1951 Preakness Stakes

76th Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes
LocationPimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DateMay 19, 1951 (1951-05-19)
Distance1+316 mi (9.5 furlongs; 1,900 m)
Winning horseBold
Winning time1:56 2/5
Final odds4.10-1
JockeyEddie Arcaro (HoF)
TrainerPreston M. Burch (HoF)
OwnerBrookmeade Stable
ConditionsFast
SurfaceDirt
Attendance24,863
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The 1951 Preakness Stakes was the 76th running of the $110,245 Preakness Stakes horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the event took place on May 19, 1951. Owned by Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade Stable and ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Eddie Arcaro, Bold easily won the race by seven lengths over runner-up Counterpoint. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:56 2/5.[1]

For jockey Arcaro, the win was a record fourth time he had won the race.[2]

  1. ^ Daily Racing Form May 21, 1951 article titled "Bold Easily Wins Preakness Retrieved August 11, 2018
  2. ^ "Bold captures Preakness purse". Telegraph-Herald. May 20, 1951. Retrieved August 24, 2012.