The 2011 Preakness Stakes was the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...

 and was won by Shackleford

Shackleford (horse)

Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...

. The race took place on May 21, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC

NBC

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. The post time was EDT ( UTC). The race was the 12th race on a card of 13 races. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 118,356, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events

American thoroughbred racing top attended events

This is a listing of the top attended stakes race for thoroughbred racing in North America by year. This chart will list the paid attendance to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; the Kentucky Oaks at...

 for North America in 2011.

Payout

The 136th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program Number	Horse Name	Win	Place	Show
5	Shackleford Shackleford (horse) Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...	$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 27.20	$10.20	$6.80
11	Animal Kingdom Animal Kingdom (horse) Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...	-	$4.20	$3.60
1	Astrology	-	-	$8.00

• $2 Exacta
  Parimutuel betting
  Parimutuel betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vig" is removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets...
  
  : 5-11 paid $114.10
• $1 Trifecta
  Trifecta
  In horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, "perfecta". A trifecta is known as a tiercé in France and Hong Kong and as a tris in Italy.It...
  
  : 5-11-1 paid $700.90
• $1 Superfecta
  Superfecta
  The superfecta is a type of wager in parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence...
  
  : 5-11-1-10 paid $3,106.30

The full chart

A full field of 14 was drawn for the race. Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom (horse)

Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...

 was installed as the 2-1 early line favorite. Also close Derby finishers Mucho Macho Man and Shackleford

Shackleford (horse)

Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...

 entered the race while Nehro, the 2nd place finisher opted not to contest in this race.

Finish Position	Lengths Behind	Post Position	Horse name	Trainer	Jockey	Morning Line Odds	Post Time Odds	Purse Earnings
1st	0	5	Shackleford Shackleford (horse) Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...	Dale Romans	Jesús Castañón Jesus Castanon Jesus Lopez Castanon is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. The son of a horse trainer, two brothers were also jockeys in Mexico. Castanon got his first win at Agua Caliente Racetrack in 1989 and later that year in the United States, won the Torrey...			$1,150,000
2nd	½	11	Animal Kingdom Animal Kingdom (horse) Animal Kingdom by the Brazilian-bred Leroidesanimaux out of the German mare Dalicia is a Thoroughbred race horse, notable for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 7, 2011 before a record crowd of 164,858...	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	John R. Velazquez	favorite	favorite	$200,000
3rd	1¾	1	Astrology	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Mike E. Smith			$110,000
4th	4-1/4	10	Dialed In	Nicholas P. Zito	Julien Leparoux Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...			$60,000
5th	6-1/4	8	Dance City	Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...	Ramon Dominguez			$30,000
6th	7½	9	Mucho Macho Man	Kathy Ritvo	Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....
7th	9	3	King Congie	Thomas Albertrani	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...
8th	9¾	14	Mr. Commons	John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset...	Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....
9th	11-1/4	12	Isn't He Perfect	Doodnauth Shivmangal	Edgar Prado
10th	12½	13	Concealed Identity	Edmond Gaudet	Sheldon Russell
11th	13¾	2	Norman Asbjornson	Chris Grove	Julian Pimental
12th	15	6	Sway Away	Jeff Bonde	Garrett Gomez
13th	22-1/4	7	Midnight Interlude	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Martin Garcia Martin Garcia (jockey) Martin Garcia is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who rides from a base in Southern California.He emigrated to the United States in 2003 and went to work at a delicatessen in Pleasanton, California...
14th	22½	4	Flashpoint	Wesley Ward	Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...

Winning Owner: Michael Lauffer & W. D. Cubbedge

Winning Breeder: Michael Lauffer and W.D. Cubbedge

• Final Time – 1:56:47
• Track Condition – Fast
• Total Attendance: 118,356

Running

Shackleford held off a late charge by Animal Kingdom. Shackleford battled Flashpoint for the lead through a quick opening quarter-mile of 22.69 seconds, just a fifth of a second off the Preakness record.

Bonus Stakes

• A $550,000 bonus was awarded to Shackleford's connections for his victory in the Preakness because of his participation in the Fountain of Youth Stakes
  Fountain of Youth Stakes
  The Fountain of Youth Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida at the beginning of March. A Grade II event open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, it offers a purse of $400,000...
  
   and a top-three finish in the Florida Derby
  Florida Derby
  The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...
  
  . His owners were awarded $500,000 while his trainer Dale Romans earned $50,000 in bonus money.

Notable achievements

• First victory in a Triple Crown race for jockey Jesus Castanon and trainer Dale Romans

See also

• 2011 Kentucky Derby
  2011 Kentucky Derby
  The 2011 Kentucky Derby was the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, on May 7. The race was won by Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velazquez, trained by H. Graham Motion and owned by Team Valor....
  
  
• 2011 Belmont Stakes
  2011 Belmont Stakes
  The 2011 Belmont Stakes was the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes and was won by Ruler on Ice. The race was run on June 11, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time was EDT...
  
  
• Preakness Stakes "top three finishers" and starters
  Preakness Stakes top three finishers
  This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, third or fourth place and the number of starters in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing run at 1-3/16 mile on dirt for three-year olds at Pimlico Race Course in...