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The Preakness Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, held on the third Saturday in May of 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 and shortest leg in thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, 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 phrase "Triple Crown" was not applied to this series of races until the 1930s.) It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes.   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 ten lengths, the largest margin of victory until 2004, winning a purse of $2,050. dsdsds

 

 

In 1889, George "Spider" Anderson became the first African-American jockey to win the Preakness. In 1890 Morris Park Racetrack in the Bronx, New York hosted the race but for the next three years no Preakness Stakes was run. For the fifteen 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.

 

 

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. He applies the colors of the victorious owner's silks on the jockey and horse which are part of the weather vane atop the infield structure. The horseshoe of black-eyed susans is also 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.

 

Preakness Stakes winners of the last 17 years:

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Curlin	Robby Alvarado	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	Tim 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	R. & B. Lewis	1:55.20
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	Mike Pegram	1:54.80
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	R. & B. 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†	Beck- Lewis-Young	1:54.40
1994	Tabasco Cat	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	D. 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 Howard	Dogwood Stable	1:53.60

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