Grade I race | |
Location | Pimlico Race Course Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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Inaugurated | May 27, 1873 (151 years ago) |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs) |
Record | 1:53.0, Secretariat (1973) more |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | 3-year-old |
Weight | Colt/Gelding: 126 pounds (57 kg) Filly: 121 pounds (55 kg) |
Purse | US$2 million (2024) 1st: $1.2 million [1] |
The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I race run over a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs; 1.9 kilometres) on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 pounds (55 kg).[2] It is the second jewel (or leg)[3] 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[4] and a Grade II race on Friday for fillies only named the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.[5] Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby.
The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, May 18, 2024.
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