Preakness Important Facts
History - Important Facts - Winners - Glossary
- The Preakness Stakes is also known as "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
- The first Preakness Stake race was held in 1873.
- The Preakness is the second and shortest leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown
- In 1889, George "Spider" Anderson was the first African-American jockey to win the Preakness
- In 1948, the Preakness was televised for the first time by CBS.
- The leading Preakness winning jockeys are: Eddie Arcaro and Pat Day
- The leading Preakness winning trainers: R. Wyndham Walden with 7, Thomas Healey and Wayne Lukas with 5.
- The 2007 Preakness Stake winner was Curlin (1:53.46.) in the hands of jockey Robby Albarado
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