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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.
Sir Barton, winner in 1919
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. 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.

Preakness Stakes Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2007	Curlin	Robby Albarado	Steve Asmussen	1:53.46
2006	Bernardini	Javier Castellano	Thomas Albertrani	1:54.65
2005	Afleet Alex	Jeremy Rose	Tim Ritchey	1:55.04
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	1:55.59
2003	Funny Cide	Jose Santos	Barclay Tagg	1:55.61
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	1:56 2/5
2001	Point Given	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	1:55 2/5
2000	Red Bullet	Jerry Bailey	Joe Orseno	1:56
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	1:55 1/5
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	1:54 4/5
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	1:54 2/5
1996	Louis Quatorze	Pat Day	Nick Zito	1:53 2/5
1995	Timber Country	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas †	1:54 2/5
1994	Tabasco Cat	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	1:56 2/5
1993	Prairie Bayou	Mike Smith	Tom Bohannan	1:56 3/5
1992	Pine Bluff	Chris McCarron	Tom Bohannan	1:55 3/5
1991	Hansel	Jerry Bailey	Frank Brothers	1:54
1990	Summer Squall	Pat Day	Neil Howard	1:53 3/5
1989	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela	Charlie Whittingham	1:53 4/5
1988	Risen Star	Eddie Delahoussaye	Louie Roussel III	1:56 1/5
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	Jack Van Berg	1:55 4/5
1986	Snow Chief	Alex Solis	Melvin Stute	1:54 4/5
1985	Tank's Prospect	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	1:53 2/5
1984	Gate Dancer	Angel Cordero Jr.	Jack Van Berg	1:53 3/5
1983	Deputed Testamony	Donald Miller Jr.	Bill Boniface	1:55 2/5
1982	Aloma's Ruler	Jack Kaenel	John Lenzini Jr.	1:55 2/5
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	John Campo	1:54 3/5
1980	Codex	Angel Cordero Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	1:54 1/5
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ron Franklin	Bud Delp	1:54 1/5
1978	Affirmed †	Steve Cauthen	Laz Barrera	1:54 2/5
1977	Seattle Slew †	Jean Cruguet	Billy Turner	1:54 2/5
1976	Elocutionist	John Lively	Paul Adwell	1:55
1975	Master Derby	Darrel McHargue	Smiley Adams	1:56 2/5
1974	Little Current	Miguel Rivera	Lou Rondinello	1:54 3/5
1973	Secretariat †	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	1:54.40
1972	Bee Bee Bee	Eldon Nelson	Red Carroll	1:55 3/5
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	1:54
1970	Personality	Eddie Belmonte	John Jacobs	1:56 1/5
1969	Majestic Prince	Bill Hartack	Johnny Longden	1:55 3/5
1968	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	1:56.4/5
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Whiteley	1:55 1/5
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	1:55 2/5
1965	Tom Rolfe	Ron Turcotte	Frank Whiteley	1:56 1/5
1964	Northern Dancer	Bill Hartack	Horatio Luro	1:56 4/5
1963	Candy Spots	Bill Shoemaker	Mesh Tenney	1:56 1/5
1962	Greek Money	John Rotz	V. W. Raines	1:56 1/5
1961	Carry Back	John Sellers	Jack Price	1:57 3/5
1960	Bally Ache	Bobby Ussery	Jimmy Pitt	1:57 3/5
1959	Royal Orbit	William Harmatz	R. Cornell	1:57
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	1:57 1/5
1957	Bold Ruler	Eddie Arcaro	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	1:56 1/5
1956	Fabius	Bill Hartack	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	1:58 2/5
1955	Nashua	Eddie Arcaro	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	1:54 3/5
1954	Hasty Road	Johnny Adams	Harry Trotsek	1:57.40
1953	Native Dancer	Eric Guerin	Bill Winfrey	1:57 4/5
1952	Blue Man	Conn McCreary	Woody Stephens	1:57 2/5
1951	Bold	Eddie Arcaro	Preston Burch	1:56 2/5
1950	Hill Prince	Eddie Arcaro	Casey Hayes	1:59 1/5
1949	Capot	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver	1:56
1948	Citation †	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	2:02 2/5
1947	Faultless	Doug Dodson	Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones	1:59
1946	Assault †	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	2:01 2/5
1945	Polynesian	W. D. Wright	Morris Dixon	1:58 4/5
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	1:59 1/5
1943	Count Fleet †	Johnny Longden	Don Cameron	1:57 2/5
1942	Alsab	Basil James	Sarge Swenke	1:57
1941	Whirlaway †	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	1:58 4/5
1940	Bimelech	F. A. Smith	Bill Hurley	1:58 3/5
1939	Challedon	George Seabo	Louis Schaefer	1:59 4/5
1938	Dauber	Maurice Peters	Dick Handlen	1:59 4/5
1937	War Admiral †	Charley Kurtsinger	George Conway	1:58 2/5
1936	Bold Venture	George Woolf	Max Hirsch	1:59
1935	Omaha †	Willie Saunders	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	1:58 2/5
1934	High Quest	Robert Jones	Bob Smith	1:58 1/5
1933	Head Play	Charley Kurtsinger	Thomas Hayes	2:02
1932	Burgoo King	Eugene James	Henry J. "Dick" Thompson	1:59 4/5
1931	Mate	George Ellis	James W. Healy	1:59
1930	Gallant Fox †	Earl Sande	Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons	2:00 3/5
1929	Dr. Freeland	Louis Schaefer	Thomas J. Healey	2:01 3/5
1928	Victorian	Sonny Workman	James Rowe, Jr.	2:00 1/5
1927	Bostonian	Whitey Abel	Fred Hopkins	2:01 3/5
1926	Display	John Maiben	Thomas J. Healey	1:59 4/5
1925	Coventry	Clarence Kummer	William Duke	1:59
1924	Nellie Morse	John Merimee	A. B. Gordon	1:57 1/5
1923	Vigil	Benny Marinelli	Thomas J. Healey	1:53 3/5
1922	Pillory	L. Morris	Thomas J. Healey	1:51 3/5
1921	Broomspun	Frank Coltiletti	James Rowe, Sr.	1:54 1/5
1920	Man O' War	Clarence Kummer	Louis Feustel	1:51 3/5
1919	Sir Barton †	Johnny Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	1:53
1918	Jack Hare Jr.	Charles Peak	F. D. Weir	1:53 2/5
1918	War Cloud	Johnny Loftus	W. B. Jennings	1:53 3/5
1917	Kalitan	E. Haynes	Bill Hurley	1:54 2/5
1916	Damrosch	Linus McAtee	A. G. Weston	1:54 4/5
1915	Rhine Maiden	Douglas Hoffman	F. Devers	1:58
1914	Holiday	Andy Schuttinger	J. S. Healy	1:53 4/5
1913	Buskin	James Butwell	John Whalen	1:53 2/5
1912	Colonel Holloway	Clarence Turner	D. Woodford	1:56 3/5
1911	Watervale	Eddie Dugan	John Whalen	1:51
1910	Layminster	Roy Estep	J. S. Healy	1:40 3/5
1909	Effendi	Willie Doyle	F. C. Frisbie	1:39 4/5
1908	Royal Tourist	Eddie Dugan	Andrew J. Joyner	1:46 2/5
1907	Don Enrique	G. Mountain	John Whalen	1:45 2/5
1906	Whimsical	Walter Miller	T. J. Gaynor	1:45
1905	Cairngorm	W. Davis	Andrew J. Joyner	1:45 4/5
1904	Bryn Mawr	E. Hildebrand	W. F. Presgrave	1:44 1/5
1903	Flocarline	W. Gannon	H. C. Riddle	1:44 4/5
1902	Old England	L. Jackson	G. B. Morris	1:45 4/5
1901	The Parader	F. Landry	Thomas J. Healey	1:47 1/5
1900	Hindus	H. Spencer	J. H. Morris	1:48 2/5
1899	Half Time	R. Clawson	Frank McCabe	1:47
1898	Sly Fox	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell	1:49 3/4
1897	Paul Kauvar	T. Thorpe	T. P. Hayes	1:51 1/4
1896	Margrave	Henry Griffin	Byron McClelland	1:51
1895	Belmar	Fred Taral	E. Feakes	1:50 1/2
1894	Assignee	Fred Taral	W. Lakeland	1:49 1/4
1890	Montague	W. Martin	E. Feakes	2:36 3/4
1889	Buddhist	George B. Anderson	J. Rogers	2:17 1/2
1888	Refund	Fred Littlefield	Robert W. Walden	2:49
1887	Dunboyne (horse)	William Donohue	W. Jennings	2:39 1/2
1886	The Bard	S. Fisher	J. Huggins	2:45
1885	Tecumseh	Jim McLaughlin	Charles Littlefield	2:49
1884	Knight of Ellerslie	S. Fisher	T. B. Doswell	2:39 1/2
1883	Jacobus	George Barbee	R. Dwyer	2:42 1/2
1882	Vanguard	T. Costello	Robert W. Walden	2:44 1/2
1881	Saunterer	T. Costello	Robert W. Walden	2:40 1/2
1880	Grenada	Lloyd Hughes	Robert W. Walden	2:40 1/2
1879	Harold	Lloyd Hughes	Robert W. Walden	2:40 1/2
1878	Duke of Magenta	C. Holloway	Robert W. Walden	2:41 3/4
1877	Cloverbrook	C. Holloway	J. Walden	2:45 1/2
1876	Shirley	George Barbee	W. Brown	2:44.75
1875	Tom Ochiltree	Lloyd Hughes	Robert W. Walden	2:43 1/2
1874	Culpepper	William Donohue	H. Gaffney	2:56 1/2
1873	Survivor	George Barbee	A. D. Pryor	2:43

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