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33-626: Preakness may refer to: The Preakness or Preakness Stakes , an American flat thoroughbred horse race held in Baltimore, Maryland Preakness (horse) , an American thoroughbred racehorse from Preakness Stables Preakness, New Jersey , a section of Wayne in Passaic County, New Jersey Preakness Range , a range of the Watchung Mountains in northern New Jersey Preakness Stud ,

66-889: 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 . In February 2017, the Maryland Stadium Authority released

99-466: A former thoroughbred horse racing breeding farm and racing stable in Preakness, New Jersey See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Preakness Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Preakness . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

132-491: A member of the chrysanthemum family, are now used. 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: At its inauguration in 1873,

165-520: 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

198-626: The Baltimore Colts' Marching Band would lead the song from the infield; in later years, it was sung by the United States Naval Academy Glee Club . Use of the song was discontinued as of the 2020 edition of the race—the song "which celebrates the Confederacy , is considered by some to be racist.” As soon as the Preakness winner has been declared official, a painter climbs a ladder to the top of

231-594: The Belmont Stakes . First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after the colt who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. Annual "Preakness Weekend" races include both the Saturday Preakness Stakes and a Grade II race on Friday for fillies only named the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes . Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, surpassed only by

264-465: The Belmont Stakes . Consequently, the race is run no earlier than May 15, and no later than May 21. One exception is 2020, as that race was run in early October due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Traditionally, just after the horses for the Preakness were called to the post, the audience was invited to sing the third verse of " Maryland, My Maryland ", the official state song of Maryland . For many years,

297-606: 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

330-578: 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 (1.88 km), compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles / 10 furlongs (2 km). It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes , which is 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles / 12 furlongs (2.4 km). Since 1932,

363-575: The Kentucky Derby . The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024. 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 spring race meet in 1873. Then 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 Stud in Preakness , Wayne Township , New Jersey , who won

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396-562: The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing at the Belmont Stakes in June. 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

429-592: The "Mug Club", which included an infield ticket and an unlimited-refill beer mug, and a mascot named " Kegasus ", a play on keg and pegasus (though actually a centaur ). The much-derided Kegasus was retired in 2013. In 2010, ticket sales had recovered to 95,760 and have since stayed high. Aside from InfieldFest, the race is known for its fancy hats and official cocktail , the Black-eyed Susan, made with vodka , St-Germain liqueur and pineapple, lime and orange juices. Speed record: Secretariat ,

462-598: 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

495-441: The 1973 winner (and ultimately Triple Crown winner) was originally credited with a running time of 1:55. Two Daily Racing Form clockers, however, had timed Secretariat's Preakness in 1:53 3 ⁄ 5 , which would be a new stakes record. A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay showed Secretariat reached the wire faster than Canonero II, the then-current record holder, but instead of giving Secretariat

528-545: The BYOB policy was canceled in 2009 after videos of intoxicated people running along the tops of lines of portable toilets while being pelted by beer cans reached a large audience. In 2009, with the alcohol ban, race attendance dropped to 77,850 after topping 100,000 for eight consecutive years. In 2010, and the Maryland Jockey Club responded with a new event called "InfieldFest" with performances by musical acts,

561-406: The Maryland Stadium Authority to issue $ 375 million in bonds for the renovation of both Stronach Group tracks. The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, October 3, 2020, a delay resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year, and setting the year's contest four weeks after the also-delayed Kentucky Derby. It was held without spectators for health reasons because of

594-531: The Preakness Stakes. This race was run under handicap conditions, and the age restriction was lifted. The race was won by a five-year-old horse named Montague. After 1890, 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. Seven editions of the Preakness Stakes have been run under handicap conditions, in which more accomplished or favored horses are assigned to carry heavier weight. It

627-409: The Preakness carried a value of $ 1,000. The first major increase occurred in 1919 when the race had a $ 25,000 value. It climbed to $ 100,000 in 1946 and in 1959 was raised to $ 150,000. Subsequent increases occurred from 1979 to 1989, when the purse rose four times from $ 200,000 to $ 500,000, before going to $ 1 million in 1997. On December 12, 2013, the Maryland Jockey Club announced for the 2014 running of

660-418: The Preakness, the purse would be increased from $ 1,000,000 to $ 1,500,000. The race has had something of a party atmosphere in the past, especially in the infield, which is general admission. The course had a " bring your own booze " policy until 2009, formerly including kegs of beer but in the 2000s restricted to all the beer cans a person could carry in a cooler. However, despite crowds in excess of 100,000,

693-533: The champion 2-year-old colt, Tremont . In 1881, the sixty-eight-year-old Milton Sanford sold the Kentucky Preakness stud and its fifty-nine horses to Daniel Swigert who renamed it Elmendorf Farm . Preakness Stud was purchased by James Galway in 1881. A prominent businessman and a member of the Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club , he raced under the nom de course Preakness Stables. In 1890, he won

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726-523: The city of Baltimore and groups representing Maryland horsemen that would permanently keep the Preakness at Pimlico. As part of the agreement, Pimlico's grandstand would be demolished and replaced with a smaller structure, and temporary seating would be added to handle the attendance during Preakness week. The Racing and Community Development Act, approved by the Maryland state legislature in May 2020, allows

759-603: The current official record for all three Triple Crown races. Other records at other distances: Margin of Victory: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Six fillies have won the Preakness: Triple Crown winners are in bold . A † designates a filly . § D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses. Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly Preakness Stud Milton Sanford named one of his horses Preakness who won

792-414: The first phase of a study saying that Pimlico needed $ 250 million in renovations. As of May of that year, no one showed interest in financing the work. The Stronach Group , owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park , was only interested in moving the Preakness Stakes to Laurel Park unless someone else financed work on Pimlico. In October 2019, The Stronach Group reached an agreement in principle with

825-781: The first running of the Dinner Party Stakes and for whom the Preakness Stakes is named. Milton Sanford expanded his breeding operation to the Bluegrass region of Kentucky with the acquisition of the 544-acre (2.20 km ) North Elkborn Stock Farm in Lexington which he renamed the Preakness Stud. One of his stallions at stud in Kentucky was Virgil , who sired Kentucky Derby winners Hindoo , Ben Ali and Vagrant , plus Preakness Stakes winner, Vanguard , and

858-476: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preakness&oldid=875459038 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day ,

891-546: 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 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

924-477: 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. To date, the Preakness is run on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby , and three weeks before

957-648: The outbreak. In April 2024 the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill that would consolidate Maryland thoroughbred racing at Pimlico and provide for the reconstruction of the Pimlico facility. As a result of the construction, the Preakness Stakes is expected to be moved to Laurel Park in 2026 before returning to Pimlico in 2027. The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series and almost always attracts

990-493: The record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who had timed the race in 1:54 2 ⁄ 5 . The matter was finally resolved in June 2012, when a meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission unanimously ruled to change Secretariat's final time to 1:53 based on testimony and analysis of the race replays. Consequently, Secretariat holds

1023-478: The third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore , Maryland . The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I race run over a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles (9.5 furlongs; 1.9 kilometres) on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 pounds (55 kg). It is the second jewel (or leg) of the Triple Crown , held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before

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1056-639: Was first run under these conditions in 1890 and again in the years 1910–1915. During these years, the race was known as the Preakness Handicap. 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 could not find

1089-501: 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 . Painted flowers have been discontinued since the first decade of the current millennium and Viking Poms,

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