Preakness Stakes

For the 2013 race, see 2013 Preakness Stakes.

Grade 1 race
Preakness Stakes
"The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
Location	Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated	1873
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	Preakness Stakes
Race information
Distance	1 3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
Record	1:53.00, Secretariat (1973)
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 flat Thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs (1 3/16 miles) on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). It is the second leg of the US Triple Crown, following the Kentucky Derby and followed by the Belmont Stakes.

First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland Governor after a winning colt at Pimlico. The race has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of yellow flowers altered to resemble the Maryland State flower is placed around the winner's neck. Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America only trailing the Kentucky Derby.

The 138th running of the Preakness Stakes took place on May 18th, 2013.

History

Two years before the Preakness 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 opened (October 25, 1870). The New Jersey name was said to have come from the Native American name Pra-qua-les ("Quail Woods") for the area. After Preakness won the Dinner Party Stakes, his jockey, Billy Hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges’ stand. This was the supposed way that the “wire” at the finish line was introduced and how the awarding of “purse” money came to be. In reality, the term "purse", meaning prize money, had been in use for well over a century.

The first Preakness, held on May 27, 1873, drew seven starters. John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, collected the $2,050 winning purse by galloping home easily by 10 lengths. This was the largest margin of victory until 2004, when Smarty Jones won by 11 1/2 lengths.

In 1890 Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York hosted the Preakness Stakes after which there was no race run for three years. For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. In 1909 it returned to Pimlico.

In March 2009 Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Pimlico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy thus throwing open the possibility the Stakes could move again. On April 13, 2009, the Maryland Legislature approved a plan to buy the Stakes and the Pimlico course if Magna Entertainment cannot find a buyer.

Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the Kentucky Oaks. The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the Kentucky Derby, for more information see American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events.

Evolution of the Triple Crown series

The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series 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 9½ furlongs, compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is 1¼ miles. It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, which is 1½ miles.

Since 1932, the order of Triple Crown races has the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1932, the Preakness was run before the Derby eleven times. On May 12, 1917 and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day.

Today, the Preakness is run on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. Consequently, it can never be run before May 15, nor after May 21.

Running the race

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 Baltimore Colts' Marching Band led the song from the infield. Today, the United States Naval Academy Glee Club leads the song.

Sir Barton, winner in 1919

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. The colors of the victorious owner's silks are applied on the jockey and horse that are part of the weather vane atop the infield structure. The practice began in 1909 when a horse and rider weather vane sat atop 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.

A blanket of yellow flowers daubed with black lacquer to recreate the appearance of a black-eyed Susan (see Winning) 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.

Winning the race

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 Baltimore Museum of Art and brought to the race each year under guard, for the winner's presentation ceremony.

In 1940, it was proposed to drape the winning horse in a garland of the Maryland State flower, Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susans. This posed a problem, as the race is run nearly two months before the flowers come into bloom in late June or July. At first, yellow Viking daisies were painted to resemble black-eyed Susans; workers switched to chrysanthemums later. Although the Preakness is sometimes referred to as "the race for the black-eyed Susans", no black-eyed Susan is ever used.

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:

• 1½ miles (2.41 km) : 1873–1888, 1890
• 1¼ 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
• 1⅛ miles (1.81 km) : 1911–1924
• 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) : 1925–present

Records

Speed record:

• 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) - 1:53 - Secretariat (1973)

Secretariat, the 1973 winner, was originally credited with a running time of 1:55. Two Daily Racing Form clockers, however, timed Secretariat's Preakness in 1:53 2/5, a new stakes record. A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay proved Secretariat reached the wire before Canonero II, the then-current record holder. But instead of giving Secretariat the record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who timed the race in 1:54 2/5. The matter was finally resolved in a June 2012 meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission, which unanimously ruled to change Secretariat's final time to 1:53 based on testimony and analysis of the race replays.

Margin of Victory

• 11½ lengths - Smarty Jones (2004)
• 10 lengths - Survivor (1873)
• 9-3/4 lengths - Funny Cide (2003)
• 8 lengths - Count Fleet (1943)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 6 - Eddie Arcaro (1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957)
• 5 - Pat Day (1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996)
• 3 - George Barbee (1873, 1876, 1883)
• 3 - Bill Hartack (1956, 1964, 1969)
• 3 - Lloyd Hughes (1875, 1879, 1880)
• 3 - Gary Stevens (1997, 2001, 2013)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 7 - R. Wyndham Walden (1875, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1888)
• 6 - D. Wayne Lukas (1980, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2013)
• 5 - Thomas J. Healey (1901, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929)
• 5 - Bob Baffert (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010)
• 4 - Jim Fitzsimmons (1930, 1935, 1955, 1957)
• 4 - Jimmy Jones (1947, 1948, 1956, 1958)
• 3 - John Whalen (1907, 1911, 1913)

Most wins by an owner:

• 7 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1968, 2013) (also the leading breeder with 7)
• 5 - George L. Lorillard (1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882)
• 4 - Harry P. Whitney (1908, 1921, 1927, 1928)

Fillies in the Preakness

Five fillies have won the Preakness in 136 races:

• 1903 - Flocarline
• 1906 - Whimsical
• 1915 - Rhine Maiden
• 1924 - Nellie Morse
• 2009 - Rachel Alexandra, who was also the only horse, male or female, to ever win from the farthest outside position: 13th post.

(Three fillies have won the Kentucky Derby in 138 races, and three fillies have won the Belmont Stakes in 143 races. On average, fillies have won between 2% and 3% of the Triple Crown races, with similar numbers for geldings; while about 95% of these high-stakes races have been won by colts.)

Winners of The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (miles)	Time	Purse	Grade
2013	Oxbow	3	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:57.54	$1,000,000	I
2012	I'll Have Another	3	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O'Neill	J. Paul Reddam	1-3/16	1:55.94	$1,000,000	I
2011	Shackleford	3	Jesus Castanon	Dale Romans	Mike Lauffer & W.D. Cubbedge	1-3/16	1:56.47	$1,550,000+	I
2010	Lookin At Lucky	3	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	Michael Pegram	1-3/16	1:55.47	$1,000,000	I
2009	Rachel Alexandra‡	3	Calvin Borel	Steve Asmussen	Stonestreet Stables/H. T. McCormick	1-3/16	1:55.08	$1,100,000	I
2008	Big Brown	3	Kent Desormeaux	Richard Dutrow	IEAH Stables & P. Pompa, Jr.	1-3/16	1:54.86	$1,000,000	I
2007	Curlin	3	Robby Albarado	Steve Asmussen	Stonestreet Stables et al.	1-3/16	1:53.46	$1,000,000	I
2006	Bernardini	3	Javier Castellano	Tom Albertrani	Darley Stables	1-3/16	1:54.65	$1,000,000	I
2005	Afleet Alex	3	Jeremy Rose	Timothy Ritchey	Cash Is King Stable	1-3/16	1:55.04	$1,000,000	I
2004	Smarty Jones	3	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Someday Farm	1-3/16	1:55.59	$1,000,000	I
2003	Funny Cide	3	Jose Santos	Barclay Tagg	Sackatoga Stable	1-3/16	1:55.61	$1,000,000	I
2002	War Emblem	3	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1-3/16	1:56.40	$1,000,000	I
2001	Point Given	3	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1-3/16	1:55.40	$1,000,000	I
2000	Red Bullet	3	Jerry Bailey	Joe Orseno	Stronach Stables	1-3/16	1:56.00	$1,000,000	I
1999	Charismatic	3	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	Bob & Beverly Lewis	1-3/16	1:55.20	$1,000,000	I
1998	Real Quiet	3	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	Michael Pegram	1-3/16	1:54.60	$1,000,000	I
1997	Silver Charm	3	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	Bob & Beverly Lewis	1-3/16	1:54.80	$1,000,000	I
1996	Louis Quatorze	3	Pat Day	Nick Zito	Condren/Cornacchia/Hofmann	1-3/16	1:53.40	$800,000	I
1995	Timber Country	3	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas†	Overbrook/Gainesway/Lewis	1-3/16	1:54.40	$750,000	I
1994	Tabasco Cat	3	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook	1-3/16	1:56.40	$750,000	I
1993	Prairie Bayou	3	Mike Smith	Tom Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1-3/16	1:56.60	$750,000	I
1992	Pine Bluff	3	Chris McCarron	Tom Bohannan	Loblolly Stable	1-3/16	1:55.60	$750,000	I
1991	Hansel	3	Jerry Bailey	Frank L. Brothers	Lazy Lane Farms	1-3/16	1:54.00	$750,000	I
1990	Summer Squall	3	Pat Day	Neil J. Howard	Dogwood Stable	1-3/16	1:53.60	$750,000	I
1989	Sunday Silence	3	Pat Valenzuela	Char.Whittingham	H-G-W Partners	1-3/16	1:53.80	$750,000	I
1988	Risen Star	3	Ed Delahoussaye	Louie Roussel	L. J. Roussel III & R. Lamarque	1-3/16	1:56.20	$700,000	I
1987	Alysheba	3	Chris McCarron	Jack Van Berg	Dorothy Scharbauer	1-3/16	1:55.80	$700,000	I
1986	Snow Chief	3	Alex Solis	Melvin F. Stute	Carl Grinstead	1-3/16	1:54.80	$700,000	I
1985	Tank's Prospect	3	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1-3/16	1:53.40	$700,000	I
1984	Gate Dancer	3	Angel Cordero	Jack Van Berg	Kenneth Opstein	1-3/16	1:53.60	$400,000	I
1983	Deputed Testamony	3	Donald Miller, Jr.	J. William Boniface	Bonita Farm	1-3/16	1:55.40	$400,000	I
1982	Aloma's Ruler	3	Jack Kaenel	John J. Lenzini, Jr.	Nathan Scherr	1-3/16	1:55.40	$350,000	I
1981	Pleasant Colony	3	Jorge Velasquez	John P. Campo	Buckland Farm	1-3/16	1:54.60	$350,000	I
1980	Codex	3	Angel Cordero	D. Wayne Lukas	Tartan Stable	1-3/16	1:54.20	$300,000	I
1979	Spectacular Bid	3	Ronnie Franklin	Bud Delp	Hawksworth Farm	1-3/16	1:54.20	$300,000	I
1978	Affirmed †	3	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	Harbor View Farm	1-3/16	1:54.40	$250,000	I
1977	Seattle Slew †	3	Jean Cruguet	Bill Turner	Karen L. Taylor	1-3/16	1:54.40	$250,000	I
1976	Elocutionist	3	John Lively	Paul T. Adwell	Eugene C. Cashman	1-3/16	1:55.00	$250,000	I
1975	Master Derby	3	Darrel McHargue	Smiley Adams	Golden Chance Farm	1-3/16	1:56.40	$250,000	I
1974	Little Current	3	Miguel A. Rivera	Lou Rondinello	Darby Dan Farm	1-3/16	1:54.60	$250,000	I
1973	Secretariat †	3	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1-3/16	1:53.00	$250,000	I
1972	Bee Bee Bee	3	Eldon Nelson	Del W. Carroll	William S. Farish III	1-3/16	1:55.60	$250,000
1971	Canonero II	3	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	Edgar Caibett	1-3/16	1:54.00	$250,000
1970	Personality	3	Eddie Belmonte	John W. Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	1-3/16	1:56.20	$250,000
1969	Majestic Prince	3	Bill Hartack	Johnny Longden	Frank M. McMahon	1-3/16	1:55.60	$250,000
1968	Forward Pass	3	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:56.80	$250,000
1967	Damascus	3	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Whiteley	Edith W. Bancroft	1-3/16	1:55.20	$250,000
1966	Kauai King	3	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	Ford Stable	1-3/16	1:55.40	$250,000
1965	Tom Rolfe	3	Ron Turcotte	Frank Whiteley	Powhatan Stable	1-3/16	1:56.20	$250,000
1964	Northern Dancer	3	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	1-3/16	1:56.80	$250,000
1963	Candy Spots	3	Bill Shoemaker	Mesh Tenney	Rex C. Ellsworth	1-3/16	1:56.20	$250,000
1962	Greek Money	3	John L. Rotz	Virgil W. Raines	Brandywine Stable	1-3/16	1:56.20	$250,000
1961	Carry Back	3	Johnny Sellers	Jack A. Price	Katherine Price	1-3/16	1:57.60	$250,000
1960	Bally Ache	3	Bobby Ussery	Jimmy Pitt	Turfland	1-3/16	1:57.60	$250,000
1959	Royal Orbit	3	William Harmatz	Reggie Cornell	Halina Gregory Braunstein	1-3/16	1:57.00	$250,000
1958	Tim Tam	3	Ismael Valenzuela	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:57.20	$165,000
1957	Bold Ruler	3	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1-3/16	1:56.20	$110,000
1956	Fabius	3	Bill Hartack	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:58.40	$150,000
1955	Nashua	3	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1-3/16	1:54.60	$110,000
1954	Hasty Road	3	John H. Adams	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1-3/16	1:57.40	$150,000
1953	Native Dancer	3	Eric Guerin	Bill Winfrey	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1-3/16	1:57.80	$110,000
1952	Blue Man	3	Conn McCreary	Woody Stephens	White Oak Stable	1-3/16	1:57.40	$150,000
1951	Bold	3	Eddie Arcaro	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	1-3/16	1:56.40	$150,000
1950	Hill Prince	3	Eddie Arcaro	Casey Hayes	Christopher Chenery	1-3/16	1:59.20	$100,000
1949	Capot	3	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1-3/16	1:56.00	$150,000
1948	Citation †	3	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	2:02.40	$160,000
1947	Faultless	3	Douglas Dodson	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:59.00	$160,000
1946	Assault †	3	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	1-3/16	2:01.40	$160,000
1945	Polynesian	3	Wayne D. Wright	Morris H. Dixon	Gertrude T. Widener	1-3/16	1:58.80	$110,000
1944	Pensive	3	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:59.20	$100,000
1943	Count Fleet †	3	Johnny Longden	Don Cameron	Fannie Hertz	1-3/16	1:57.40	$75,000
1942	Alsab	3	Basil James	Sarge Swenke	Mrs. Albert Sabath	1-3/16	1:57.00	$100,000
1941	Whirlaway †	3	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-3/16	1:58.80	$75,000
1940	Bimelech	3	Fred A. Smith	William J. Hurley	Edward R. Bradley	1-3/16	1:58.60	$75,000
1939	Challedon	3	George Seabo	Louis J. Schaefer	William L. Brann	1-3/16	1:59.80	$75,000
1938	Dauber	3	Maurice Peters	Richard E. Handlen	Foxcatcher Farms	1-3/16	1:59.80	$75,000
1937	War Admiral †	3	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	1-3/16	1:58.40	$75,000
1936	Bold Venture	3	George Woolf	Max Hirsch	Morton L. Schwartz	1-3/16	1:59.00	$50,000
1935	Omaha †	3	Willie Saunders	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1-3/16	1:58.40	$50,000
1934	High Quest	3	Robert Jones	Robert A. Smith	Brookmeade Stable	1-3/16	1:58.20	$50,000
1933	Head Play	3	Charley Kurtsinger	Thomas P. Hayes	Silas B. Mason	1-3/16	2:02.00	$50,000
1932	Burgoo King	3	Eugene James	H. J. Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	1-3/16	1:59.80	$90,000
1931	Mate	3	George Ellis	James W. Healy	Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.	1-3/16	1:59.00	$90,000
1930	Gallant Fox †	3	Earl Sande	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1-3/16	2:00.60	$90,000
1929	Dr. Freeland	3	Louis Schaefer	Thomas J. Healey	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1-3/16	2:01.60	$90,000
1928	Victorian	3	Raymond Workman	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Harry P. Whitney	1-3/16	2:00.20	$90,000
1927	Bostonian	3	Whitey Abel	Fred Hopkins	Harry P. Whitney	1-3/16	2:01.60	$100,000
1926	Display	3	John Maiben	Thomas J. Healey	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1-3/16	1:59.80	$90,000
1925	Coventry	3	Clarence Kummer	William B. Duke	Gifford A. Cochran	1-3/16	1:59.00	$90,000
1924	Nellie Morse ‡	3	John Merimee	Albert B. Gordon	Bud Fisher	1⅛	1:57.20	$90,000
1923	Vigil	3	Benny Marinelli	Thomas J. Healey	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1⅛	1:53.60	$90,000
1922	Pillory	3	Louis Morris	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1⅛	1:51.60	$90,000
1921	Broomspun	3	Frank Coltiletti	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	1⅛	1:54.20	$75,000
1920	Man o' War	3	Clarence Kummer	Louis Feustel	Glen Riddle Farm	1⅛	1:51.60	$40,000
1919	Sir Barton †	3	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross	1⅛	1:53.00	$40,000
1918	War Cloud	3	Johnny Loftus	Walter B. Jennings	A. Kingsley Macomber	1⅛	1:53.60	$20,000
1918	Jack Hare, Jr.	3	Charles Peak	Frank D. Weir	W. E. Applegate	1⅛	1:53.40	$20,000
1917	Kalitan	3	Everett Haynes	Bill Hurley	Edward R. Bradley	1⅛	1:54.40	$7,500
1916	Damrosch	3	Linus McAtee	Albert G. Weston	J. K. L. Ross	1⅛	1:54.80	$2,000
1915	Rhine Maiden ‡	3	Douglas Hoffman	Frank Devers	Edward F. Whitney	1⅛	1:58.00	$2,000
1914	Holiday	3	Andy Schuttinger	J. Simon Healy	Mrs. A. Barklie	1⅛	1:53.80	$2,000
1913	Buskin	3	James Butwell	John Whalen	John Whalen	1⅛	1:53.40	$3,000
1912	Colonel Holloway	3	Clarence Turner	Dave Woodford	Beverwyck Stable	1⅛	1:56.60	$2,500
1911	Watervale	3	Eddie Dugan	John Whalen	August Belmont, Jr.	1⅛	1:51.00	$4,500
1910	Layminster	3	Roy Estep	J. Simon Healy	Edward B. Cassatt	1 mile	1:40.60	$5,500
1909	Effendi	3	Willie Doyle	Frank C. Frisbie	W. T. Ryan	1 mile	1:39.80	$5,500
1908	Royal Tourist	3	Eddie Dugan	A. Jack Joyner	Harry P. Whitney	1-1/16	1:46.40	$4,000
1907	Don Enrique	3	George Mountain	John Whalen	August Belmont, Jr.	1-1/16	1:45.40	$3,800
1906	Whimsical ‡	3	Walter Miller	Tim J. Gaynor	Tim J. Gaynor	1-1/16	1:45.00	$3,800
1905	Cairngorm	3	Willie Davis	A. Jack Joyner	Sydney Paget	1-1/16	1:45.80	$3,600
1904	Bryn Mawr	3	Gene Hildebrand	W. Fred Presgrave	Goughacres Stable	1-1/16	1:44.20	$3,800
1903	Flocarline ‡	3	William Gannon	H. C. Riddle	M. H. Tichenor	1-1/16	1:44.80	$3,000
1902	Old England	3	L. Jackson	Green B. Morris	Green B. Morris	1-1/16	1:45.80	$3,750
1901	The Parader	3	F. Landry	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1-1/16	1:47.20	$2,650
1900	Hindus	3	Henry Spencer	John H. Morris	George J. Long	1-1/16	1:48.40	$3,000
1899	Half Time	3	Richard Clawson	Frank McCabe	Philip J. Dwyer	1-1/16	1:47.00	$2,500
1898	Sly Fox	3	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell, Jr.	Charles F. Dwyer	1-1/16	1:49.75	$2,400
1897	Paul Kauvar	3	T. Thorpe	Thomas P. Hayes	Thomas P. Hayes	1-1/16	1:51.25	$2,400
1896	Margrave	3	Henry Griffin	Byron McClelland	August Belmont, Jr.	1-1/16	1:51.00	$2,250
1895	Belmar	3	Fred Taral	Edward Feakes	Preakness Stables	1-1/16	1:50.50	$2,250
1894	Assignee	3	Fred Taral	William Lakeland	James & Foxhall Keene	1-1/16	1:49.25	$3,000
1893	No Race	3	No Race	No Race	No Race	no race	0:00.00	no race
1892	No Race	3	No Race	No Race	No Race	no race	0:00.00	no race
1891	No Race	3	No Race	No Race	No Race	no race	0:00.00	no race
1890	Montague	3	Willie Martin	Edward Feakes	Preakness Stables	1½	2:36.75	$2,000
1889	Buddhist	3	George Anderson	John W. Rogers	Samuel S. Brown	1¼	2:17.50	$2,000
1888	Refund	3	Fred Littlefield	R. W. Walden	R. W. Walden	1½	2:49.00	$2,000
1887	Dunboyne	3	William Donohue	William Jennings	William Jennings	1½	2:39.50	$2,500
1886	The Bard	3	S. Fisher	John Huggins	A. J. Cassatt	1½	2:45.00	$3,000
1885	Tecumseh	3	Jim McLaughlin	Charles Littlefield	W. Donohue	1½	2:49.00	$3,000
1884	Knight of Ellerslie	3	S. Fisher	Thomas Doswell	R. Hancock & T. Doswell	1½	2:39.50	$3,000
1883	Jacobus	3	George Barbee	R. Dwyer	James E. Kelley	1½	2:42.50	$2,500
1882	Vanguard	3	Tom Costello	R. W. Walden	George L. Lorillard	1½	2:44.50	$2,000
1881	Saunterer	3	Tom Costello	R. W. Walden	George L. Lorillard	1½	2:40.50	$3,000
1880	Grenada	3	Lloyd Hughes	R. W. Walden	George L. Lorillard	1½	2:40.50	$3,000
1879	Harold	3	Lloyd Hughes	R. W. Walden	George L. Lorillard	1½	2:40.50	$4,000
1878	Duke of Magenta	3	C. Holloway	R. W. Walden	George L. Lorillard	1½	2:41.75	$3,500
1877	Cloverbrook	3	C. Holloway	Jeter Walden	E. A. Clabaugh	1½	2:45.50	$2,500
1876	Shirley	3	George Barbee	W. Brown	Pierre Lorillard IV	1½	2:44.75	$3,000
1875	Tom Ochiltree	3	Lloyd Hughes	R. W. Walden	John F. Chamberlain	1½	2:43.50	$3,000
1874	Culpepper	3	William Donohue	Hugh Gaffney	Hugh Gaffney	1½	2:56.50	$3,000
1873	Survivor	3	George Barbee	A. Davis Pryor	John F. Chamberlain	1½	2:43.00	$3,000

See also: Highest combined Triple Crown finish

A † designates a Triple Crown Winner.
A ‡ designates a filly.
A + designates a purse increase (In 2011 Shackleford qualified for the $550,000 Xpressbet Consolation prize as part of The Preakness 5.5 Million dollar bonus program. He did this by finishing second in the Florida Derby and winning The Preakness Stakes) (In 2009 Rachel Alexandra was supplemented to the race for an extra $100,000 which was added to the purse).

Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.^{[citation needed]}

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 due to complications from laminitis. This year's ninth race is now called the Barbaro Stakes in his honor.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Maryland Jockey Club
• Preakness Stakes "top three finishers" and starters
• Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
• Triple Crown Productions
• American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Events
• List of Preakness Stakes broadcasters

Special Bonus

MI Developments Inc. announced August 27, 2010 a special bonus program involving tracks owned by the company that could result in a $5.5 million bonus for the winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes. MID also announced that purses of the Florida Derby and Santa Anita Derby would both be increased to $1 million. MID said the "historic and unique bonus program" called "Preakness 5.5" is designed to "allow both east and west coast based 3-year-olds to qualify by having the preliminary races at Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields."

In addition to the purses earned in the qualifying races and the Preakness on May 21, 2011, the owner of a horse winning the bonus would receive $5 million and the trainer would get $500,000. "The purpose of this grand prize is to provide a spectacular event for the fans and to create a potential life changing experience for the stakeholders of the racing industry," Frank Stronach, chairman of MID, said in a statement.

To qualify for the Preakness 5.5 at Gulfstream Park, a horse must win either the Holy Bull Stakes or the Fountain of Youth Stakes and then go on to win the Florida Derby on April 3, 2011. To qualify for the Preakness 5.5 at Santa Anita Park, a horse must win either the Robert B. Lewis Stakes or San Felipe Stakes and then go on to win the Santa Anita Derby. The winner of the El Camino Real Derby, which is scheduled to be run on Feb. 12, 2011 at Golden Gate Fields, will also qualify for the Preakness 5.5 if it goes on to win the Santa Anita Derby.

MID also announced that XpressBet will sponsor the XpressBet.55, a consolation prize of $550,000 ($500,000 to the owner and $50,000 to the trainer) to be awarded to the winner of the 2011 Preakness if that horse was not eligible for the Preakness $5.5 million bonus but was a runner in one of the initial qualifying races and finished first, second, or third at the Santa Anita Derby or Florida Derby.

Paths to $5,500,000 Preakness Bonus:
1) win Holy Bull Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
2) win Fountain of Youth Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
3) win Robert B. Lewis Stakes + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
4) win San Felipe Stakes + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
5) win El Camino Real Derby + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

Paths to $550,000 XpressBet Bonus:
1) run in Holy Bull Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
2) run in Fountain of Youth Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
3) run in Robert B. Lewis Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
4) run in San Felipe Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
5) run in El Camino Real Derby + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

• Note: In 2011 Shackleford won the $550,000 Xpressbet Bonus.

External links

• Preakness Stakes website
• ESPN.com Attending the Preakness (includes future dates)
• History of the Preakness Stakes in the May 14, 1922 (edition 1) of the Daily Racing Form
• Preakness
• Among the people of Baltimore's Preakness Stakes
• The Preakness Stakes and Revisionist History
• Ten Things You Should Know About the Preakness at Hello Race Fans!