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The Preakness Stakes is an American
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 Grade I stakes race
Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay....
 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dixie Stakes....
 in Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
. Colts and gelding
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
s carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). The Preakness Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a horseshoe of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia hirta is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual plant native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side....
), the state flower of Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
, is traditionally placed around the winner's neck.

years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873 .






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The Preakness Stakes is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Grade I stakes race
Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay....
 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dixie Stakes....
 in Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
. Colts and gelding
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
s carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg). The Preakness Stakes has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a horseshoe of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia hirta is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual plant native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side....
), the state flower of Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
, is traditionally placed around the winner's neck.

History

Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873 . Former Maryland Governor
Governor of Maryland

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is commander-in-chief of the state's military forces....
 Oden Bowie
Oden Bowie

Oden Bowie , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872....
 named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's
Milton H. Sanford

Milton Holbrook Sanford was an United States businessman and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Medway, Massachusetts, the son of Sewall Sanford and Edena Holbrook, Milton Sanford would become one of the town's greatest benefactors....
 Preakness Stables
Preakness Stables

Preakness Stables was a Thoroughbred horse race stable established by Massachusetts businessman Milton H. Sanford in Wayne, New Jersey at what today is the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue....
 in Preakness
Preakness, New Jersey

Preakness is a section of Wayne, New Jersey located in Passaic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States.The colt Preakness , for whom the Preakness Stakes Thoroughbred horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland is named, was owned by Milton H....
, Wayne Township
Wayne, New Jersey

Wayne is a Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States, located less than from midtown Manhattan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
 who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico Race Course opened on October 25, 1870.

The first Preakness drew seven starters; John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor
Survivor (horse)

Survivor was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing born in 1870 and best known as the winner of the first running of the Preakness Stakes in 1873 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
, galloped home easily by 10 lengths, the largest margin of victory until 2004, winning a purse of $2,050.

In 1889, George "Spider" Anderson became the first African-American jockey to win the Preakness.

In 1890 Morris Park Racecourse
Morris Park Racecourse

Morris Park Racecourse was an American Thoroughbred horse race facility opened in 1889 in an area of The Bronx, New York known at the time as Glendale....
 in the Bronx, New York hosted the Preakness Stakes after which there was no race run for three years. For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track

Gravesend Race Track at Gravesend, Brooklyn on Coney Island, New York was a Thoroughbred horse race facility built in 1887 by the Brooklyn Jockey Club as a result of the backing of the wealthy racing stable owners, the Dwyer Brothers Stable....
 on Coney Island
Coney Island

Coney Island is a peninsula, formerly an island, in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA, with a beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The Neighbourhood of the same name is a community of 60,000 people in the western part of the peninsula, with Seagate, Brooklyn to its west; Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York to its east; a...
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
.

Evolution of the Triple Crown series

The Preakness is the second leg in American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year....
 series and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
 winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. The Preakness is 1 3/16 miles, or 9 1/2 furlongs, compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is 1 1/4 miles. It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
, which is 1 1/2 miles.

Since 1931, the order of Triple Crown races has the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1931, eleven times the Preakness was run before the Derby. On May 12, 1917 and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day.

Running the race

Just after the horses for the Preakness are called to the post, the audience is invited to sing "Maryland, My Maryland
Maryland, My Maryland

"Maryland, My Maryland" is the official state song of Maryland. The song is set to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius" and the lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall....
," the official state song of Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
. Traditionally, the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States, that educates and commissions officers of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps....
 Glee Club
Glee club

A glee club is a choir, historically of men but also of just women or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in singing short songs. Glee clubs originated in England, but are no longer common in Britain; modern glee clubs are primarily found in North American and Japanese colleges and university....
 assembles in the Pimlico infield to lead the song.

Sirbarton Johnny Loftus 1919preakness
As soon as the Preakness winner has been declared official, a painter climbs a ladder to the top of a replica of the Old Clubhouse cupola
Cupola

File:Faneuil Hall Boston Massachusetts.JPGIn architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....
. S/he applies the colors of the victorious owner's silks on the jockey and horse that are part of the weather vane
Weather vane

A weather vane, also known as a wind vane or weathercock, is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. Although partly functional, weather vanes are generally decorative, often featuring the traditional chicken design with letters indicating the points of the compass....
 atop the infield structure. The horseshoe of black-eyed Susans is placed around the winning horse's neck at this time and a replica of the Woodlawn Vase
Woodlawn Vase

A replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky....
 is given to the winning horse's owner. Should that horse have also won the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
, speculation and excitement immediately begin to mount as to whether that horse will go on to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
 at the Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
 in June.

The practice started in 1909 at Pimlico when a horse and rider weather vane sat at the top of the old Members' Clubhouse, which was constructed when Pimlico opened in 1870. The Victorian building was destroyed by fire in June 1966. A replica of the old building's cupola was built to stand in the Preakness winner's circle in the infield.

Winning the race

In 1917, the first "Woodlawn Vase
Woodlawn Vase

A replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning owner of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky....
" was awarded to the Preakness winner, who was not allowed to keep it. Eventually a half-size reproduction of the trophy was given to winners to keep permanently. The original trophy is kept at the Maryland Historical Society and brought to the Preakness race each year for the winner's presentation ceremony.

In 1918, 26 horses entered the race, and it was run in two divisions, providing for two winners that year. Currently, the race is limited to 14 horses.

In 1948, the Preakness was televised for the first time by CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
.

The Preakness has been run at seven different distances:
  • 1-1/2 miles (2.41 km) : 1873-1888, 1890
  • 1-1/4 miles (2.01 km) : 1889
  • 1-1/16 miles (1.71 km) : 1894-1900, 1908
  • 1 mile 70 yards (1.67 km) : 1901-1907
  • 1 mile (1.61 km) : 1909, 1910
  • 1-1/8 miles (1.81 km) : 1911-1924
  • 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) : 1925-present


The leading Preakness winning jockeys are:
  • Eddie Arcaro
    Eddie Arcaro

    Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
     : (6) including two consecutive wins in 1950-51
  • Pat Day
    Pat Day

    Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
     : (5) including three consecutive wins in 1994-96
  • George Barbee
    George Barbee

    George Barbee was an English-born jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Published reports indicate Barbee lived to 89 or 93, and is buried near Belmont Park....
    , Bill Hartack
    Bill Hartack

    William John Hartack Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania....
     and Lloyd Hughes: (3)


The leading Preakness winning trainers are:
  • R. Wyndham Walden: (7)
  • Thomas J. Healey, D. Wayne Lukas
    D. Wayne Lukas

    Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
    : (5)
  • Jim Fitzsimmons, Jimmy Jones
    Horace A. Jones

    Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an United States thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A....
    , Bob Baffert
    Bob Baffert

    Bob Baffert is an United States horse owner and Horse trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree....
    : (4)
  • John Whalen: (3)


Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
 is both the leading breeder and owner of Preakness winners with seven each.

Set by Tank's Prospect
Tank's Prospect

Tank's Prospect was a racehorse which won the 1985 Preakness Stakes in record time. He was a bay colt by Mr. Prospector out of Midnight Pumpkin owned by Eugene Klein and trained by D. Wayne Lukas....
 in 1985 and equaled by Louis Quatorze
Louis Quatorze (horse)

Louis Quatorze is an United States thoroughbred stallion horse racing. He was sired by Sovereign Dancer, who in turn was a son of the great 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Northern Dancer out of the mare, On To Royalty....
 in 1996 and Curlin
Curlin

Curlin is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing and the highest North American money earner with over US$10.5 million in stakes money won....
 in 2007, the time record for the current 1-3/16 miles (1.91 km) Preakness is 1:53 2/5 seconds. (Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)

Secretariat was an United States thoroughbred racehorse. Secretariat won the 1973 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, and set still-standing track records in two of the three races in the Series, the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes ....
, the 1973 winner, was also credited with running 1:53 2/5 by the Daily Racing Form
Daily Racing Form

The Daily Racing Form, LLC is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for gambling on horse racing in the United States....
. However, the timer malfunctioned during that race, and Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dixie Stakes....
 does not recognize that time, instead assigning Secretariat a time of 1:54 2/5.) The record victory margin is 11½ lengths, by Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.He is a third-generation descendant of Mr....
 in 2004.

Four fillies
Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare . There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
 have won the Preakness:
  • 1903 - Flocarline
    Flocarline

    Flocarline was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by August Belmont's graded stakes race winner St. Florian , out of the King Ban mare, Carline....
  • 1906 - Whimsical
    Whimsical (horse)

    Whimsical was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by the great graded stakes race winner Orlando , out of the mare, Kismet, who was sired by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame stallion, Hindoo ....
  • 1915 - Rhine Maiden
    Rhine Maiden (horse)

    Rhine Maiden was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by Prince of Wales Stakes winner, Watercress, out of the Golden Garter mare, Gold....
  • 1924 - Nellie Morse
    Nellie Morse

    Nellie Morse was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the last filly to win the Preakness Stakes. Her sire was Luke McLuke, who won the 1914 Belmont Stakes and who was a son of the important but unraced Ultimus who had been sired by Commando ....


List of winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
Dist. (Miles)
2008
2008 Preakness Stakes

The 2008 Preakness Stakes was the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes. The race took place in front of 112,222 fans on May 17, 2008. at 6:15 p.m....
Big Brown
Big Brown

Big Brown is a retired Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Dr....
Kent Desormeaux
Kent Desormeaux

image=|name = Kent Desormeaux||caption = Kent Desormeaux and Big Brown head into the gate for the 2008 Belmont Stakes.|occupation = Jockey|birthplace = Maurice, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States...
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.IEAH Stable & P. Pompa, Jr.1:54.801.1875
2007
2007 Preakness Stakes

The 2007 Preakness Stakes was the 132nd running of the Preakness Stakes. The race took place on May 19, 2007. It was a photo finish between Curlin and Street Sense , which was won by Curlin by a head, the shortest margin of victory in Preakness history....
Curlin
Curlin

Curlin is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing and the highest North American money earner with over US$10.5 million in stakes money won....
Robby Albarado
Robby Albarado

Robby Albarado is an United States Thoroughbred horse race 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....
Steve Asmussen
Steve Asmussen

Steven Mark Asmussen is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who run El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in western Laredo, Texas, the seat of Webb County, Texas in south Texas....
Stonestreet Stables et al1:53.461.1875
2006Bernardini
Bernardini

Bernardini is a thoroughbred race horse foaled on March 23, 2003 at Darley Stable in Kentucky. A son of A.P. Indy, he is out of Cara Rafaela who won almost a million dollars over the course of her racing career....
Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano

Javier Castellano is a jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse race.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit....
Tom Albertrani
Tom Albertrani

Thomas "Tom" Albertrani is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer. He began his career as a jockey then spent a number of years as an assistant to trainer William I....
Darley Stables1:54.651.1875
2005Afleet Alex
Afleet Alex

Afleet Alex is an United States thoroughbred race horse who, in 2005, won two of Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes....
Jeremy Rose
Jeremy Rose

Jeremy Rose is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey....
Timothy F. Ritchey
Timothy F. Ritchey

Timothy F. "Tim" Ritchey is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer. He is best known as the trainer of Afleet Alex, a 2005 winner of two American Classic Races, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes....
Cash is King Stable1:55.041.1875
2004Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.He is a third-generation descendant of Mr....
Stewart Elliott
Stewart Elliott

Stewart Elliott is an United States thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada....
John Servis
John Servis

John C. Servis is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Horse trainer who was a relative unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby....
Someday Farm1:55.591.1875
2003Funny Cide
Funny Cide

Funny Cide is a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003. He is the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby and the first gelding to win it since 1929 ....
Jose Santos
José Santos

Jose Abon Santos is a retired United States thoroughbred horse racing National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey.Jose Santos first raced horses at Club Hipico de Concepcion in his native Chile, following in the footsteps of his father and three of his seven brothers, and in Colombia until moving to the United States in 1984 where h...
Barclay Tagg
Barclay Tagg

Barclay Tagg is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide...and now for the impressive stable he's been able to build after Funny Cide, his "Big Horse" ....
Sackatoga Stable1:55.611.1875
2002War Emblem
War Emblem

War Emblem was the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2002. This thoroughbred time was 2:01.13 around the 1 1/4 mile track. Victor Espinoza was his jockey for the Derby, never having seen the horse until the morning of the race....
Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza

Victor Espinoza is a jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse race. 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....
Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert is an United States horse owner and Horse trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree....
The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corp.

The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse race and horse breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Saudi Arabian House of Saud....
1:56.401.1875
2001Point Given
Point Given

Point Given, an American racehorse, was foaled on March 27, 1998 in Kentucky. In 2001, as a three-year-old, he won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, along with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year....
Gary StevensBob Baffert
Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert is an United States horse owner and Horse trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree....
The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corp.

The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse race and horse breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Saudi Arabian House of Saud....
1:55.401.1875
2000Red Bullet
Red Bullet

Red Bullet is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 2000 Preakness Stakes. Bred and raced by automobile parts magnate Frank Stronach, he was sired by Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of that year's Breeders' Cup Classic....
Jerry BaileyJoe Orseno
Joe Orseno

Joseph F. Orseno is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer. He began his career as a professional trainer in 1977 and in 1997 joined Frank Stronach racing stables....
Stronach Stables
Stronach Stables

Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of prominent Thoroughbred horse racing owner and horse breeding, Frank Stronach.The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song, Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others....
1:56.001.1875
1999Charismatic
Charismatic (horse)

Charismatic is a stallion Thoroughbred horse, and is known as one of the closest challengers to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing since the last winner, Affirmed, accomplished the feat in 1978....
Chris Antley
Chris Antley

Christopher Wiley Antley was a Champion United States jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
Bob & Beverly Lewis1:55.201.1875
1998Real Quiet
Real Quiet

Real Quiet is an United States Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing. He was nicknamed "The Fish" by his trainer, due to his narrow frame....
Kent Desormeaux
Kent Desormeaux

image=|name = Kent Desormeaux||caption = Kent Desormeaux and Big Brown head into the gate for the 2008 Belmont Stakes.|occupation = Jockey|birthplace = Maurice, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States...
Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert is an United States horse owner and Horse trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree....
Michael E. Pegram1:54.801.1875
1997Silver Charm
Silver Charm

Silver Charm is an United States Champion Thoroughbred race horse.Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary L. Stevens, Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short of the Triple Crown by placing second in the Belmont Stakes to Touch Gold....
Gary StevensBob Baffert
Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert is an United States horse owner and Horse trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree....
Bob & Beverly Lewis1:54.401.1875
1996Louis Quatorze
Louis Quatorze (horse)

Louis Quatorze is an United States thoroughbred stallion horse racing. He was sired by Sovereign Dancer, who in turn was a son of the great 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Northern Dancer out of the mare, On To Royalty....
Pat Day
Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
Nick Zito
Nick Zito

Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an United States Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer....
C-C-H Partners1:53.401.1875
1995Timber Country
Timber Country

Timber Country is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who was the first horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile then go on to win one of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States races for three-year-olds....
Pat Day
Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
Overbrook/Gainesway
Gainesway Farm

Gainesway Farm is an United States Thoroughbred horse breeding business in Lexington, Kentucky. The Farm was formed by John R. Gaines, the man behind the creation of the Breeders Cup....
/Lewis
1:54.401.1875
1994Tabasco Cat
Tabasco Cat

Tabasco Cat was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of Storm Cat, who in 2006 became the world's most expensive stallion, he was out of the mare Barbicue Sauce....
Pat Day
Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
D. P. Reynolds
David P. Reynolds

David P. Reynolds is a Chairman emeritus of Reynolds Metals and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing. He is the son of Richard S. Reynolds, Sr....
 & Overbrook
1:56.401.1875
1993Prairie Bayou
Prairie Bayou

Prairie Bayou was an American Thoroughbred Eclipse Award horse racing owned and bred by Loblolly Stable of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas.Named for a bayou between Little Rock, Arkansas and Hot Springs, Arkansas in Arkansas, he was sired by Little Missouri and out of the mare , Whiffling....
Mike E. Smith
Mike E. Smith

Michael Earl "Mike" Smith is an United States jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. thoroughbred horse racing since the early 1990s....
Tom BohannanLoblolly Stable
Loblolly Stable

Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and horse racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn....
1:56.601.1875
1992Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff (horse)

Pine Bluff was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred and raced by John Ed Anthony's Loblolly Stable, he was a son of Danzig and grandson of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer....
Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron

Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is an United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....
Tom BohannanLoblolly Stable
Loblolly Stable

Loblolly Stable was a Thoroughbred horse breeding and horse racing stable in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas owned by businessman John Ed Anthony and his former wife Mary Lynn....
1:55.601.1875
1991Hansel
Hansel (horse)

Hansel is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who won the final two legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing races in 1991 and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse....
Jerry BaileyFrank L. BrothersLazy Lane Farms1:54.001.1875
1990Summer Squall
Summer Squall

Summer Squall is an United States thoroughbred Stallion horse racing. He was sired by Storm Bird, who in turn was a son of 1964 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse Northern Dancer, "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history." His dam was Weekend Surprise, a daughter of the great Triple Crown of Thoroughbred...
Pat Day
Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
Neil J. HowardDogwood Stable1:53.601.1875
1989Sunday Silence
Sunday Silence

Sunday Silence was an United States thoroughbred race horse. He was foaled in 1986, sired by Halo out of Wishing Well. Though he was registered as a dark bay/brown, he was in fact a true black....
Pat Valenzuela
Pat Valenzuela

Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an United States thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles were jockeys....
Charlie WhittinghamH-G-W Partners
H-G-W Partners

H-G-W Partners represents the names of the three United States partners who owned the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing, Sunday Silence ....
1:53.801.1875
1988Risen Star
Risen Star

Risen Star, , was a champion thoroughbred horse racing.The dark bay colt was the son of the great Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner Secretariat out of the mare Ribbon ....
Ed Delahoussaye
Eddie Delahoussaye

Edward J. Delahoussaye was an United States thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and in ten short years became the top American jockey with 384 wins....
Louie Roussel IIIRoussel & R. Lamarque1:56.201.1875
1987Alysheba
Alysheba

Alysheba is an United States thoroughbred race horse.A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba, by Lt. Stevens. Bred by Preston Madden at Hamburg Place Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Alysheba was sold as a yearling to Dorothy and Pam Scharbauer for $500,000....
Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron

Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is an United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....
Jack Van Berg
Jack Van Berg

John Charles Van Berg is an United States Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg....
D. & P. Scharbauer1:55.801.1875
1986Snow Chief
Snow Chief

Snow Chief is an United States Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by Carl Grinstead, in 1984 retired Vaudeville and successful real estate investor Ben Rochelle bought a fifty percent interest in Grinstead's Blue Diamond Ranch thus becoming a half owner of the yearling, Snow Chief....
Alex Solis
Alex Solis

Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California....
Melvin F. StuteGrinstead & Rochelle1:54.801.1875
1985Tank's Prospect
Tank's Prospect

Tank's Prospect was a racehorse which won the 1985 Preakness Stakes in record time. He was a bay colt by Mr. Prospector out of Midnight Pumpkin owned by Eugene Klein and trained by D. Wayne Lukas....
Pat Day
Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an United States jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991....
D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
Eugene V. Klein
Eugene V. Klein

Eugene Victor Klein was an United States businessman who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief stockholder of American Financial Group, an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California....
1:53.401.1875
1984Gate Dancer
Gate Dancer

Gate Dancer was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known as a winner of an American Classic Races and for his part in a thrilling three-horse finish in the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Classic....
Angel Cordero, Jr.Jack Van Berg
Jack Van Berg

John Charles Van Berg is an United States Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg....
Kenneth Opstein1:53.601.1875
1983Deputed TestamonyDonald Miller, Jr.J. William BonifaceBonita Farm1:55.401.1875
1982Aloma's RulerJack L. KaenelJohn Lenzini, Jr.Nathan Scherr1:55.401.1875
1981Pleasant Colony
Pleasant Colony

Pleasant Colony was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who won the first two legs of the 1981 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States series....
Jorge Velasquez
Jorge Velasquez

Jorge Vel?squez is an United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States....
John P. Campo
John P. Campo

John P. Campo, Sr. was an United States Thoroughbred horse trainer.Campo was born in Spanish Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens....
Buckland Farm1:54.601.1875
1980CodexAngel Cordero, Jr.D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse race history and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee....
Tartan Stable1:54.201.1875
1979Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid

Spectacular Bid was an United States thoroughbred race horse. His sire was Bold Bidder, stakes winner of 13 races who also sired the 1974 Kentucky Derby winner, Cannonade....
Ronnie FranklinBud Delp
Bud Delp

Grover Greer "Bud" Delp was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer best remembered for his conditioning of Hall of Fame colt, Spectacular Bid....
Hawksworth Farm1:54.201.1875
1978Affirmed
Affirmed

Affirmed was an United States thoroughbred race horse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. As of 2008 in sports#Thoroughbred Horse Racing, he was the last horse to do so....
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Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen

Steve Cauthen is an American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice....
Laz Barrera
Laz Barrera

Lazaro Sosa Barrera , was a Cuban-born National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States....
Harbor View Farm
Louis Wolfson

Louis Elwood Wolfson was a Wall Street financier and a major thoroughbred horse racing participant best known as the owner and breeder of 1978 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner, Affirmed....
1:54.401.1875
1977Seattle Slew
Seattle Slew

Seattle Slew was an United States thoroughbred race horse who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, the tenth of eleven horses to accomplish the feat....
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Jean Cruguet
Jean Cruguet

Jean Cruguet is an France-United States thoroughbred horse race jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.At age five, Jean Cruguet was placed in an orphanage after his father abandoned the family and his mother was unable to cope....
William H. Turner, Jr.Karen L. Taylor1:54.401.1875
1976ElocutionistJohn L. LivelyPaul AdwellEugene C. Cashman1:55.001.1875
1975Master Derby
Master Derby

Master Derby was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1975 Preakness Stakes. He was bred by Robert E. Lehmann at his Golden Chance Farm in Paris, Kentucky....
Darrel McHargueSmiley AdamsGolden Chance Farm1:56.401.1875
1974Little Current
Little Current (horse)

Little Current was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who won the final two legs of the 1974 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States....
Miguel A. RiveraLou RondinelloDarby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm

Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W....
1:54.601.1875
1973Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)

Secretariat was an United States thoroughbred racehorse. Secretariat won the 1973 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, and set still-standing track records in two of the three races in the Series, the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes ....
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Ron Turcotte
Ron Turcotte

Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, Order of Canada is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the jockey of United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Eclipse Award, Secretariat ....
Lucien Laurin
Lucien Laurin

Lucien Laurin was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Laurin's career in thoroughbred horse racing began in 1929 as a jockey at Blue Bonnets Raceway in Montreal, Quebec....
Meadow Stable
Penny Chenery

Helen "Penny" Chenery is an United States sportswoman, known as the "First Lady of Racing", who owned Secretariat , the 1973 winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
1:54.401.1875
1972Bee Bee Bee
Bee Bee Bee

Bee Bee Bee was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1972 Preakness Stakes. He was sired by multiple stakes winner Better Bee, who was a grandson of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Reigh Count....
Eldon Nelson
Eldon Nelson

Glen Eldon Nelson is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who competed primarily at tracks on the East Coast of the United States and who is best known for winning the 1972 Preakness Stakes....
Del W. Carroll
Del W. Carroll

Delmer W. "Del" Carroll was an American champion polo player, Thoroughbred Horse racing owner/Horse trainer, and soldier during World War II....
William S. Farish III1:55.601.1875
1971Canonero II
Canonero II

Canonero II , was a Venezuela champion thoroughbred horse racing.Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Kentucky, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing....
Gustavo Avila
Gustavo Avila

Gustavo Avila is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse race. He is best known as the jockey who rode Canonero II to victory in the 1971 American Classic Races, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes....
Juan AriasEdgar Caibett1:54.001.1875
1970PersonalityEddie BelmonteJohn W. JacobsEthel D. Jacobs
Ethel D. Jacobs

Ethel D. Jacobs was a prominent American Thoroughbred Horse racing owner/breeder who was a three-time leading owner in North America.Married to National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame trainer, Hirsch Jacobs, Ethel Jacobs' racing silks were salmon pink and green....
1:56.201.1875
1969Majestic Prince
Majestic Prince

Majestic Prince was a Thoroughbred horse racing purchased by Calgary, Alberta oilman Frank M. McMahon at the Keeneland Sales in September 1967 for a then record price of $250,000....
Bill Hartack
Bill Hartack

William John Hartack Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania....
Johnny Longden
Johnny Longden

John Eric Longden was an United Statesn National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta....
Frank M. McMahon
Frank M. McMahon

Frank Murray Patrick McMahon was a Canada businessman best known as the founder and first chairman of Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. whom the July 15, 1957 issue of Time magazine called "The man who did the most to open up northwest Canada's wilderness?and convince oilmen of its treasures."...
1:55.601.1875
1968Forward Pass
Forward Pass (horse)

Forward Pass was an United States Thoroughbred Eclipse Award horse racing who is the only horse in the history of the Kentucky Derby to have been declared the winner as the result of a disqualification....
Ismael Valenzuela
Ismael Valenzuela

Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children to parents who had immigrated to the United states....
Henry ForrestCalumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:56.801.1875
1967Damascus
Damascus (horse)

Damascus was a thoroughbred race horse Father by Sword Dancer out of Kerala foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Though he finished third in the 1967 Kentucky Derby , he won so many of the other big races?the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes*, the Jockey Club Gold Cup*, the Wood Memorial, the Travers Stakes, the Dwyer S...
Bill ShoemakerFrank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.

Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer.Born and raised on a farm in Centreville, Maryland, Whiteley grew up around horses and from a very early age was intent on racing them....
Edith W. Bancroft1:55.201.1875
1966Kauai King
Kauai King

Kauai King was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who in 1966 won the first two legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing races....
Don Brumfield
Don Brumfield

Don Brumfield is an American jockey from Kentucky. During his thirty-five year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. He retired from racing in 1989....
Henry ForrestFord Stable1:55.401.1875
1965Tom Rolfe
Tom Rolfe

The racehorse Tom Rolfe was one of the best American sons of the great racehorse and sire Ribot . His dam was Pocahontas, from whom he takes his name ....
Ron Turcotte
Ron Turcotte

Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, Order of Canada is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the jockey of United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Eclipse Award, Secretariat ....
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.

Frank Yewell Whiteley, Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer.Born and raised on a farm in Centreville, Maryland, Whiteley grew up around horses and from a very early age was intent on racing them....
Powhatan Stable1:56.201.1875
1964Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer

Northern Dancer was a Canada-bred Thoroughbred horse and the most successful Father of the 20th Century. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls him "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history"....
Bill Hartack
Bill Hartack

William John Hartack Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania....
Horatio Luro
Horatio Luro

Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United States....
Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm

Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred Stud farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E....
1:56.801.1875
1963Candy SpotsBill ShoemakerMesh Tenney
Mesh Tenney

Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an United States Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935....
Rex C. Ellsworth1:56.201.1875
1962Greek MoneyJohn L. Rotz
John L. Rotz

John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse race jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions.After graduating high school, in 1952 Rotz went to work at Fairmount Park Racetrack in Collinsville, Illinois....
Virgil W. Raines
Virgil W. Raines

Virgil W. Raines was an United States Thoroughbred horse trainer.Known as "Buddy" Raines, in the 1930s he began working as a stable hand and became an exercise rider, notably for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame colt Cavalcade ....
Brandywine Stable1:56.201.1875
1961Carry Back
Carry Back

Carry Back was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing with a less than stellar pedigree but who nonetheless won many important graded stakes races including the 1961 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes....
Johnny Sellers
Johnny Sellers

Johnny Sellers is a retired United States jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys....
Jack A. PriceKatherine Price1:57.601.1875
1960Bally Ache
Bally Ache

Bally Ache was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who won one of the American Classic Races in 1960 but died shortly afterwards. In her book American Classic Pedigrees , author Avalyn Hunter wrote that Bally Ache was "a crowd favorite" who "won hearts by his sheer determination."...
Bobby Ussery
Bobby Ussery

Robert N. "Bobby" Ussery is an United states thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his career as a jockey in 1951 and by the end of the decade had won the Travers Stakes, Whitney Stakes and Alabama Stakes....
Jimmy PittTurfland1:57.601.1875
1959Royal Orbit
Royal Orbit

Royal Orbit was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the winner of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States races....
William HarmatzReggie CornellJacques Braunstein1:57.001.1875
1958Tim Tam
Tim Tam (horse)

Tim Tam was an United States thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Tom Fool out of the great racing mare Two Lea , the dark bay colt was owned and bred by Calumet Farm....
Ismael Valenzuela
Ismael Valenzuela

Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children to parents who had immigrated to the United states....
Horace A. Jones
Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an United States thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:57.201.1875
1957Bold Ruler
Bold Ruler

Bold Ruler was an United States thoroughbred National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame racehorse.Bred by the Wheatley Stable of Gladys Mills Phipps, Bold Ruler was born at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky to Nasrullah and Miss Disco....
Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Jim FitzsimmonsWheatley Stable
Wheatley Stable

Wheatley Stable was a Thoroughbred horse racing partnership formed by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills. Over the years, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainers Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, William C....
1:56.201.1875
1956Fabius
Fabius (horse)

Fabius was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1956 Preakness Stakes. Bred and raced by Lexington, Kentucky renowned Calumet Farm, he was out of the mare Shameen, a daughter of the United Kingdom Eclipse Stakes winner Royal Minstrel who was a son of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes winner, Tetratema....
Bill Hartack
Bill Hartack

William John Hartack Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania....
Horace A. Jones
Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an United States thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:58.401.1875
1955Nashua
Nashua (horse)

Nashua was an United States-born thoroughbred racehorse, perhaps best remembered for a 1955 match race against the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby....
Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Jim FitzsimmonsBelair Stud
Belair Stud

Belair Stud was an United States thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Province of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Maryland, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America....
1:54.601.1875
1954Hasty RoadJohn H. AdamsHarry TrotsekHasty House Farm1:57.401.1875
1953Native Dancer
Native Dancer

Native Dancer , nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished thoroughbred Horse-racing in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television....
Eric Guerin
Eric Guerin

Oliver Eric Guerin is an United States Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
Bill WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt II
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania....
1:57.801.1875
1952Blue Man
Blue Man (horse)

Blue Man was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the Preakness Stakes.He was bred by Allen T. Simmons at his Lexington, Kentucky horse farm, a property that had been part of the renowned Idle Hour Stock Farm....
Conn McCreary
Conn McCreary

Conn N. McCreary was a United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and Horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse race who won four American Classic Races....
Woody Stephens
Woody Stephens

Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, he first started as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched to training horses....
White Oak Stable1:57.401.1875
1951BoldEddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Preston M. Burch
Preston M. Burch

Preston Morris Burch was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer, horse breeding, and owner.Born in Augusta, Georgia, he was the son of Hall of Fame trainer, William Preston Burch and a nephew of another prominent horseman, Green B....
Brookmeade Stable
Brookmeade Stable

Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico Race Course in 1924....
1:56.401.1875
1950Hill Prince
Hill Prince

Hill Prince was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who earned Champion honors in his first three years of racing. Trained by J. Homer Hayes for owner Christopher Chenery, at age two Hill Prince won six of the first seven races he entered and was voted U.S....
Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Casey HayesChristopher Chenery
Christopher Chenery

Christopher Tompkins Chenery was an United States engineer, businessperson, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, Secretariat ....
1:59.201.1875
1949Capot
Capot

Capot was an United States Thoroughbred racehorse Father by Menow out of the mare Piquet. Owned and bred by Greentree Stable, Capot was trained by John M....
Ted Atkinson
Ted Atkinson

Theodore Francis Atkinson was a Canada-born American thoroughbred horse race jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957....
John M. Gaver, Sr.
John M. Gaver, Sr.

John Milton Gaver, Sr. was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Mt. Airy, Maryland, John Gaver graduated from Princeton University then worked as a University-preparatory school Language education before eventually embarking on a career in Thoroughbred racing....
Greentree Stable
Greentree Stable

Greentree Farm in Lexington, Kentucky was an United States thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding business that was established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the prominent Whitney family of New York City....
1:56.001.1875
1948Citation
Citation (horse)

Citation was the eighth United States thoroughbred horse-racing United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, and one of two major North American thoroughbreds to win 16 races in a row in major stakes competition....
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Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Horace A. Jones
Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an United States thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
2:02.401.1875
1947FaultlessDouglas DodsonHorace A. Jones
Horace A. Jones

Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an United States thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:59.001.1875
1946Assault
Assault (horse)

Assault was an United States Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1946....
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Warren Mehrtens
Warren Mehrtens

Warren Mehrtens was an American Thoroughbred horse race jockey best known for winning the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1946....
Max Hirsch
Max Hirsch

Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse race history....
King Ranch
King Ranch

King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi, Texas and Brownsville, Texas, is one of the world's largest ranch es . It is the largest ranch in the United States....
2:01.401.1875
1945Polynesian
Polynesian (horse)

Polynesian was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing owned by Gertrude T. Widener, of the prominent Widener family of Philadelphia, and bred by her father-in-law Joseph E....
Wayne D. Wright
Wayne D. Wright

Wayne Danforth Wright was a United States Champion Jockey by earnings American Thoroughbred horse race jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing races in different years....
Morris DixonGertrude T. Widener1:58.801.1875
1944Pensive
Pensive

Pensive was a chestnut thoroughbred racehorse who in 1944 came closer than any other horse at the time to winning the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States....
Conn McCreary
Conn McCreary

Conn N. McCreary was a United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and Horse trainer in Thoroughbred horse race who won four American Classic Races....
Ben A. Jones
Ben A. Jones

Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:59.201.1875
1943Count Fleet
Count Fleet

Count Fleet, Born and died at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States, he was a thoroughbred racehorse and United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion in 1943....
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Johnny Longden
Johnny Longden

John Eric Longden was an United Statesn National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta....
G. Donald CameronFannie Hertz
John D. Hertz

John Daniel Hertz was an United States businessman, thoroughbred horse racing owner, and philanthropist....
1:57.401.1875
1942Alsab
Alsab

Alsab was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing.Alsab was voted the 1941 Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse and in his three-year-old season in which jockey Basil James rode him to a win in the Preakness Stakes and second-place to Shut Out in both the Kentucky Derby and Belm...
Basil James
Basil James

Basil James was an United States jockey....
Sarge SwenkeMrs. Albert Sabath1:57.001.1875
1941Whirlaway
Whirlaway

Whirlaway was an United States champion thoroughbred racehorse.A chestnut stallion, he was sired by Blenheim II, out of the dam Dustwhirl at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky....
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Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
Ben A. Jones
Ben A. Jones

Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico....
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm

Calumet Farm is a 762 acre Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company....
1:58.801.1875
1940Bimelech
Bimelech

Bimelech was born on February 27th at Edward R. Bradley Idle Hour Stock Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. As usual with Colonel Bradley, he named the latest La Troienne foal with a name beginning with B....
Fred A. Smith
Fred A. Smith

Fred A. Smith was a Cuban American jockey in Thoroughbred horse race best remembered for narrowly missing victory in the 1940 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
William J. HurleyEdward R. Bradley
Edward R. Bradley

Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, Gold mining, businessperson and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and horse breeding of Thoroughbred horse racing in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century....
1:58.601.1875
1939Challedon
Challedon

Challedon was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing.Racing at age two, Challedon won four of his six but was outshone by another colt named El Checo who was voted that year's Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse....
George SeaboLouis J. SchaeferWilliam L. Brann1:59.801.1875
1938DauberMaurice PetersRichard E. HandlenFoxcatcher Farms1:59.801.1875
1937War Admiral
War Admiral

War Admiral was an United States thoroughbred racehorse, the offspring of the great thoroughbred Man o' War and the mare Brushup. He inherited his father's fiery temperament and talent, but did not resemble him physically....
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Charley KurtsingerGeorge ConwayGlen Riddle Farm
Glen Riddle Farm

Glen Riddle Farm was a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States. Located on what today is Route 50 between Ocean City, Maryland and Berlin, it was owned by a wealthy textile businessman Samuel D....
1:58.401.1875
1936Bold Venture
Bold Venture (horse)

Bold Venture , an United States Thoroughbred racehorse, was sired by the multiple United Kingdom stakes winner, St. Germans , who, after his importation into the United States, became the leading sire of 1931....
George Woolf
George Woolf

George Monroe Woolf was a Canada-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild....
Max Hirsch
Max Hirsch

Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing horse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse race history....
Morton L. Schwartz1:59.001.1875
1935Omaha
Omaha (horse)

Omaha was a United States thoroughbred horse racing champion.Born at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he was the son of 1930 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner Gallant Fox and the mare Flambino....
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Willie SaundersJim FitzsimmonsBelair Stud
Belair Stud

Belair Stud was an United States thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Province of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Maryland, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America....
1:58.401.1875
1934High Quest
High Quest

High Quest was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1934 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing series of races....
Robert JonesRobert A. SmithBrookmeade Stable
Brookmeade Stable

Brookmeade Stable was a successful thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by heiress and socialite Isabel Dodge Sloane. Sloane first won using the name Brookmeade Stable at the Manly Memorial Steeplechase at Pimlico Race Course in 1924....
1:58.201.1875
1933Head PlayCharley KurtsingerThomas P. HayesMrs. Silas B. Mason2:02.001.1875
1932Burgoo King
Burgoo King

Burgoo King was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who won the first two legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States series but who did not run in final race, the Belmont Stakes....
Eugene James
Eugene James

Eugene James was an United States Thoroughbred horse race jockey.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, James was a very promising young jockey who began racing in 1930 at age seventeen....
H. J. ThompsonEdward R. Bradley
Edward R. Bradley

Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, Gold mining, businessperson and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and horse breeding of Thoroughbred horse racing in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century....
1:59.801.1875
1931MateGeorge Ellis
George Ellis

George F. R. Ellis, Fellow of the Royal Society, is the Distinguished Professor of Complex systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa....
James W. HealyAlbert C. Bostwick1:59.001.1875
1930Gallant Fox
Gallant Fox

Gallant Fox was a United States Thoroughbred horseracing champion.Born at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky by Sir Gallahad III out of the mare Marguerite, Gallant Fox was a bay colt who became the second horse to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
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Earl Sande
Earl Sande

Earl H. Sande was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Groton, South Dakota, Earl Sande started out as a Bronco in the early 1900's but then became a successful American quarter horse rider before switching to thoroughbred horse racing in 1918....
Jim FitzsimmonsBelair Stud
Belair Stud

Belair Stud was an United States thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Province of Maryland, Samuel Ogle in 1747 in Collington, Maryland, Prince Georges County, Maryland in Colonial America....
2:00.601.1875
1929Dr. FreelandLouis SchaeferThomas J. HealeyWalter J. Salmon, Sr.2:01.601.1875
1928Victorian
Victorian (horse)

Victorian was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He was bred and raced by Harry P. Whitney and is best known as the winner of the 1928 American Classic Races, the Preakness Stakes in which he was ridden by future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Raymond Workman....
Sonny WorkmanJames G. Rowe, Jr.
James G. Rowe, Jr.

James G. Rowe, Jr. was an United States Thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame trainer, James G. Rowe, Sr., in 1929 he took over from his father as head trainer for Harry Payne Whitney Brookdale Farm....
Harry P. Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family....
2:00.201.1875
1927BostonianWhitey AbelFred HopkinsHarry P. Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family....
2:01.601.1875
1926Display
Display (horse)

Display was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He was owned and bred by Walter J. Salmon, Sr. at his Mereworth Farm near Lexington, Kentucky....
John MaibenThomas J. HealeyWalter J. Salmon, Sr.1:59.801.1875
1925Coventry
Coventry (horse)

Coventry was an American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was bred by Edward Simms, the owner of Xalapa Farm in Paris, Kentucky who had purchased his sire Negofol from the Haras du Quesnay in Normandy, France owned by the estate of the wealthy American, William Kissam Vanderbilt....
Clarence Kummer
Clarence Kummer

Clarence Kummer was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won four American Classic Races.In early 1920, Kummer rode the 1919 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Champion Sir Barton to a new Saratoga Race Course track record in winning the Saratoga Handicap....
William B. DukeGifford A. Cochran
Gifford A. Cochran

Gifford A. Cochran was an American entrepreneur and sportsman from New York City. During the latter part of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century, he made a fortune in the carpet making industry....
1:59.001.1875
1924Nellie Morse
Nellie Morse

Nellie Morse was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the last filly to win the Preakness Stakes. Her sire was Luke McLuke, who won the 1914 Belmont Stakes and who was a son of the important but unraced Ultimus who had been sired by Commando ....
John MerimeeAlbert B. GordonBud Fisher
Bud Fisher

Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher was an United States cartoonist who created the first successful daily comic strip in the United States. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Fisher studied at the University of Chicago then went to work in San Francisco as a journalist and sketch artist in the sports department of the San Francisco Chronicle....
1:57.201.1250
1923VigilBenny MarinelliThomas J. HealeyWalter J. Salmon, Sr.1:53.601.1250
1922Pillory
Pillory (horse)

Pillory was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred and raced by the co-owner and president of Saratoga Race Course, Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr., his damsire was Disguise who raced for James R....
Louis MorrisThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson, Jr.
Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr.

Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. September 11, 1866 - December, 1929)was an American banker and businessman who was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th Century....
1:51.601.1250
1921BroomspunFrank Coltiletti
Frank Coltiletti

Frank Coltiletti was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse race.Coltiletti began his professional riding career in 1919 when he was just fifteen years old....
James G. Rowe, Sr.Harry P. Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family....
1:54.201.1250
1920Man o' War
Man O' War

Man O' War, man o' war or manowar may refer to:* Man-of-war, a type of historical heavily-armed warship* Manowar, heavy metal band* Manowar, a U.S....
Clarence Kummer
Clarence Kummer

Clarence Kummer was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won four American Classic Races.In early 1920, Kummer rode the 1919 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Champion Sir Barton to a new Saratoga Race Course track record in winning the Saratoga Handicap....
Louis FeustelGlen Riddle Farm
Glen Riddle Farm

Glen Riddle Farm was a large horse farm in Berlin, Maryland in the United States. Located on what today is Route 50 between Ocean City, Maryland and Berlin, it was owned by a wealthy textile businessman Samuel D....
1:51.601.1250
1919Sir Barton
Sir Barton

Sir Barton, , was a chestnut thoroughbred colt who in 1919 became the first winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.He was sired by leading stud Star Shoot out of the Hanover mare Lady Sterling....
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Johnny Loftus
Johnny Loftus

John P. Loftus was an United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Johnny Loftus was the first jockey to win the United States United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
H. Guy Bedwell
H. Guy Bedwell

Harvey Guy Bedwell was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was the first trainer to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
J. K. L. Ross
J. K. L. Ross

John Kenneth Leveson Ross Order of the British Empire was a Canada businessman, sportsman, Thoroughbred horse racing owner/breeder, and philanthropist....
1:53.001.1250
1918Jack Hare Jr.Charles PeakFrank D. WeirW. E. Applegate1:53.401.1250
1918War Cloud
War Cloud

War Cloud was an United Kingdom Thoroughbred horse racing who was the first horse to compete in all three Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing races....
Johnny Loftus
Johnny Loftus

John P. Loftus was an United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Johnny Loftus was the first jockey to win the United States United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
Walter B. JenningsA. Kingsley Macomber
A. Kingsley Macomber

Abraham Kingsley Macomber was an American adventurer, businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and philanthropist. He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the second of the three sons of Henry Kirke Macomber, a medical doctor who moved his family to Pasadena, California in 1883....
1:53.601.1250
1917KalitanE. HaynesBill HurleyEdward R. Bradley
Edward R. Bradley

Colonel Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, Gold mining, businessperson and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and horse breeding of Thoroughbred horse racing in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century....
1:54.401.1250
1916Damrosch
Damrosch (horse)

Damrosch was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1916 Preakness Stakes. Bred by August Belmont, Jr. at his Nursery Stud near Lexington, Kentucky, he was sired by the 1903 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United Kingdom winner, Rock Sand....
Linus McAtee
J. Linus McAtee

John Linus McAtee was an National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse race. He went by his middle name, Linus, but was nicknamed "Pony" by friends and would be called that by some in the press....
Albert G. WestonJ. K. L. Ross
J. K. L. Ross

John Kenneth Leveson Ross Order of the British Empire was a Canada businessman, sportsman, Thoroughbred horse racing owner/breeder, and philanthropist....
1:54.801.1250
1915Rhine Maiden
Rhine Maiden (horse)

Rhine Maiden was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by Prince of Wales Stakes winner, Watercress, out of the Golden Garter mare, Gold....
Douglas HoffmanFrank DeversEdward F. Whitney1:58.001.1250
1914HolidayAndy SchuttingerJ. S. HealyMrs. A. Barklie1:53.801.1250
1913BuskinJames ButwellJohn WhalenJohn Whalen1:53.401.1250
1912Colonel Holloway
Colonel Holloway

Colonel Holloway was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1912 Preakness Stakes.He was bred by Catesby Woodford of Runnymede Farm in Paris, Kentucky and raced by Frank J....
Clarence Turner
Clarence J. A. Turner

Clarence Jesse Arthur Turner was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse race.Born in rural Indiana, Clarence Turner began his riding career in his teens....
Dave WoodfordBeverwyck Stable1:56.601.1250
1911WatervaleEddie DuganJohn WhalenAugust Belmont, Jr.1:51.001.1250
1910LayminsterRoy EstepJ. S. HealyEdward B. Cassatt1:40.601.0000
1909EffendiWillie DoyleFrank C. FrisbieW. T. Ryan1:39.801.0000
1908Royal TouristEddie DuganAndrew J. JoynerHarry P. Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family....
1:46.401.0625
1907Don EnriqueG. MountainJohn WhalenAugust Belmont, Jr.1:45.401.0398
1906Whimsical
Whimsical (horse)

Whimsical was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by the great graded stakes race winner Orlando , out of the mare, Kismet, who was sired by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame stallion, Hindoo ....
Walter MillerTim J. GaynorTim J. Gaynor1:45.001.0398
1905CairngormW. DavisAndrew J. JoynerSydney Paget1:45.801.0398
1904Bryn MawrGene HildebrandW. Fred PresgraveGoughacres Stable1:44.201.0398
1903Flocarline
Flocarline

Flocarline was an United States thoroughbred filly horse racing. She was sired by August Belmont's graded stakes race winner St. Florian , out of the King Ban mare, Carline....
W. GannonH. C. RiddleM. H. Tichenor1:44.801.0398
1902Old EnglandL. JacksonGreen B. MorrisGreen B. Morris1:45.801.0398
1901The ParaderF. LandryThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson, Jr.
Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr.

Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. September 11, 1866 - December, 1929)was an American banker and businessman who was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th Century....
1:47.201.0398
1900HindusH. SpencerJohn H. MorrisGeorge J. Long
Bashford Manor Stable

Bashford Manor Stable was an American Thoroughbred horse racing and Horse breeding operation in Louisville, Kentucky owned by George James Long....
1:48.401.0625
1899Half TimeR. ClawsonFrank McCabe
Frank McCabe

Frank Reilly McCabe was an United States basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played seven matches....
Philip J. Dwyer
Philip J. Dwyer

Philip J. Dwyer was an American businessman from Brooklyn, New York and prominent owner of Thoroughbred horse racing and race track. Along with his younger brother, Michael F....
1:47.001.0625
1898Sly FoxWillie Simms
Willie Simms

Willie Simms was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Simms began racing in 1887 and was one of the most successful to use the short stirrup that gave the rider a crouching posture....
Hardy CampbellCharles F. Dwyer1:49.751.0625
1897Paul KauvarT. ThorpeT. P. HayesT. P. Hayes1:51.251.0625
1896MargraveHenry GriffinByron McClellandAugust Belmont, Jr.1:51.001.0625
1895Belmar
Belmar (horse)

Belmar was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing owned by the Preakness Stables of Preakness, New Jersey.Trained by Edward Feakes, future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Fred Taral rode him to victory in in the 1895 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes....
Fred Taral
Fred Taral

Fred Taral was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey.Taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in Oklahoma....
Edward FeakesPreakness Stables
Preakness Stables

Preakness Stables was a Thoroughbred horse race stable established by Massachusetts businessman Milton H. Sanford in Wayne, New Jersey at what today is the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue....
1:50.501.0625
1894AssigneeFred Taral
Fred Taral

Fred Taral was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey.Taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in Oklahoma....
William LakelandJames
James R. Keene

James Robert Keene born 1838 - January 3, 1913 was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and Horse breeding.Born in London, England he was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States....
 & Foxhall Keene
Foxhall P. Keene

Foxhall Parker Keene was an United States Thoroughbred race horse owner and Horse breeding, a World and Olympic Games Gold Medallist in polo who was rated the best all-around polo player in the United States for eight consecutive years, a golfer who competed in the U.S....
1:49.251.0625
1890MontagueW. MartinEdward FeakesPreakness Stables
Preakness Stables

Preakness Stables was a Thoroughbred horse race stable established by Massachusetts businessman Milton H. Sanford in Wayne, New Jersey at what today is the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue....
2:36.751.5000
1889BuddhistGeorge AndersonJohn W. RogersSam S. Brown2:17.501.2500
1888RefundFred LittlefieldR. Wyndham WaldenR. Wyndham Walden2:49.001.5000
1887DunboyneWilliam DonohueWilliam JenningsWilliam Jennings2:39.501.5000
1886The BardS. FisherJohn HugginsA. J. Cassatt
Alexander Cassatt

Alexander J. Cassatt was the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from June 9, 1899 to December 28, 1906. Frequently referred to as A.J. Cassatt, his best-remembered accomplishment under his stewardship was the planning and beginning of the project to finally give the PRR a station in New York City, which became Pennsylvania Station ....
2:45.001.5000
1885TecumsehJim McLaughlin
Jim McLaughlin

James "Jim" McLaughlin was an United States thoroughbred race horse jockey.Orphaned and homeless in his early teens, McLaughlin was taken in by horse trainer William Daly who taught him how to ride....
Charles S. LittlefieldW. Donohue2:49.001.5000
1884Knight of EllerslieS. FisherThomas W. DoswellHancock/Doswell2:39.501.5000
1883JacobusGeorge Barbee
George Barbee

George Barbee was an English-born jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Published reports indicate Barbee lived to 89 or 93, and is buried near Belmont Park....
R. DwyerJames E. Kelley2:42.501.5000
1882VanguardTom Costello
Tom costello

#REDIRECT Thomas W. Costello...
R. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard
George L. Lorillard

George L. Lorillard was an United States tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred Horse racing owner. He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Griswold....
2:44.501.5000
1881SauntererTom Costello
Tom costello

#REDIRECT Thomas W. Costello...
R. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard
George L. Lorillard

George L. Lorillard was an United States tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred Horse racing owner. He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Griswold....
2:40.501.5000
1880GrenadaLloyd HughesR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard
George L. Lorillard

George L. Lorillard was an United States tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred Horse racing owner. He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Griswold....
2:40.501.5000
1879Harold
Harold (horse)

Harold was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He was bred by Aristides Welch who owned both his sire and his dam. Sired by Leamington , a four-time Leading sire in North America, he was out of the great Mare , Maggie B....
Lloyd HughesR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard
George L. Lorillard

George L. Lorillard was an United States tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred Horse racing owner. He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Griswold....
2:40.501.5000
1878Duke of Magenta
Duke of Magenta

----Duke of Magenta was one of the most successful horse-racing in the United States in the 19th century.Born in 1875, he was owned by New York City tobacco tycoon, George L....
C. HollowayR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard
George L. Lorillard

George L. Lorillard was an United States tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred Horse racing owner. He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Griswold....
2:41.751.5000
1877CloverbrookC. HollowayJeter WaldenE. A. Clabaugh2:45.501.5000
1876ShirleyGeorge Barbee
George Barbee

George Barbee was an English-born jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Published reports indicate Barbee lived to 89 or 93, and is buried near Belmont Park....
W. BrownPierre Lorillard IV
Pierre Lorillard IV

Pierre Lorillard IV was an United States tobacco manufacturer and thoroughbred race horse owner. ...
2:44.751.5000
1875Tom Ochiltree
Tom Ochiltree

Tom Ochiltree , was an United States Thoroughbred racehorse, one of the last by the great foundation stallion, blind Lexington , still standing at what by then was Alex J....
Lloyd HughesR. Wyndham WaldenJohn F. Chamberlain2:43.501.5000
1874CulpepperWilliam DonohueH. GaffneyH. Gaffney2:56.501.5000
1873Survivor
Survivor (horse)

Survivor was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing born in 1870 and best known as the winner of the first running of the Preakness Stakes in 1873 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
George Barbee
George Barbee

George Barbee was an English-born jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Published reports indicate Barbee lived to 89 or 93, and is buried near Belmont Park....
A. D. PryorJohn F. Chamberlain2:43.001.5000


A † designates a Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
 Winner

Note: D. Wayne Lukas swept the 1995 Triple Crown with two different horses.

In 2006, Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro
Barbaro

Barbaro was an American thoroughbred that decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes ending his racing career and eventually leading to his death....
 broke down in the first 100 yards of the Preakness. Bernardini went on to win the prestigious event. Barbaro survived his injuries and was cared for at the New Bolton Center of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is America's first university and is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States....
 but was euthanized
Animal euthanasia

Animal euthanasia is the act of inducing humane death in an animal. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress.In domesticated animals, this process is commonly referred to by the euphemisms "lay down," "put down," "put to sleep," "put out of his/her misery," or "sent away to the farm."...
 January 29, 2007. This year's ninth race is now called the Barbaro Stakes in his honor.

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