Preakness Stakes
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The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland (except in 2026 when it will move to Laurel Park during reconstruction of Pimlico). The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I race run over a distance of Template:Convert on dirt. Colts and geldings carry Template:Convert; fillies Template:Convert.<ref>Preakness 148 (MAY 2023). Preakness Weekend 2023 - May 19 - 20. Pimlico Race Course, 5201 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 USA.[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> It is the second jewel (or leg)<ref>Terrell, Katherine - ESPN Staff Writer (19 MAY 2023). 2023 Preakness: Date, time, odds, jockeys, betting tips. ESPN.[2] Template:Webarchive</ref> of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes.
First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after the colt who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. Annual "Preakness Weekend" races include both the Saturday Preakness Stakes<ref>Schwartz, Tim, and Walker, Childs (May 19, 2023). 2023 Preakness: Here’s what to know, including post time, who’s racing, draws and odds, Preakness LIVE information and more. Baltimore Sun.[3] Template:Webarchive</ref> and a Grade II race on Friday for fillies only named the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.<ref>Preakness 148 (MAY 2023). Black-Eyed Susan - May 19, Preakness Weekend 2023 - May 19 - 20. Pimlico Race Course, 5201 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 USA.[4] Template:Webarchive</ref> Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby.
The 150th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
History
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 spring race meet in 1873. Then 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 Stud in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey, who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico opened (October 25, 1870). The New Jersey name was said to have come from the Native American name Pra-qua-les ("Quail Woods") for the area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After Preakness won the Dinner Party Stakes, his jockey, Billy Hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges' stand. This was the supposed way that the "wire" at the finish line was introduced and how the awarding of "purse" money came to be.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In reality, the term "purse", meaning prize money, had been in use for well over a century.<ref name="turf1">Template:Cite book</ref>
The first Preakness, held on May 27, 1873, drew seven starters. John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, collected the $2,050 winning purse by galloping home easily by 10 lengths. This was the largest margin of victory until 2004, when Smarty Jones won by 11 1/2 lengths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1890, Morris Park Racecourse in The Bronx, New York, hosted the Preakness Stakes. This race was run under handicap conditions, and the age restriction was lifted. The race was won by a five-year-old horse named Montague. After 1890, there was no race run for three years.<ref name="ReferenceA">Sowers, Richard B. The Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont: A Comprehensive History</ref> For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. In 1909 it returned to Pimlico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Seven editions of the Preakness Stakes have been run under handicap conditions, in which more accomplished or favored horses are assigned to carry heavier weight. It was first run under these conditions in 1890 and again in the years 1910–1915. During these years, the race was known as the Preakness Handicap.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
In March 2009 Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Pimlico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy thus throwing open the possibility the Stakes could move again. On April 13, 2009, the Maryland Legislature approved a plan to buy the Stakes and the Pimlico course if Magna Entertainment could not find a buyer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the Kentucky Oaks. The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the Kentucky Derby, for more information see American thoroughbred racing top attended events.
In February 2017, the Maryland Stadium Authority released the first phase of a study saying that Pimlico needed $250 million in renovations. As of May of that year, no one showed interest in financing the work. The Stronach Group, owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park, was only interested in moving the Preakness Stakes to Laurel Park unless someone else financed work on Pimlico.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In October 2019, The Stronach Group reached an agreement in principle with the city of Baltimore and groups representing Maryland horsemen that would permanently keep the Preakness at Pimlico. As part of the agreement, Pimlico's grandstand would be demolished and replaced with a smaller structure, and temporary seating would be added to handle the attendance during Preakness week.<ref name=SUN051019>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=DRF051019>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Racing and Community Development Act, approved by the Maryland state legislature in May 2020, allows the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue $375 million in bonds for the renovation of both Stronach Group tracks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, October 3, 2020, a delay resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and setting the year's contest four weeks after the also-delayed Kentucky Derby. It was held without spectators for health reasons because of the outbreak.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In April 2024, the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill that would consolidate Maryland thoroughbred racing at Pimlico and provide for the reconstruction of the Pimlico facility.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As part of the initiative, a state board approved a $14.3 million contract to begin demolishing and redeveloping the outdated Pimlico Race Course.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result of the planned reconstruction of the Pimlico grandstand, the Preakness Stakes will be temporarily relocated to Laurel Park in 2026, with a return to Pimlico scheduled for 2027.<ref name=bsun1224>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In January 2025 management of thoroughbred racing in Maryland changed from the Stronach Group to the newly-formed, state-owned Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA). The Stronach Group retained intellectual ownership of the Preakness, for which the MTROA pays an annual licensing fee.<ref name=bsun1224/>
Evolution of the Triple Crown series
The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series 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 Template:Frac miles, or Template:Frac furlongs (1.88 km), compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is Template:Frac miles / 10 furlongs (2 km). It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, which is Template:Frac miles / 12 furlongs (2.4 km).
Since 1932, the order of Triple Crown races has the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1932, the Preakness was run before the Derby eleven times. On May 12, 1917, and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day.<ref>Turf'n'Sport Template:Webarchive, Retrieved on May 4, 2009.</ref>
To date, the Preakness is run on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. Consequently, the race is run no earlier than May 15, and no later than May 21. One exception is 2020, as that race was run in early October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traditions
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Traditionally, just after the horses for the Preakness were called to the post, the audience was invited to sing the third verse of "Maryland, My Maryland", the official state song of Maryland. For many years, the Baltimore Colts' Marching Band would lead the song from the infield;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in later years, it was sung by the United States Naval Academy Glee Club.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Use of the song was discontinued as of the 2020 edition of the race—the song "which celebrates the Confederacy, is considered by some to be racist."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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. The colors of the victorious owner's silks are applied on the jockey and horse that are part of the weather vane atop the infield structure. The practice began in 1909 when a horse and rider weather vane sat atop 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A blanket of yellow flowers daubed with black lacquer to recreate the appearance of a black-eyed Susan<ref>Human Flower Project Template:Webarchive, Retrieved on May 4, 2009.</ref> is placed around the winning horse's neck at this time,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.
Winning the race
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 Baltimore Museum of Art and brought to the race each year under guard, for the winner's presentation ceremony.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1940, it was proposed to drape the winning horse in a garland of the Maryland State flower, Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susans. This posed a problem, as the race is run nearly two months before the flowers come into bloom in late June or July. At first, yellow Viking daisies were painted to resemble black-eyed Susans. Painted flowers have been discontinued since the first decade of the current millennium and Viking Poms, a member of the chrysanthemum family, are now used.<ref>Reimer, Susan "Neither Susans nor daisies" Template:Webarchive The Baltimore Sun, Friday, May 16, 2014</ref> Although the Preakness is sometimes referred to as "the race for the black-eyed Susans", no black-eyed Susan is ever used.<ref>David Klatt, The Secret Behind the Preakness' Black-Eyed Susan Blanket Template:Webarchive May 14, 2009.</ref><ref>The Black-Eyed Susan Blanket Template:Webarchive. Accessed 2009.05.14.</ref>
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.
In 1948, the Preakness was televised for the first time by CBS.
The Preakness has been run at seven different distances:
- Template:Frac miles (2.41 km) : 1873–1888, 1890
- Template:Frac miles (2.01 km) : 1889
- Template:Frac miles (1.71 km) : 1894–1900, 1908
- 1 mile 70 yards (1.67 km) : 1901–1907
- 1 mile (1.61 km) : 1909, 1910
- Template:Frac miles (1.81 km) : 1911–1924
- Template:Frac miles (1.91 km) : 1925–present
Purse money
At its inauguration in 1873, the Preakness carried a value of $1,000. The first major increase occurred in 1919 when the race had a $25,000 value. It climbed to $100,000 in 1946 and in 1959 was raised to $150,000. Subsequent increases occurred from 1979 to 1989, when the purse rose four times from $200,000 to $500,000, before going to $1 million in 1997.<ref name="brisnet.com"/> On December 12, 2013, the Maryland Jockey Club announced for the 2014 running of the Preakness, the purse would be increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.<ref name="brisnet.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
InfieldFest
The race has had something of a party atmosphere in the past, especially in the infield, which is general admission.<ref name="nyt2009">Elbow Room in the Infield Template:Webarchive The New York Times, May 16, 2009</ref> The course had a "bring your own booze" policy until 2009, formerly including kegs of beer but in the 2000s restricted to all the beer cans a person could carry in a cooler.<ref name="nyt2009"/> However, despite crowds in excess of 100,000, the BYOB policy was canceled in 2009 after videos of intoxicated people running along the tops of lines of portable toilets while being pelted by beer cans reached a large audience.<ref name="nyt2011">"At Preakness, Not Everybody's Idea of Fun", The New York Times, May 17, 2011</ref><ref name="freak">Mihoces, Gary."Preakness Stakes mascot Kegasus defends image" Template:Webarchive. USA Today, May 16, 2011. Retrieved on May 18, 2011.</ref>
In 2009, with the alcohol ban, race attendance dropped to 77,850 after topping 100,000 for eight consecutive years. In 2010, and the Maryland Jockey Club responded with a new event called "InfieldFest" with performances by musical acts, the "Mug Club", which included an infield ticket and an unlimited-refill beer mug, and a mascot named "Kegasus", a play on keg and pegasus (though actually a centaur).<ref name="nyt2011"/> The much-derided Kegasus was retired in 2013.<ref>"Kegasus, the beer-guzzling Preakness mascot, unlikely to return in 2013" Template:Webarchive, Baltimore Business Journal, February 25, 2013</ref> In 2010, ticket sales had recovered to 95,760 and have since stayed high.<ref name="freak"/>
Aside from InfieldFest, the race is known for its fancy hats and official cocktail, the Black-eyed Susan, made with vodka, St-Germain liqueur and pineapple, lime and orange juices.<ref>"A guide to attending the 139th Preakness" Template:Webarchive, The Washington Post, May 13, 2014.</ref>
Records
Speed record:
- Template:Frac miles (1.91km) – 1:53 – Secretariat (1973)
Secretariat, the 1973 winner (and ultimately Triple Crown winner) was originally credited with a running time of 1:55. Two Daily Racing Form clockers, however, had timed Secretariat's Preakness in 1:53 Template:Frac, which would be a new stakes record. A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay showed Secretariat reached the wire faster than Canonero II, the then-current record holder, but instead of giving Secretariat the record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who had timed the race in 1:54 Template:Frac. The matter was finally resolved in June 2012, when a meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission unanimously ruled to change Secretariat's final time to 1:53 based on testimony and analysis of the race replays.<ref name=drfpreakness>Template:Cite news</ref> Consequently, Secretariat holds the current official record for all three Triple Crown races.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Other records at other distances:
Margin of Victory:
- 11½ lengths – Smarty Jones (2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 – Eddie Arcaro (1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 8 – Bob Baffert (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023)
Most wins by an owner:
- 7 – Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1968, 2013) (also the leading breeder with 7)
Fillies in the Preakness
Six fillies have won the Preakness:
- 2020 – Swiss Skydiver
- 2009 – Rachel Alexandra
- 1924 – Nellie Morse
- 1915 – Rhine Maiden
- 1906 – Whimsical
- 1903 – Flocarline
Winners (since 1873)
Triple Crown winners are in bold.
- Notes:
- Timed to Template:Frac second 1873 to 1899, to Template:Frac second 1900 to 2002, to 0.01 second since 2003.
- All winners have been three years old, except Montague in 1890 who was five years old.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
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Sire lines
Winners of the Preakness Stakes can be connected to each other due to the practice of arranging horse breeding based on their previous success. All of the horses can be traced back to the three foundational sires, with Godolphin Arabian the ancestor of 7 winners, Byerley Turk the ancestor of 13 winners, and Darley Arabian the ancestor of 131 winners, including all winners since 1938.
The Mr Prospector direct sire line has produced the last 5 Preakness Stakes winners.
Darley Arabian line
- the Darley Arabian (1700c) sire line (all branched through the Eclipse (1764) line)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- the King Fergus (1775) branch (all branched through the Voltigeur (1847) line), produced 13 winners. His sire line continued primarily through his son Vedette (1854) with 12 winners, due primarily to his son Galopin (1872) with 9 winners (exclusively through St. Simon (1881), most recently Pleasant Colony in 1981).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- the Potoooooooo (1773) branch<ref name=Pot8>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> produced 117 winners (all branched through the Waxy (1790) line), including all winners from 1982 to present. The primary branch of this sire line is through Whalebone (1807), which has produced 116 winners. In turn, the primary branch continues through Sir Hercules (1826), which has produced 98 winners (including all winners since 1984), and then the Birdcatcher (1833) branch<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which produced 92 winners. From Birdcatcher, the branch of The Baron (1842) has produced 86 winners (exclusively through the Stockwell (1849) line).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Birdcatcher's grandson Doncaster (1870) sired Bend Or (1877), whose sire line accounts for 78 winners.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The main branch of the Bend Or sire line continued through his son Bona Vista (1889) with 64 winners, nearly exclusively through the Phalaris (1913) line with 63 winners, which has dominated in the last several decades (including all winners from 1984 to present) through the following sons:<ref name=Phalaris>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- the Fairway (1925) branch (1 winner, most recently Bally Ache in 1960);<ref name=Phalaris/>
- the Pharamond (1925) branch (5 winners, most recently Silver Charm in 1997);<ref name=Phalaris/>
- the Sickle (1924) branch, which has produced all winners from 2021 to present, (28 winners exclusively through Polynesian (1942) with his win in the 1945 Preakness Stakes, continued exclusively through his son Native Dancer (1950) with his win in the 1953 Preakness Stakes, continued primarily through his son Raise a Native (1961) with 24 winners, down through Mr Prospector (1970) with 21 winners (including all winners from 2021 to present, most recently Journalism in 2025) through 9 different sons: Tank’s Prospect, with his win in the 1985 Preakness Stakes, and 8 other sons through their progeny, with his son Fappiano (1977) accounting for 6 winners, (most recently Seize the Grey in 2024));
- the Pharos (1920) branch (29 winners all branched through the Nearco (1935) line, through his sons Royal Charger (1942), Nearctic (1954), and Nasrullah (1940)). The Royal Charger branch produced 5 winners (most recently Swiss Skydiver in 2020), the Nasrullah branch produced 11 winners primarily due to his son Bold Ruler (1954) with 10 winners (most recently California Chrome in 2014), while the Nearctic branch produced 13 winners, exclusively through his son Northern Dancer (1961) with his win in the 1964 Preakness Stakes, and direct male progeny of 12 winners, most recently War of Will in 2019, with his son Storm Bird (1978) accounting for 5 winners (most recently Justify in 2018).
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- the Whalebone (1807) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Sir Hercules and the secondary branch of Camel (1822) (14 winners exclusively through the Touchstone (1831) line), which produced 1983 Preakness Stakes winner Deputed Testimony through his grandson Newminster's (1848) branch.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since then, each winner of the Preakness Stakes has gone through Whalebone's more frequent sire line branch of Sir Herecules (1826). The Newminster branch is the more common of the two branches derived through Camel with 8 winners. Newminster's brother Orlando (1841) produced 6 winners (exclusively through the Commando (1898) line with 6 winners), most recently Carry Back in 1961.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Carry Back">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- the Sir Hercules (1826) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Birdcatcher (1833), and the secondary branch of Faugh-a-Ballagh (1841) which produced 6 winners (exclusively through the Leamington (1853) line), most recently 1901 Preakness Stakes winner The Parader.<ref name="The Parader">The Parader Pedigree</ref>
- the Birdcatcher (1833) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of The Baron (1842), and the secondary branch of Oxford (1857) which produced 6 winners (exclusively through the Sterling (1868) line), most recently 1946 Preakness Stakes winner Assault.<ref name="Assault"/>
- the Bend Or (1877) branch produced two main lines: the primary branch of Bona Vista (1889), and the secondary branch of Ormonde (1883) which produced 10 winners (primarily through the Teddy (1913) line with 8 winners), most recently 1967 Preakness Stakes winner Damascus.<ref name="Damascus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Byerley Turk line
- the Byerley Turk (1680c) sire line<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- the Woodpecker (1773) branch produced 6 winners (all branched through the Buzzard (1787) line). The main branches of this sire line are:
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- the Selim (1802) branch produced 5 winners (all branched through the Vandal (1850) line). The main branches of this sire line are:
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- the Selim (1802) branch produced 5 winners (all branched through the Vandal (1850) line). The main branches of this sire line are:
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- the Virgil (1864) branch produced 4 winners (1882 Preakness Stakes winner Vanguard,<ref name="Vanguard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Godolphin Arabian line
- the Godolphin Arabian (1724c) sire line<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- the Attila (1871) branch produced 1 winner, most recently Tecumseh in 1885<ref name="Tecumseh">Tecumseh</ref>
- the Spendthrift (1876) branch produced 6 winners (1894 Preakness Stakes winner Assignee (1891)<ref name="Assignee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Don Enrique (1904), winner of the 1907 Preakness Stakes<ref name="Don Enrique">Don Enrique</ref>
- the Fair Play (1905) branch produced 4 winners, most recently War Admiral in 1937<ref name="Man O War">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Preakness Stakes winners with male-line descendants including other Preakness Stakes winners
- Polynesian (1945 winner) – 27 winners (26 colts, 1 gelding); most recently Journalism (2025)<ref name="Native Dancer">Native Dancer Pedigree</ref><ref name="Kauai King">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Native Dancer (1953 winner) – 26 winners (25 colts, 1 gelding); most recently Journalism (2025)<ref name="Kauai King"/><ref name="Majestic Prince"/><ref name="Little Current"/><ref name="Affirmed"/><ref name="Tanks Propect"/><ref name="Alysheba"/><ref name="Hansel"/><ref name="Timber Country"/><ref name="Real Quiet"/><ref name="Red Bullet"/><ref name="Point Given"/><ref name="War Emblem"/><ref name="Funny Cide"/><ref name="Smarty Jones"/><ref name="Afleet Alex"/><ref name="Curlin"/><ref name="Lookin Lucky"/><ref name="Ill Have"/><ref name="American Pharoah"/><ref name="Exaggerator"/><ref name="Cloud Computing"/><ref name="Rombauer"/><ref name="Early Voting"/><ref name="National Treasure"/>
- Northern Dancer (1964 winner) – 12 winners (11 colts, 1 filly); most recently War of Will (2019)<ref name="Gate Dancer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Bold Ruler (1957 winner) – 7 colts; most recently California Chrome (2014)<ref name="Secretariat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Seattle Slew (1977 winner) – 2 colts; most recently California Chrome (2014)<ref name="Bernardini"/><ref name="California Chrome"/>
- Gallant Fox (1930 winner) – 1 colt; Omaha (1935)<ref name="Omaha">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Man o' War (1920 winner) – 1 colt; War Admiral (1937)<ref name="War Admiral">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Bold Venture (1936 winner) – 1 colt; Assault (1946)<ref name="Assault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Citation (1948 winner) – 1 colt; Fabius (1956)<ref name="Fabius">Fabius Pedigree</ref>
- Secretariat (1973 winner) – 1 colt; Risen Star (1988)<ref name="Risen Star"/>
- Summer Squall (1990 winner) – 1 colt; Charismatic (1999)<ref name="Charismatic"/>
- Curlin (2007 winner) – 1 colt; Exaggerator (2016)<ref name="Exaggerator"/>
See also
- American thoroughbred racing top attended events
- Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
- Grand Slam of Thoroughbred Racing
- List of Preakness Stakes broadcasters
- Maryland Jockey Club
- Preakness Stakes top four finishers
- Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
- Triple Crown Productions
- Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
References
External links
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- Horse races in Maryland
- Pimlico Race Course
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