Sir Barton, winnaar in 1919
De Preakness Stakes is één van de bekendste Amerikaanse paardenraces. Deze race vormt samen met de Kentucky Derby en de Belmont Stakes de Triple Crown. Deze races zijn bestemd voor 3-jarige Engelse Volbloeden. De Preakness Stakes wordt elk jaar verreden op Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
Geschiedenis
Twee jaar voordat de Kentucky Derby voor het eerst plaats zou vinden, introduceerde Pimlico een nieuwe stakes race voor paarden van 3 jaar. Dit vond plaats in het jaar 1873. De oprichter, de voormalige gouverneur van Maryland, Oden Bowie, vernoemde de race naar een paard genaamd Preakness van de Preakness Stables van Milton Holbrook Sanford. Dit paard wist namelijk de Dinner Party Stakes te winnen op de dag dat de Pimlico Race Course voor het eerst open ging (25 oktober 1870).
De eerste Preakness had een veld van 7 paarden, deze werd heel makkelijk gewonnen door Survivor. Met tien lengtes verschil versloeg hij zijn tegenstanders, tot 2004 was dit het grootste verschil ooit verreden bij de Preakness stakes.
In het jaar 1889 werd de race gewonnen door jockey George "Spider" Anderson, hij werd de eerste Afro-Amerikaan die de Preakness wist te winnen.
De Preakness heeft een paar keer van afstand gewisseld:
- 1-1/2 miles (2.41 km) : 1873-1888, 1890
- 1-1/4 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
- 1-1/8 miles (1.81 km) : 1911-1924
- 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) : 1925-present
De succesvolste jockey's zijn:
- Eddie Arcaro: hij won 6 keer, waaronder twee keer achter elkaar in 1950 en 1951
- Pat Day: hij won 5 keer, waaronder3 keer achter elkaar in 1994, 1995 en 1996
- George Barbee, Bill Hartack en Lloyd Hughes: zij wonnen elk 3 keer
De succesvolste trainers zijn:
- Robert W. Walden: 7 overwinningen
- Thomas J. Healey: 5 overwinningen
- James E. Fitzsimmons: 4 overwinningen
- John Whalen: 3 overwinningen
Winnaars
Jaar
|
Winnaar
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Eigenaar
|
Tijd
|
2009
|
Rachel Alexandra
|
Calvin Borel
|
Steve Asmussen
|
Stonestreet Stables/H. T. McCormick
|
1:55.08
|
2008
|
Big Brown
|
Kent Desormeaux
|
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
|
IEAH Stables & P. Pompa, Jr.
|
1:54.86
|
2007
|
Curlin
|
Robby Albarado
|
Steve Asmussen
|
Midnight Cry Stables et al
|
1:53.46
|
2006
|
Bernardini
|
Javier Castellano
|
Tom Albertrani
|
Darley Stables
|
1:54.65
|
2005
|
Afleet Alex
|
Jeremy Rose
|
Timothy F. Ritchey
|
Cash is King Stable
|
1:55.04
|
2004
|
Smarty Jones
|
Stewart Elliott
|
John Servis
|
Someday Farm
|
1:55.59
|
2003
|
Funny Cide
|
Jose Santos
|
Barclay Tagg
|
Sackatoga Stable
|
1:55.61
|
2002
|
War Emblem
|
Victor Espinoza
|
Bob Baffert
|
The Thoroughbred Corp.
|
1:56.40
|
2001
|
Point Given
|
Gary Stevens
|
Bob Baffert
|
The Thoroughbred Corp.
|
1:55.40
|
2000
|
Red Bullet
|
Jerry Bailey
|
Joe Orseno
|
Stronach Stables
|
1:56.00
|
1999
|
Charismatic
|
Chris Antley
|
D. Wayne Lukas
|
Bob & Beverly Lewis
|
1:55.20
|
1998
|
Real Quiet
|
Kent Desormeaux
|
Bob Baffert
|
Michael E. Pegram
|
1:54.80
|
1997
|
Silver Charm
|
Gary Stevens
|
Bob Baffert
|
Bob & Beverly Lewis
|
1:54.40
|
1996
|
Louis Quatorze
|
Pat Day
|
Nick Zito
|
C-C-H Partners
|
1:53.40
|
1995
|
Timber Country
|
Pat Day
|
D. Wayne Lukas
|
Overbrook/Gainesway/Lewis
|
1:54.40
|
1994
|
Tabasco Cat
|
Pat Day
|
D. Wayne Lukas
|
D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook
|
1:56.40
|
1993
|
Prairie Bayou
|
Mike E. Smith
|
Tom Bohannan
|
Loblolly Stable
|
1:56.60
|
1992
|
Pine Bluff
|
Chris McCarron
|
Tom Bohannan
|
Loblolly Stable
|
1:55.60
|
1991
|
Hansel
|
Jerry Bailey
|
Frank Brothers
|
Lazy Lane Farms
|
1:54.00
|
1990
|
Summer Squall
|
Pat Day
|
Neil J. Howard
|
Dogwood Stable
|
1:53.60
|
1989
|
Sunday Silence
|
Pat Valenzuela
|
Charlie Whittingham
|
H-G-W Partners
|
1:53.80
|
1988
|
Risen Star
|
Ed Delahoussaye
|
Louie Roussel III
|
Roussel & R. Lamarque
|
1:56.20
|
1987
|
Alysheba
|
Chris McCarron
|
Jack Van Berg
|
D. & P. Scharbauer
|
1:55.80
|
1986
|
Snow Chief
|
Alex Solis
|
Melvin Stute
|
Grinstead & Rochelle
|
1:54.80
|
1985
|
Tank's Prospect
|
Pat Day
|
D. Wayne Lukas
|
Eugene V. Klein
|
1:53.40
|
1984
|
Gate Dancer
|
Angel Cordero, Jr.
|
Jack Van Berg
|
Kenneth Opstein
|
1:53.60
|
1983
|
Deputed Testamony
|
Donald Miller Jr.
|
Bill Boniface
|
Francis P. Sears
|
1:55.40
|
1982
|
Aloma's Ruler
|
Jack L. Kaenel
|
John Lenzini, Jr.
|
Nathan Scherr
|
1:55.40
|
1981
|
Pleasant Colony
|
Jorge Velasquez
|
John P. Campo
|
Buckland Farm
|
1:54.60
|
1980
|
Codex
|
Angel Cordero, Jr.
|
D. Wayne Lukas
|
Tartan Stable
|
1:54.20
|
1979
|
Spectacular Bid
|
Ronnie Franklin
|
Bud Delp
|
Hawksworth Farm
|
1:54.20
|
1978
|
Affirmed
|
Steve Cauthen
|
Laz Barrera
|
Harbor View Farm
|
1:54.40
|
1977
|
Seattle Slew
|
Jean Cruguet
|
William H. Turner, Jr.
|
Karen L. Taylor
|
1:54.40
|
1976
|
Elocutionist
|
John Lively
|
Paul Adwell
|
Eugene C. Cashman
|
1:55.00
|
1975
|
Master Derby
|
Darrel McHargue
|
Smiley Adams
|
Golden Chance Farm
|
1:56.40
|
1974
|
Little Current
|
Miguel A. Rivera
|
Lou Rondinello
|
Darby Dan Farm
|
1:54.60
|
1973
|
Secretariat
|
Ron Turcotte
|
Lucien Laurin
|
Meadow Stable
|
1:53.40
|
1972
|
Bee Bee Bee
|
Eldon Nelson
|
Red Carroll
|
William S. Farish III
|
1:55.60
|
1971
|
Canonero II
|
Gustavo Avila
|
Juan Arias
|
Edgar Caibett
|
1:54.00
|
1970
|
Personality
|
Eddie Belmonte
|
John Jacobs
|
Ethel D. Jacobs
|
1:56.20
|
1969
|
Majestic Prince
|
Bill Hartack
|
Johnny Longden
|
Frank McMahon
|
1:55.60
|
1968
|
Forward Pass
|
Ismael Valenzuela
|
Henry Forrest
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:56.80
|
1967
|
Damascus
|
Bill Shoemaker
|
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
|
Edith W. Bancroft
|
1:55.20
|
1966
|
Kauai King
|
Don Brumfield
|
Henry Forrest
|
Ford Stable
|
1:55.40
|
1965
|
Tom Rolfe
|
Ron Turcotte
|
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
|
Powhatan Stable
|
1:56.20
|
1964
|
Northern Dancer
|
Bill Hartack
|
Horatio Luro
|
Windfields Farm
|
1:56.80
|
1963
|
Candy Spots
|
Bill Shoemaker
|
Mesh Tenney
|
Rex C. Ellsworth
|
1:56.20
|
1962
|
Greek Money
|
John L. Rotz
|
Virgil W. Raines
|
Brandywine Stable
|
1:56.20
|
1961
|
Carry Back
|
Johnny Sellers
|
Jack A. Price
|
Katherine Price
|
1:57.60
|
1960
|
Bally Ache
|
Bobby Ussery
|
Jimmy Pitt
|
Turfland
|
1:57.60
|
1959
|
Royal Orbit
|
William Harmatz
|
Reggie Cornell
|
Jacques Braunstein
|
1:57.00
|
1958
|
Tim Tam
|
Ismael Valenzuela
|
Horace A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:57.20
|
1957
|
Bold Ruler
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Jim Fitzsimmons
|
Wheatley Stable
|
1:56.20
|
1956
|
Fabius
|
Bill Hartack
|
Horace A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:58.40
|
1955
|
Nashua
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Jim Fitzsimmons
|
Belair Stud
|
1:54.60
|
1954
|
Hasty Road
|
John Adams
|
Harry Trotsek
|
Hasty House Farm
|
1:57.40
|
1953
|
Native Dancer
|
Eric Guerin
|
Bill Winfrey
|
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
|
1:57.80
|
1952
|
Blue Man
|
Conn McCreary
|
Woody Stephens
|
White Oak Stable
|
1:57.40
|
1951
|
Bold
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Preston M. Burch
|
Brookmeade Stable
|
1:56.40
|
1950
|
Hill Prince
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Casey Hayes
|
Christopher Chenery
|
1:59.20
|
1949
|
Capot
|
Ted Atkinson
|
John M. Gaver, Sr.
|
Greentree Stable
|
1:56.00
|
1948
|
Citation
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Horace A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
2:02.40
|
1947
|
Faultless
|
Douglas Dodson
|
Horace A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:59
|
1946
|
Assault
|
Warren Mehrtens
|
Max Hirsch
|
King Ranch
|
2:01.40
|
1945
|
Polynesian
|
Wayne D. Wright
|
Morris Dixon
|
Gertrude T. Widener
|
1:58.80
|
1944
|
Pensive
|
Conn McCreary
|
Ben A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:59.20
|
1943
|
Count Fleet
|
Johnny Longden
|
G. Donald Cameron
|
Fannie Hertz
|
1:57.40
|
1942
|
Alsab
|
Basil James
|
Sarge Swenke
|
Mrs. Albert Sabath
|
1:57.00
|
1941
|
Whirlaway
|
Eddie Arcaro
|
Ben A. Jones
|
Calumet Farm
|
1:58.80
|
1940
|
Bimelech
|
Fred A. Smith
|
Bill Hurley
|
Edward R. Bradley
|
1:58.60
|
1939
|
Challedon
|
George Seabo
|
Louis J. Schaefer
|
William L. Brann
|
1:59.80
|
1938
|
Dauber
|
Maurice Peters
|
Richard E. Handlen
|
Foxcatcher Farms
|
1:59.80
|
1937
|
War Admiral
|
Charley Kurtsinger
|
George Conway
|
Glen Riddle Farm
|
1:58.40
|
1936
|
Bold Venture
|
George Woolf
|
Max Hirsch
|
Morton L. Schwartz
|
1:59.00
|
1935
|
Omaha
|
Willie Saunders
|
Jim Fitzsimmons
|
Belair Stud
|
1:58.40
|
1934
|
High Quest
|
Robert Jones
|
Robert A. Smith
|
Brookmeade Stable
|
1:58.20
|
1933
|
Head Play
|
Charley Kurtsinger
|
Thomas Hayes
|
Mrs. Silas B. Mason
|
2:02.00
|
1932
|
Burgoo King
|
Eugene James
|
H. J. Thompson
|
Edward R. Bradley
|
1:59.80
|
1931
|
Mate
|
George Ellis
|
James W. Healy
|
Albert C. Bostwick
|
1:59.00
|
1930
|
Gallant Fox
|
Earl Sande
|
Jim Fitzsimmons
|
Belair Stud
|
2:00.60
|
1929
|
Dr. Freeland
|
Louis Schaefer
|
Thomas J. Healey
|
Walter J. Salmon
|
2:01.60
|
1928
|
Victorian
|
Sonny Workman
|
James G. Rowe, Jr.
|
Harry P. Whitney
|
2:00.20
|
1927
|
Bostonian
|
Whitey Abel
|
Fred Hopkins
|
Harry P. Whitney
|
2:01.60
|
1926
|
Display
|
John Maiben
|
Thomas J. Healey
|
Walter J. Salmon
|
1:59.80
|
1925
|
Coventry
|
Clarence Kummer
|
William B. Duke
|
G. A. Cochran
|
1:59.00
|
1924
|
Nellie Morse
|
John Merimee
|
Albert B. Gordon
|
Bud Fisher
|
1:57.20
|
1923
|
Vigil
|
Benny Marinelli
|
Thomas J. Healey
|
Walter J. Salmon
|
1:53.60
|
1922
|
Pillory
|
L. Morris
|
Thomas J. Healey
|
Richard T. Wilson, Jr.
|
1:51.60
|
1921
|
Broomspun
|
Frank Coltiletti
|
James G. Rowe, Sr.
|
Harry P. Whitney
|
1:54.20
|
1920
|
Man o' War
|
Clarence Kummer
|
Louis Feustel
|
Glen Riddle Farm
|
1:51.60
|
1919
|
Sir Barton
|
Johnny Loftus
|
H. Guy Bedwell
|
J. K. L. Ross
|
1:53.00
|
1918
|
Jack Hare Jr.
|
Charles Peak
|
F. D. Weir
|
W. E. Applegate
|
1:53.40
|
1918
|
War Cloud
|
Johnny Loftus
|
W. B. Jennings
|
A. Kingsley Macomber
|
1:53.60
|
1917
|
Kalitan
|
E. Haynes
|
Bill Hurley
|
Edward R. Bradley
|
1:54.40
|
1916
|
Damrosch
|
Linus McAtee
|
A. G. Weston
|
J. K. L. Ross
|
1:54.80
|
1915
|
Rhine Maiden
|
Douglas Hoffman
|
F. Devers
|
E. F. Whitney
|
1:58.00
|
1914
|
Holiday
|
Andy Schuttinger
|
J. S. Healy
|
Mrs. A. Barklie
|
1:53.80
|
1913
|
Buskin
|
James Butwell
|
John Whalen
|
John Whalen
|
1:53.40
|
1912
|
Colonel Holloway
|
Clarence Turner
|
D. Woodford
|
Beverwyck Stable
|
1:56.60
|
1911
|
Watervale
|
Eddie Dugan
|
John Whalen
|
August Belmont, Jr.
|
1:51.00
|
1910
|
Layminster
|
Roy Estep
|
J. S. Healy
|
Capt. E. B. Cassatt
|
1:40.60
|
1909
|
Effendi
|
Willie Doyle
|
F. C. Frisbie
|
W. T. Ryan
|
1:39.80
|
1908
|
Royal Tourist
|
Eddie Dugan
|
Andrew J. Joyner
|
Harry P. Whitney
|
1:46.40
|
1907
|
Don Enrique
|
G. Mountain
|
John Whalen
|
August Belmont, Jr.
|
1:45.40
|
1906
|
Whimsical
|
Walter Miller
|
T. J. Gaynor
|
T. J. Gaynor
|
1:45.00
|
1905
|
Cairngorm
|
W. Davis
|
Andrew J. Joyner
|
Sydney Paget
|
1:45.80
|
1904
|
Bryn Mawr
|
Gene Hildebrand
|
W. F. Presgrave
|
Goughacres Stable
|
1:44.20
|
1903
|
Flocarline
|
W. Gannon
|
H. C. Riddle
|
M. H. Ticenor
|
1:44.80
|
1902
|
Old England
|
L. Jackson
|
Green B. Morris
|
Green B. Morris
|
1:45.80
|
1901
|
The Parader
|
F. Landry
|
Thomas J. Healey
|
Richard T. Wilson, Jr.
|
1:47.20
|
1900
|
Hindus
|
H. Spencer
|
J. H. Morris
|
George J. Long
|
1:48.40
|
1899
|
Half Time
|
R. Clawson
|
Frank McCabe
|
P. J. Dwyer
|
1:47.00
|
1898
|
Sly Fox
|
Willie Simms
|
Hardy Campbell
|
C. F. Dwyer
|
1:49.75
|
1897
|
Paul Kauvar
|
T. Thorpe
|
T. P. Hayes
|
T. P. Hayes
|
1:51.25
|
1896
|
Margrave
|
Henry Griffin
|
Byron McClelland
|
August Belmont, Jr.
|
1:51.00
|
1895
|
Belmar
|
Fred Taral
|
Edward Feakes
|
Preakness Stables
|
1:50.50
|
1894
|
Assignee
|
Fred Taral
|
W. Lakeland
|
James & Foxhall Keene
|
1:49.25
|
1890
|
Montague
|
W. Martin
|
Edward Feakes
|
Preakness Stables
|
2:36.75
|
1889
|
Buddhist
|
George B. Anderson
|
J. Rogers
|
Sam S. Brown
|
2:17.50
|
1888
|
Refund
|
Fred Littlefield
|
Robert W. Walden
|
Robert W. Walden
|
2:49.00
|
1887
|
Dunboyne
|
William Donohue
|
W. Jennings
|
W. Jennings
|
2:39.50
|
1886
|
The Bard
|
S. Fisher
|
John Huggins
|
A. J. Cassatt
|
2:45.00
|
1885
|
Tecumseh
|
Jim McLaughlin
|
Charles S. Littlefield
|
W. Donohue
|
2:49.00
|
1884
|
Knight of Ellerslie
|
S. Fisher
|
T. B. Doswell
|
Major T. W. Doswell
|
2:39.50
|
1883
|
Jacobus
|
George Barbee
|
R. Dwyer
|
J. E. Kelly
|
2:42.50
|
1882
|
Vanguard
|
T. Costello
|
Robert W. Walden
|
George L. Lorillard
|
2:44.50
|
1881
|
Saunterer
|
T. Costello
|
Robert W. Walden
|
George L. Lorillard
|
2:40.50
|
1880
|
Grenada
|
Lloyd Hughes
|
Robert W. Walden
|
George L. Lorillard
|
2:40.50
|
1879
|
Harold
|
Lloyd Hughes
|
Robert W. Walden
|
George L. Lorillard
|
2:40.50
|
1878
|
Duke of Magenta
|
C. Holloway
|
Robert W. Walden
|
George L. Lorillard
|
2:41.75
|
1877
|
Cloverbrook
|
C. Holloway
|
Jeter Walden
|
E. A. Clabaugh
|
2:45.50
|
1876
|
Shirley
|
George Barbee
|
W. Brown
|
Pierre Lorillard IV
|
2:44.75
|
1875
|
Tom Ochiltree
|
Lloyd Hughes
|
Robert W. Walden
|
John F. Chamberlain
|
2:43.50
|
1874
|
Culpepper
|
William Donohue
|
H. Gaffney
|
H. Gaffney
|
2:56.50
|
1873
|
Survivor
|
George Barbee
|
A. D. Pryor
|
John F. Chamberlain
|
2:43.00
|
Bronnen, referenties en/of voetnoten