On May 17, Pimlico Racecourse will host the second gem of North American horse racing triple crown as a talented group of three-year-olds, including the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve’s winner sovereignty. Truck, Baltimore and Maryland celebrate 150 this yearth This signature race edition.
Historically, the race has been one of the most important things in determining the honours of the 3-year-old man at the end of the year, and Preakness will decide if the Belmont Stakes triple crown is on the line three weeks later. Get ready for your run this year with the fun statistics and facts below.
0 – Number of times Preakness was held on Sundays. Since its inception in 1873, the race has been held at least four times a day per week. Tuesday was ranked second, with the 14th edition of Preakness being held that day.
1 3/16 Mile – Preakness distance since 1925. It’s 16th of the shorter miles than the Kentucky Derby.
1:53 – Secretariat victory in the 1973 edition of Preakness, A Stakes Record. The race was originally timed at 1:54 2/5, but that error was fixed in 2012, giving a “big red” record in all three triple crown races. Read more about the 39 years of controversy.
2 – Number of people who trained on the winner of Preakness. Louis J. Schafer won the 1929 edition as a jockey riding Dr. Freeland, and later trained Chaledon in 1939 to win.
6 – Number of female mares (female) who achieved Preakness: Flocallein, 1903. Whimper, 1906; Rhinemaiden, 1915. Nelly Morse, 1924; And there was the 85-year gap before the final horse that Rachel Alexandra won in 2009. Swiss Skydiver came in sixth place in 2020 and won the unforgettable prequeness of trainer Kenny McPeak as the winner of the Kentucky Derby is the real thing. Find out more about these six epic Phillies.
7- The number of Geldings who won the Preakness Stakes in 2003 with the recent interesting Cide. Gelding was not permitted to compete in Preakness from 1920 to 1934.
8 – Number of times Maryland’s three-year-old breeding has acquired Maryland’s representative race: Cloverbrook (1877), Dunboyne (1887), Refund (1888), Sly Fox (1898), Challedon (1939), Kauai King (1966), Bee Bee Bee (1972), Daputed Testamony (1983).
8 – A record number of Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert’s Preakness victory, winning Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), Points (2001), War Emblem (2002), Lookin at Lucky (2010) Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah (2015), Triple Crown Winner Justify (2018), and National Treasure (2023). Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lucas won his seventh victory at The Grey last year.
10 – Number of (father) Preakness winners sid by Preakness winners, including 2016 winner Adaggerator, by Preakness Victor Curlin.
11 – In a glorious history, Preakness’s interests were carried out before the Kentucky Derby, with both races being held on the same day twice in 1917 and 1922.
11½ length – Smarty Jones’ victory margin, stakes record at Preakness in 2004. Previous marks were ten lengths by survivors, dating back to 1873. Read more about Buzz Smart Jones, created in the Mid-Atlantic region that spring.
12 – The number of cases in which Belmont stakes were held before Preakness, most recently in 2020, the Belmont Stakes took place due to the Kentucky Derby in June and the Covid-19 pandemic held in Preakness in October. Before 2020, the standard order of the Derby was followed by Preakness after two weeks, and three weeks later the Belmont Stakes had been introduced since 1969.
16 – The number of winners of Preakness whose name begins with the letter “s”. These include the first winner, Survivor (1873), Triple Crown winner Sir Burton (1919), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Thru (1977), and Dual Classic winner Smart Jones (2004). Another famous “S Sunday Silence” is the latest Preakness winner to win the slimmest nose, the recorded margin. He defeated a simple visitor in a classic 1989 rivalry. Seize The Gray in 2024 is the latest winner whose name begins with the letter “S.”
17 – The number of times a horse has been destroyed from Post Position No. 6 has earned Preakness. Rombauer last did that in 2021. Seize The Gray wore the number 6 Saddlecloth in 2024, but started with the post post from 5 after Muth scratched it.
19 – The race was determined by headings of 19 or fewer. This was the last time that the national treasures burned the fiery Seven in 2023.
twenty two – In the same year, the highest end-of-year honors of racing, the number of winners of Preakness named Year of the Year. Triple Crown Winner Justify (2018) is the latest horse.
36 – The total number of horses that won Preakness after a Kentucky Derby victory. Only 13 of them earned were the Belmont stakes and cleaned up the Triple Crown.
$48.80 – The biggest win payment ever in the race when the 23-1 Master Derby won in 1975.
73 – In 150 races (preakness was held in two divisions in 1918), 73 winners began the race as betting favorites. My last favorite to win Preakness was Justify. He won in 2018 by odds of 2-5. The 1948 quote and the epic bid of 1979 were won by odds of 1-10, tied to the shortest winner in Preakness history.
105 – Number of Preakness winners raised in Kentucky, including the last nine since California Chrome in 2014.
150 – This year we have milestone 150th Race running. As mentioned above, it was first contested in 1873, but was not operated from 1891 to 1893.
$2,050 – First Preakness wallet of 1873.
140,237 – Set in 2017 when cloud computing got upset, Preakness’s record attendance fell to eighth of the Kentucky Derby winner as a 6-5 favorite.
$2 million – Total lace wallet for 2025. The winner will win 60% of that.
$112,504,509 – Dollars are bet on Preakness Day in 2021, making it the best all-sauce handle ever for Preakness cards. Preakness Day’s handle last year was over $101.6 million.
