The Preakness Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race traditionally held on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race over nine and a half furlongs on dirt and is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, three weeks and one day after the Kentucky Derby. First run in 1873, it was named by Maryland governor Oden Bowie after the colt Preakness, who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. Preakness Weekend also includes the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes for fillies, and the race ranks second in North America for attendance at equestrian events.
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is an American thoroughbred horse race traditionally held annually
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traditionally held annually on the third Saturday in May
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First run in 1873
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The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I race run over a distance of
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View the SourceVictor Espinoza (Wikipedia)
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He also won the Preakness Stakes three times
Mike E. Smith (Wikipedia)
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won the 2018 Preakness Stakes
Gary Stevens (Wikipedia)
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the Preakness Stakes in 1997, 2001 and 2013
Pat Day (Wikipedia)
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Louis Quatorze in his 1996 Preakness victory
Javier Castellano (Wikipedia)
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winning the Preakness Stakes
Flavien Prat (Wikipedia)
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the 2021 Preakness Stakes
Kent Desormeaux (Wikipedia)
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He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes three times each, and the Belmont Stakes once.
Walter Blum (Wikipedia)
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He rode in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on two occasions
Steve Brooks (jockey) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Steve Brooks (jockey), Career, 1952Quote, Competitors Include: Steve Brooks (jockey), Career, 1952
to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to fifth in the Preakness Stakes
Johnny Longden (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johnny Longden, Career, 1943 Triple CrownQuote, Competitors Include: Johnny Longden, Career, 1943 Triple Crown
winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes aboard Count Fleet
Johnny Loftus (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johnny Loftus, Lead, 1919Quote, Competitors Include: Johnny Loftus, Lead, 1919
rode Sir Barton to victory in the Kentucky Derby then only four days later won the Preakness Stakes
Ted Atkinson (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ted Atkinson, Career, 1949Quote, Competitors Include: Ted Atkinson, Career, 1949
he finished second in the Kentucky Derby then won both the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes
Sandy Hawley (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sandy Hawley, Career, Golden Act 1979Quote, Competitors Include: Sandy Hawley, Career, Golden Act 1979
he finished second in both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes
Miguel Rivera (Wikipedia)
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Rivera won the 1974 Preakness Stakes and the 1974 Belmont Stakes
John R. Velazquez (Wikipedia)
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He rode Animal Kingdom again in the 136th Preakness Stakes
Jerry D. Bailey (Wikipedia)
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He won each Triple Crown race twice
Calvin Borel (Wikipedia)
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Borel won the 2009 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico
Chris Antley (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Antley, Biography, 1999 PreaknessQuote, Competitors Include: Chris Antley, Biography, 1999 Preakness
they won that year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Manuel Ycaza (Wikipedia)
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Ycaza was second aboard Ridan in the 1962 Preakness Stakes
Jorge Velásquez (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jorge Velásquez, Lead, 1981 PreaknessQuote, Competitors Include: Jorge Velásquez, Lead, 1981 Preakness
he rode Pleasant Colony to victory in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Eric Guerin (Wikipedia)
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the next two legs of the Triple Crown series, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes
Eddie Arcaro (Wikipedia)
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has the most wins in the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes with six
Laffit Pincay Jr. (Wikipedia)
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In the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, Sham was in striking distance in the stretch before losing to Secretariat by two lengths
Angel Cordero Jr. (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Angel Cordero Jr., CareerQuote, Competitors Include: Angel Cordero Jr., Career
he won the Preakness Stakes twice
Mario Gutierrez (jockey) (Wikipedia)
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won the 2012 Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard I'll Have Another
Martin Garcia (jockey) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Martin Garcia, Career, 2010Quote, Competitors Include: Martin Garcia, Career, 2010
Garcia rode the Bob Baffert trainee Lookin at Lucky to victory in the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes
Eddie Delahoussaye (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Eddie Delahoussaye, Lead, PreaknessQuote, Competitors Include: Eddie Delahoussaye, Lead, Preakness
he won the 1988 Preakness Stakes
Rosie Napravnik (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rosie Napravnik, Lead, 2013 PreaknessQuote, Competitors Include: Rosie Napravnik, Lead, 2013 Preakness
third in the 2013 Preakness Stakes
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