purse | US$1 million |
The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). The Preakness Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a horseshoe of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta), the state flower of Maryland, is traditionally placed around the winner's neck.
The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. The Preakness is 1 3/16 miles, or 9 1/2 furlongs, compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is 1 1/4 miles. It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, which is 1 1/2 miles.
Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873 . Former Maryland Governor Oden Bowie named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stables in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico Race Course opened on October 25, 1870.
The first Preakness drew seven starters; John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, galloped home easily by 10 lengths, the largest margin of victory until 2004, winning a purse of $2,050.
In 1889, George "Spider" Anderson became the first African-American jockey to win the Preakness. In 1890 Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York hosted the race but, for the next three years, no Preakness Stakes was run. For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York.
Just after the horses for the Preakness are called to the post, the audience is invited to sing "Maryland, My Maryland," the official state song of Maryland. Traditionally, the United States Naval Academy Glee Club assembles in the Pimlico infield to lead the song.
As soon as the Preakness winner has been declared official, a painter climbs a ladder to the top of a replica of the Old Clubhouse cupola. S/he applies the colors of the victorious owner's silks on the jockey and horse that are part of the weather vane atop the infield structure. The horseshoe of black-eyed Susans is placed around the winning horse's neck at this time and a replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning horse's owner. Should that horse have also won the Kentucky Derby, speculation and excitement immediately begin to mount as to whether that horse will go on to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing at the Belmont Stakes in June.
The practice started in 1909 at Pimlico when a horse and rider weather vane sat at the top of the old Members' Clubhouse, which was constructed when Pimlico opened in 1870. The Victorian building was destroyed by fire in June 1966. A replica of the old building's cupola was built to stand in the Preakness winner's circle in the infield.
In 1917, the first "Woodlawn Vase" was awarded to the Preakness winner, who was not allowed to keep it. Eventually a half-size reproduction of the trophy was given to winners to keep permanently. The original trophy is kept at the Maryland Historical Society and brought to the Preakness race each year for the winner's presentation ceremony.
In 1918, 26 horses entered the race, and it was run in two divisions, providing for two winners that year. Currently, the race is limited to 14 horses.
In 1948, the Preakness was televised for the first time by CBS.
The Preakness has been run at seven different distances:
- 1-1/2 miles (2.41 km) : 1873-1888, 1890
- 1-1/4 miles (2.01 km) : 1889
- 1-1/16 miles (1.71 km) : 1894-1900, 1908
- 1 mile 70 yards (1.67 km) : 1901-1907
- 1 mile (1.61 km) : 1909, 1910
- 1-1/8 miles (1.81 km) : 1911-1924
- 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) : 1925-present
The leading Preakness winning jockeys are:
- Eddie Arcaro : (6) including two consecutive wins in 1950-51
- Pat Day : (5) including three consecutive wins in 1994-96
- George Barbee, Bill Hartack and Lloyd Hughes: (3)
The leading Preakness winning trainers are:
- R. Wyndham Walden: (7)
- Thomas J. Healey, D. Wayne Lukas: (5)
- Jim Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Jones, Bob Baffert: (4)
- John Whalen: (3)
Calumet Farm is both the leading breeder and owner of Preakness winners with seven each.
Set by Tank's Prospect in 1985 and equaled by Louis Quatorze in 1996 and Curlin in 2007, the time record for the current 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) Preakness is 1:53 2/5 seconds. (Secretariat, the 1973 winner, was also credited with running 1:53 2/5 by the Daily Racing Form. However, the timer malfunctioned during that race, and Pimlico Race Course does not recognize that time, instead assigning Secretariat a time of 1:54 2/5.) The record victory margin is 11½ lengths, by Smarty Jones in 2004.
Four fillies have won the Preakness:
- 1903 - Flocarline
- 1906 - Whimsical
- 1915 - Rhine Maiden
- 1924 - Nellie Morse
[edit] Preakness Stakes winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Dist. (Miles) |
| 2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stable and Paul Pompa, Jr. | 1:54.80 | 1.1875 |
| 2007 | Curlin | Robby Albarado | Steve Asmussen | Midnight Cry Stables et al | 1:53.46 | 1.1875 |
| 2006 | Bernardini | Javier Castellano | Tom Albertrani | Darley Stables | 1:54.65 | 1.1875 |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | Timothy F. Ritchey | Cash is King Stable | 1:55.04 | 1.1875 |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Someday Farm | 1:55.59 | 1.1875 |
| 2003 | Funny Cide | Jose Santos | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable | 1:55.61 | 1.1875 |
| 2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:56.40 | 1.1875 |
| 2001 | Point Given | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:55.40 | 1.1875 |
| 2000 | Red Bullet | Jerry Bailey | Joe Orseno | Stronach Stables | 1:56.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:55.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1:54.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:54.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1996 | Louis Quatorze | Pat Day | Nick Zito | C-C-H Partners | 1:53.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1995 | Timber Country | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas† | Overbrook/Gainesway/Lewis | 1:54.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook | 1:56.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1993 | Prairie Bayou | Mike E. Smith | Tom Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1:56.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1992 | Pine Bluff | Chris McCarron | Tom Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1:55.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1991 | Hansel | Jerry Bailey | Frank Brothers | Lazy Lane Farms | 1:54.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1990 | Summer Squall | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | Dogwood Stable | 1:53.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | H-G-W Partners | 1:53.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1988 | Risen Star | Ed Delahoussaye | Louie Roussel III | Roussel & R. Lamarque | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | D. & P. Scharbauer | 1:55.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1986 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis | Melvin Stute | Grinstead & Rochelle | 1:54.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1985 | Tank's Prospect | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:53.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1984 | Gate Dancer | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jack Van Berg | Kenneth Opstein | 1:53.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1983 | Deputed Testamony | Donald Miller, Jr. | J. William Boniface | Bonita Farm | 1:55.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1982 | Aloma's Ruler | Jack L. Kaenel | John Lenzini, Jr. | Nathan Scherr | 1:55.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 1:54.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1980 | Codex | Angel Cordero, Jr. | D. Wayne Lukas | Tartan Stable | 1:54.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1:54.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1978 | Affirmed † | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:54.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew † | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | Karen L. Taylor | 1:54.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1976 | Elocutionist | John Lively | Paul Adwell | Eugene C. Cashman | 1:55.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1975 | Master Derby | Darrel McHargue | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1:56.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1974 | Little Current | Miguel A. Rivera | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1:54.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1973 | Secretariat † | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:54.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1972 | Bee Bee Bee | Eldon Nelson | Red Carroll | William S. Farish III | 1:55.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias | Edgar Caibett | 1:54.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1970 | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | John Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | Frank McMahon | 1:55.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm | 1:56.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1:55.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Ford Stable | 1:55.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1965 | Tom Rolfe | Ron Turcotte | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 1:56.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1963 | Candy Spots | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1962 | Greek Money | John L. Rotz | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | 1:57.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1960 | Bally Ache | Bobby Ussery | Jimmy Pitt | Turfland | 1:57.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1959 | Royal Orbit | William Harmatz | Reggie Cornell | Jacques Braunstein | 1:57.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:57.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:56.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1956 | Fabius | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:58.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:54.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1954 | Hasty Road | John Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:57.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | Bill Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:57.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1952 | Blue Man | Conn McCreary | Woody Stephens | White Oak Stable | 1:57.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1951 | Bold | Eddie Arcaro | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1:56.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 1:59.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:56.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1948 | Citation † | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1947 | Faultless | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:59 | 1.1875 |
| 1946 | Assault † | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:01.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1945 | Polynesian | Wayne D. Wright | Morris Dixon | Gertrude T. Widener | 1:58.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:59.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1943 | Count Fleet † | Johnny Longden | G. Donald Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1:57.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1942 | Alsab | Basil James | Sarge Swenke | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 1:57.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1941 | Whirlaway † | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:58.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1940 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | Bill Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 1:58.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1939 | Challedon | George Seabo | Louis J. Schaefer | William L. Brann | 1:59.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1938 | Dauber | Maurice Peters | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farms | 1:59.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1937 | War Admiral † | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1:58.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1936 | Bold Venture | George Woolf | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz | 1:59.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1935 | Omaha † | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:58.40 | 1.1875 |
| 1934 | High Quest | Robert Jones | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:58.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1933 | Head Play | Charley Kurtsinger | Thomas Hayes | Mrs. Silas B. Mason | 2:02.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | H. J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1:59.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1931 | Mate | George Ellis | James W. Healy | Albert C. Bostwick | 1:59.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox † | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:00.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1929 | Dr. Freeland | Louis Schaefer | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 2:01.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1928 | Victorian | Sonny Workman | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Harry P. Whitney | 2:00.20 | 1.1875 |
| 1927 | Bostonian | Whitey Abel | Fred Hopkins | Harry P. Whitney | 2:01.60 | 1.1875 |
| 1926 | Display | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:59.80 | 1.1875 |
| 1925 | Coventry | Clarence Kummer | William B. Duke | Gifford A. Cochran | 1:59.00 | 1.1875 |
| 1924 | Nellie Morse | John Merimee | Albert B. Gordon | Bud Fisher | 1:57.20 | 1.1250 |
| 1923 | Vigil | Benny Marinelli | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:53.60 | 1.1250 |
| 1922 | Pillory | L. Morris | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1:51.60 | 1.1250 |
| 1921 | Broomspun | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1:54.20 | 1.1250 |
| 1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 1:51.60 | 1.1250 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton † | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1:53.00 | 1.1250 |
| 1918 | Jack Hare Jr. | Charles Peak | F. D. Weir | W. E. Applegate | 1:53.40 | 1.1250 |
| 1918 | War Cloud | Johnny Loftus | W. B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 1:53.60 | 1.1250 |
| 1917 | Kalitan | E. Haynes | Bill Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 1:54.40 | 1.1250 |
| 1916 | Damrosch | Linus McAtee | A. G. Weston | J. K. L. Ross | 1:54.80 | 1.1250 |
| 1915 | Rhine Maiden | Douglas Hoffman | F. Devers | E. F. Whitney | 1:58.00 | 1.1250 |
| 1914 | Holiday | Andy Schuttinger | J. S. Healy | Mrs. A. Barklie | 1:53.80 | 1.1250 |
| 1913 | Buskin | James Butwell | John Whalen | John Whalen | 1:53.40 | 1.1250 |
| 1912 | Colonel Holloway | Clarence Turner | D. Woodford | Beverwyck Stable | 1:56.60 | 1.1250 |
| 1911 | Watervale | Eddie Dugan | John Whalen | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:51.00 | 1.1250 |
| 1910 | Layminster | Roy Estep | J. S. Healy | Capt. E. B. Cassatt | 1:40.60 | 1.0000 |
| 1909 | Effendi | Willie Doyle | F. C. Frisbie | W. T. Ryan | 1:39.80 | 1.0000 |
| 1908 | Royal Tourist | Eddie Dugan | Andrew J. Joyner | Harry P. Whitney | 1:46.40 | 1.0625 |
| 1907 | Don Enrique | G. Mountain | John Whalen | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:45.40 | 1.0398 |
| 1906 | Whimsical | Walter Miller | T. J. Gaynor | T. J. Gaynor | 1:45.00 | 1.0398 |
| 1905 | Cairngorm | W. Davis | Andrew J. Joyner | Sydney Paget | 1:45.80 | 1.0398 |
| 1904 | Bryn Mawr | Gene Hildebrand | W. F. Presgrave | Goughacres Stable | 1:44.20 | 1.0398 |
| 1903 | Flocarline | W. Gannon | H. C. Riddle | M. H. Ticenor | 1:44.80 | 1.0398 |
| 1902 | Old England | L. Jackson | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 1:45.80 | 1.0398 |
| 1901 | The Parader | F. Landry | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1:47.20 | 1.0398 |
| 1900 | Hindus | H. Spencer | J. H. Morris | George J. Long | 1:48.40 | 1.0625 |
| 1899 | Half Time | R. Clawson | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 1:47.00 | 1.0625 |
| 1898 | Sly Fox | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell | Charles F. Dwyer | 1:49.75 | 1.0625 |
| 1897 | Paul Kauvar | T. Thorpe | T. P. Hayes | T. P. Hayes | 1:51.25 | 1.0625 |
| 1896 | Margrave | Henry Griffin | Byron McClelland | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:51.00 | 1.0625 |
| 1895 | Belmar | Fred Taral | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables | 1:50.50 | 1.0625 |
| 1894 | Assignee | Fred Taral | W. Lakeland | James & Foxhall Keene | 1:49.25 | 1.0625 |
| 1890 | Montague | W. Martin | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables | 2:36.75 | 1.5000 |
| 1889 | Buddhist | George B. Anderson | J. Rogers | Sam S. Brown | 2:17.50 | 1.2500 |
| 1888 | Refund | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | R. Wyndham Walden | 2:49.00 | 1.5000 |
| 1887 | Dunboyne | William Donohue | W. Jennings | W. Jennings | 2:39.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1886 | The Bard | S. Fisher | John Huggins | A. J. Cassatt | 2:45.00 | 1.5000 |
| 1885 | Tecumseh | Jim McLaughlin | Charles S. Littlefield | W. Donohue | 2:49.00 | 1.5000 |
| 1884 | Knight of Ellerslie | S. Fisher | T. B. Doswell | Major T. W. Doswell | 2:39.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1883 | Jacobus | George Barbee | R. Dwyer | J. E. Kelly | 2:42.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1882 | Vanguard | T. Costello | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 2:44.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1881 | Saunterer | T. Costello | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 2:40.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 2:40.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1879 | Harold | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 2:40.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | C. Holloway | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 2:41.75 | 1.5000 |
| 1877 | Cloverbrook | C. Holloway | Jeter Walden | E. A. Clabaugh | 2:45.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1876 | Shirley | George Barbee | W. Brown | Pierre Lorillard IV | 2:44.75 | 1.5000 |
| 1875 | Tom Ochiltree | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | John F. Chamberlain | 2:43.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1874 | Culpepper | William Donohue | H. Gaffney | H. Gaffney | 2:56.50 | 1.5000 |
| 1873 | Survivor | George Barbee | A. D. Pryor | John F. Chamberlain | 2:43.00 | 1.5000 |
A † designates a Triple Crown Winner
Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.
In 2006, Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro broke down in the first 100 yards of the Preakness. Bernardini went on to win the prestigious event. Barbaro survived his injuries and was cared for at the New Bolton Center of the University of Pennsylvania but was euthanized January 29, 2007. This year's ninth race is now called the Barbaro Stakes in his honor.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Preakness Stakes website
- Preakness Stakes
- Preakness Stakes Betting
- ESPN.com Attending the Preakness (includes future dates)
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