THE PREAKNESS Table of Contents (Preakness Section) History . .P-3 All-Time Starters . P-31. Owners . P-41 Trainers . P-45 Jockeys . P-55 Preakness Charts . P-63. Triple Crown . P-91. PREAKNESS HISTORY PREAKNESS FACTS & FIGURES RIDING & SADDLING: WOMEN & THE MIDDLE JEWEL: wo people have ridden and sad- dled Preakness winners . Louis J . RIDERS: Schaefer won the 1929 Preakness Patricia Cooksey 1985 Tajawa 6th T Andrea Seefeldt 1994 Looming 7th aboard Dr . Freeland and in 1939, ten years later saddled Challedon to victory . Rosie Napravnik 2013 Mylute 3rd John Longden duplicated the feat, win- TRAINERS: ning the 1943 Preakness astride Count Judy Johnson 1968 Sir Beau 7th Fleet and saddling Majestic Prince, the Judith Zouck 1980 Samoyed 6th victor in 1969 . Nancy Heil 1990 Fighting Notion 5th Shelly Riley 1992 Casual Lies 3rd AFRICAN-AMERICAN Dean Gaudet 1992 Speakerphone 14th RIDERS: Penny Lewis 1993 Hegar 9th Cynthia Reese 1996 In Contention 6th even African-American riders have Jean Rofe 1998 Silver’s Prospect 10th had Preakness mounts, including Jennifer Pederson 2001 Griffinite 5th two who visited the winners’ circle . S 2003 New York Hero 6th George “Spider” Anderson won the 1889 Preakness aboard Buddhist .Willie Simms 2004 Song of the Sword 9th had two mounts, including a victory in Nancy Alberts 2002 Magic Weisner 2nd the 1898 Preakness with Sly Fox “Pike”. Lisa Lewis 2003 Kissin Saint 10th Barnes was second with Philosophy in Kristin Mulhall 2004 Imperialism 5th 1890, while the third and fourth place Linda Albert 2004 Water Cannon 10th finishers in the 1896 Preakness were Kathy Ritvo 2011 Mucho Macho Man 6th ridden by African-Americans (Alonzo Clayton—3rd with Intermission & Tony Note: Penny Lewis is the mother of Lisa Lewis Hamilton—4th on Cassette) .The final two to ride in the middle jewel are Wayne Barnett (Sparrowvon, 8th in 1985) and MARYLAND MY Kevin Krigger (Goldencents, 5th in 2013) . MARYLAND: NEVER ON SUNDAY: he eight Maryland-breds to ince 1931, the Preakness BREEDING BITS: win the state’s signature race has been run on Saturday were Cloverbrook (1877), Safternoon, although this was n all, 95 winners of the Preakness T not always so .The Preakness has Dunboyne (1887), Refund (1888), Sly (139 races) have been bred in Fox (1898), Challedon (1939), Kauai been staged on every day except IKentucky .(A horse is bred where King (1966), Bee Bee Bee (1972) Sunday .The classic has been run it is foaled) .Next in line is Maryland and Deputed Testamony (1983) . on Tuesday, 14 times; Friday, 13; with eight winners .Other winning Maryland-based winners include Monday, 6; Wednesday, 5; and horses were bred in Florida (seven), Man o' War (1920), Native Dancer Thursday, 4 . Pennsylvania and Virginia, (six each), (1953) and Spectacular Bid (1979) . New Jersey and California (four each), New York (three), Tennessee (two) and Texas and Ohio (one each), while Canada and the United Kingdom have ORDER SWITCHED: one winner each . n eleven occasions, the Preakness was run prior to the Derby, and twice, 1917 and 1922, both were on the same day .In 1890, TRIPLE TROUBLE: Othe Preakness and Belmont Stakes were run on the same card at Morris Park .On eleven different occasions, the Belmont was run prior to nly two Triple Crown win- the Preakness .Since 1931, the current order of Kentucky Derby-Preakness ners - War Admiral (1937) Stakes-Belmont Stakes has remaied in place .In a challenging test of endur- Oand Count Fleet (1943) ance, in 1919, Sir Barton, the first Triple Crown winner, captured the went undefeated during their 3-year- Kentucky Derby on May 10 and the Preakness 4 days later on May 14 . old seasons . P-4 PREAKNESS FACTS & FIGURES PREAKNESS DISTANCES: FILLIES & THE PREAKNESS he Preakness has been staged at achel Alexandra (2009) became the first filly since Nellie Morse (1924) to win seven different distances since its the Preakness Stakes .Fifty-three fillies have competed in the Preakness with start in 1873: Rfive crossing the line first .The others are Flocarline (1903), Whimsical (1906) T and Rhine Maiden (1915) .Kentucky Derby winners Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning 1-1/2 miles—1873 to 1888 & 1890 Colors (1988) finished second and third respectively, as betting favorites . 1-1/4 miles—1889 1-1/16 miles—1894 to 1900 & 1908 1 mile, 70 yards—1901 to 1907 JUNE CLASSICS: 1 mile—1909 and 1910 n 1945, the Derby was conducted on June 9, followed seven days later 1-1/8 miles—1911 to 1924 by the Preakness .It was the only Preakness run in June in Baltimore .The 1-3/16 miles—1925 to present IPreakness was held five times in June while run in New York . WINNING COLORS: GELDINGS: ore than half of all Preakness winners have even geldings been bays, 72 of 139 . Chestnut is the next ALL IN THE FAMILY: have won the Mpopular coat, representing 46 winners . There ine Preakness winners SPreakness, the last have been 15 brown Preakness winners, two blacks have sired Preakness Funny Cide in 2003 . and three grays . Silver Charm, the 1997 winner, creat- Nwinners . They are: The others were Prairie ed a new category, Bold Ruler (Secretariat); Bold Bayou (1993), Holiday Gray/Roan . Venture (Assault); Gallant Fox (1914), Buskin (1913), (Omaha); Man o’ War (War Layminster (1910), Don Native Dancer, the Admiral); Polynesian (Native Enrique (1907) and “Gray Ghost of Dancer); Citation (Fabius); Shirley (1876) .Geldings Sagamore”, was Native Dancer (Kauai King), were barred from the one of only three Secretariat (Risen Star) and Preakness from 1920 gray Preakness Summer Squall (Charismatic) . through 1934 . winners. RECORDS: DAY’S DAYS: he current $1 million dollar all of Fame jockey Pat Day set a record by winning the Preakness purse is quite a consider- for three consecutive years .The streak started in 1994 when he able difference from the first T rode Tabasco Cat to victory .The next year Day guided Timber Preakness purse of $2,050 . In 1918, H Country to the winners’ circle and in ’96 was aboard Louis Quatorze . 26 horses were entered, causing the Day’s five Preakness victories are second on the all-time list behind fel- race to be run in two divisions for low Hall of Famer Eddie Arcaro and he leads all riders with 17 mounts . the first and only time in history . ARCARO’S ARTISTRY: t has been 57 years since Eddie Arcaro recorded his sixth and final Preakness winner aboard Bold Ruler in 1957 .Arcaro, who still retains the all-time Preakness record for Iwinners, participated in the Preakness a final time in 1959, finishing ninth with First Landing . In all, he made 15 appearances in the classic, starting with a 7th place finish on Nellie Flag in 1935 .Arcaro hit his first Preakness jackpot with Whirlaway in 1941 and then scored with Citation in 1948, both Triple Crown winners . His other four trips to the win- ners’ circle were aboard Hill Prince (1950), Bold (1951), Nashua (1955) and Bold Ruler (1957) . P-5 PREAKNESS FACTS & FIGURES WALDEN TOPS TRAINERS: obert Wyndham Walden, of Bowling Brook Farm in Middleburg, Md ., was perhaps the most celebrated train- er of his day . During the final quarter of the 19th century he saddled seven Preakness winners, including five Rstraight from 1878 to 1882 . George Lorillard owned all five . D .Wayne Lukas moved into sole possession of second place when Oxbow (2013) gave the trainer his sixth Preakness score . Lukas previously won the middle jewel with Codex (1980), Tank’s Prospect (1985), Tabasco Cat (1994), Timber Country (1995) and Charismatic (1999) . Bob Baffert, who won four times in a six-year period from 1997 to 2002, and Thomas J . Healey, are tied for third place with five Preakness victories . CALUMET LEADS OWNERS & BREEDERS: alumet Farm, the leading Preakness owner with eight wins, was one of the great dynasties in Thoroughbred Chistory . Founded by Warren Wright and successfully car- ried on by his widow, Lucille, and her husband Admiral Gene Markey, Calumet Farm turned out champion after champion from its Lexington, Ky . Farm . Calumet owned and bred Preakness winners Whirlaway (1941), Pensive (1944), Faultless (1947), Citation (1948), Fabius (1956), Tim Tam (1958) and Forward Pass (1968) . Calumet was sold by auction to Henry de Kwiatkowski for $17 million on March 26, 1992 . In May 2012, the de Kwiatkowski heirs sold the farm to Brad Kelley for a reported $40 million .A year later Oxbow gave Calumet its eighth Preakness victory . Triple Crown winner Whirlaway earned Calumet its first Preakness victory 1941. LARGEST PREAKNESS HANDLES Rank Year Overall Handle Preakness 1 2005 $91,028,704 $63,230,573 2 2004 $87,858,878 $59,462,123 3 2006 $87,544,368 $56,394,560 4 2007 $87,194,161 $57,360,494 5 2009 $86,684,470 $60,443,271 6 2013 $81,939,228 $54,146,381 2013 Preakness Day 7 2012 $80,542,962 $55,166,677 Attendance and Handle 8 2010 $79,248,002 $52,766,815 Attendance 117,203 9 2011 $76,376,689 $49,599,599 Total In-State $6,519,636 10 2008 $73,457,510 $45,689,562 MD Live Out Of State $75,419,592 11 2002 $71,468,223 $42,301,515 Total Handle $81,939,228 12 2003 $64,402,445 $38,468,281 On Preakness Stakes $54,146,381 13 2001 $62,575,814 $36,445,762 14 1999 $51,129,000 $34,435,703 P-6 PREAKNESS FACTS & FIGURES PREAKNESS DAY FIGURES Maryland Pimlico Maryland In-State on-site In-State Preakness‑ Weather; Date Attendance Total Handle Handle Winner Track Condition 05/18/13 117,203 $6,519,636 $2,796,355 Oxbow Clear, fast 05/19/12 121,309 7,657,513 2,963,564 I’ll Have Another Clear, fast 5/21/11 107,398 7,732,750 2,971,437 Shackleford Clear, fast 5/15/10 95,760 7,891,816 2,862,123 Lookin At Lucky Clear,
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