The Preakness Stakes is nestled in between the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. It forms the middle race in America's world-famous Triple Crown series. It's one of the most popular horse races in America, routinely drawing crowds of well over 100,000 people. This is only narrowly eclipsed by the Kentucky Derby, perhaps the only race that has more recognition.
The Preakness Stakes has played host to some of the most exciting horse races since 1871. “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans,” as it is known, never fails to disappoint fans. (The race's designation as “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” comes from the state's official flower, as well as serving as a nod to the Kentucky Derby's designation as “The Run for the Roses.”) If you are even moderately interested in horse racing, the Preakness is a must-see.
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Like the other Triple Crown races, the Preakness Stakes is steeped in traditions and customs. Held in Baltimore, Maryland, at Pimlico Race Course, each race is preceded by a singing of the state's official song, “Maryland, My Maryland.” Whenever a horse wins a race, the Old Clubhouse has the colors of the winning team's banner added to it, serving as immortalization of their victory.
The Preakness Stakes is the race that fuels interest in the possibility that a Triple Crown winner could occur that year. If the winner of the Preakness Stakes also won the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes will become REALLY exciting—only then will that horse have an actual shot at winning the coveted Triple Crown. Laying the foundation for what’s to come, if you have your eye on the Triple Crown, don’t ignore the Preakness Stakes!
Preakness Stakes results 2022
Early Voting won the 147th Preakness Stakes, edging out favorites Epicenter and Secret Oath. Although it wasn't quite the upset we saw from Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby, Early Voting was still a surprise victor. The win was even sweeter as it fell on owner Seth Klarman's 65th birthday.
Don't expect to see Early Voting at the Belmont Stakes on June 11th. His next appearance is slated for Saratoga later this summer.
Finish Position | Horse | Jockey | Morning Line Odds | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Early Voting | Jose Ortiz | 7-2 | $900,000 |
2nd | Epicenter | Joel Rosario | 6-5 | $300,000 |
3rd | Creative Minister | Brian Hernandez, Jr. | 10-1 | $165,000 |
4th | Secret Oath | Luis Saez | 9-2 | $90,000 |
5th | Skippylongstocking | Jose Alvarado | 20-1 | $45,000 |
6th | Simplification | John R. Velasquez | 6-1 | |
7th | Armagnac | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | 12-1 | |
8th | Happy Jack | Tyler Gafflione | 30-1 | |
9th | Fenwick | Florent Geroux | 50-1 |
Preakness Stakes payouts
The Preakness Stakes operates like any other horse race — your payout depends on the odds of the horse and the size of your bet.
# | Horse | Win | Place | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Early Voting | $13.40 | $4.60 | $3.60 |
8 | Epicenter | – | $2.80 | $2.40 |
2 | Creative Minister | – | – | $4.20 |
Preakness Stakes winners
The very first Preakness Stakes did not disappoint. In 1873, the horse Survivor managed to win by a staggering 10-length margin, a record that remained unsurpassed for an astounding 131 years. It wasn't until 2004 that the horse Smarty Jones beat that by an 11.5-length margin. Such victories are as rare as they are extraordinary; 2020's victor, Swiss Skydiver, managed a margin of victory of just a head over the runner-up, which speaks volumes about the impressive nature of Smarty Jones and Survivor’s victories.
Veterans of horse racing will undoubtedly remember the spectacular run Secretariat had way back in 1973. The Triple Crown winner set an all-time record of 1:53 at the Preakness Stakes, a record that has never been topped. Notably, this time was only certified in 2012 following controversy over the integrity of the timers used. Following a period of recalibration and back-calculation, the official time was established. As for the most accomplished jockey, that honor belongs to Eddie Arcaro, who managed to snag a grand total of six wins during the 1940s and 1950s.
The table below contains the names and finish times of the winners over the nearly 150-year history of the Preakness Stakes.
Year | Horse | Jockey | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Seize the Grey | Jaime A. Torres | 1:56:82 |
2023 | National Treasure | J.R. Velazquez | 1:55:12 |
2022 | Early Voting | Jose Ortiz | 1:54.54 |
2021 | Rombauer | Flavien Prat | 1:53.62 |
2020 | Swiss Skydiver | Robby Albarado | 1:53.28 |
2019 | War of Will | Tyler Gaffalione | 1:54.34 |
2018 | Justify | Mike Smith | 1:55.93 |
2017 | Cloud Computing | Javier Castellano | 1:55.98 |
2016 | Exaggerator | Kent Desormeaux | 1:58.31 |
2015 | American Pharoah | Victor Espinoza | 1:58.46 |
2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | 1:54.84 |
2013 | Oxbow | Gary Stevens | 1:57.54 |
2012 | I'll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | 1:55.94 |
2011 | Shackleford | Jesus Castanon | 1:56.47 |
2010 | Lookin At Lucky | Martin Garcia | 1:55.47 |
2009 | Rachel Alexandra | Calvin Borel | 1:55.08 |
2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | 1:54.86 |
2007 | Curlin | Robby Albarado | 1:53.46 |
2006 | Bernardini | Javier Castellano | 1:54.65 |
2005 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | 1:55.04 |
2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | 1:55.59 |
2003 | Funny Cide | Jose Santos | 1:55.61 |
2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | 1:56.40 |
2001 | Point Given | Gary Stevens | 1:55.40 |
2000 | Red Bullet | Jerry Bailey | 1:56.00 |
1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | 1:55.20 |
1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | 1:54.60 |
1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | 1:54.80 |
1996 | Louis Quatorze | Pat Day | 1:53.40 |
1995 | Timber Country | Pat Day | 1:54.40 |
1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | 1:56.40 |
1993 | Prairie Bayou | Mike Smith | 1:56.60 |
1992 | Pine Bluff | Chris McCarron | 1:55.60 |
1991 | Hansel | Jerry Bailey | 1:54.00 |
1990 | Summer Squall | Pat Day | 1:53.60 |
1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | 1:53.80 |
1988 | Risen Star | Ed Delahoussaye | 1:56.20 |
1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | 1:55.80 |
1986 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis | 1:54.80 |
1985 | Tank's Prospect | Pat Day | 1:53.40 |
1984 | Gate Dancer | Angel Cordero | 1:53.60 |
1983 | Deputed Testamony | Donnie Miller Jr. | 1:55.40 |
1982 | Aloma's Ruler | Jack Kaenel | 1:55.40 |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | 1:54.60 |
1980 | Codex | Angel Cordero | 1:54.20 |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | 1:54.20 |
1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | 1:54.40 |
1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | 1:54.40 |
1976 | Elocutionist | John Lively | 1:55.00 |
1975 | Master Derby | Darrel McHargue | 1:56.40 |
1974 | Little Current | Miguel A. Rivera | 1:54.60 |
1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | 1:53.00 |
1972 | Bee Bee Bee | Eldon Nelson | 1:55.60 |
1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | 1:54.00 |
1970 | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | 1:56.20 |
1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | 1:55.60 |
1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | 1:56.80 |
1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | 1:55.20 |
1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | 1:55.40 |
1965 | Tom Rolfe | Ron Turcotte | 1:56.20 |
1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | 1:56.80 |
1963 | Candy Spots | Bill Shoemaker | 1:56.20 |
1962 | Greek Money | John L. Rotz | 1:56.20 |
1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | 1:57.60 |
1960 | Bally Ache | Bobby Ussery | 1:57.60 |
1959 | Royal Orbit | William Harmatz | 1:57.00 |
1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | 1:57.20 |
1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | 1:56.20 |
1956 | Fabius | Bill Hartack | 1:58.40 |
1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | 1:54.60 |
1954 | Hasty Road | John H. Adams | 1:57.40 |
1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | 1:57.80 |
1952 | Blue Man | Conn McCreary | 1:57.40 |
1951 | Bold | Eddie Arcaro | 1:56.40 |
1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | 1:59.20 |
1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | 1:56.00 |
1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | 2:02.40 |
1947 | Faultless | Douglas Dodson | 1:59.00 |
1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | 2:01.40 |
1945 | Polynesian | Wayne D. Wright | 1:58.80 |
1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | 1:59.20 |
1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | 1:57.40 |
1942 | Alsab | Basil James | 1:57.00 |
1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | 1:58.80 |
1940 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | 1:58.60 |
1939 | Challedon | George Seabo | 1:59.80 |
1938 | Dauber | Maurice Peters | 1:59.80 |
1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | 1:58.40 |
1936 | Bold Venture | George Woolf | 1:59.00 |
1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | 1:58.40 |
1934 | High Quest | Robert Jones | 1:58.20 |
1933 | Head Play | Charley Kurtsinger | 2:02.00 |
1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | 1:59.80 |
1931 | Mate | George Ellis | 1:59.00 |
1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | 2:00.60 |
1929 | Dr. Freeland | Louis Schaefer | 2:01.60 |
1928 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | 2:00.20 |
1927 | Bostonian | Whitey Abel | 2:01.60 |
1926 | Display | John Maiben | 1:59.80 |
1925 | Coventry | Clarence Kummer | 1:59.00 |
1924 | Nellie Morse | John Merimee | 1:57.20 |
1923 | Vigil | Benny Marinelli | 1:53.60 |
1922 | Pillory | Louis Morris | 1:51.60 |
1921 | Broomspun | Frank Coltiletti | 1:54.20 |
1920 | Man o' War | Clarence Kummer | 1:51.60 |
1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | 1:53.00 |
1918 | War Cloud | Johnny Loftus | 1:53.60 |
1918 | Jack Hare, Jr. | Charles Peak | 1:53.40 |
1917 | Kalitan | Everett Haynes | 1:54.40 |
1916 | Damrosch | Linus McAtee | 1:54.80 |
1915 | Rhine Maiden | Douglas Hoffman | 1:58.00 |
1914 | Holiday | Andy Schuttinger | 1:53.80 |
1913 | Buskin | James Butwell | 1:53.40 |
1912 | Colonel Holloway | Clarence Turner | 1:56.60 |
1911 | Watervale | Eddie Dugan | 1:51.00 |
1910 | Layminster | Roy Estep | 1:40.60 |
1909 | Effendi | Willie Doyle | 1:39.80 |
1908 | Royal Tourist | Eddie Dugan | 1:46.40 |
1907 | Don Enrique | George Mountain | 1:45.40 |
1906 | Whimsical | Walter Miller | 1:45.00 |
1905 | Cairngorm | Willie Davis | 1:45.80 |
1904 | Bryn Mawr | Gene Hildebrand | 1:44.20 |
1903 | Flocarline | William Gannon | 1:44.80 |
1902 | Old England | Lee Jackson | 1:45.80 |
1901 | The Parader | Frank Landry | 1:47.20 |
1900 | Hindus | Henry Spencer | 1:48.40 |
1899 | Half Time | Richard Clawson | 1:47.00 |
1898 | Sly Fox | Willie Simms | 1:49.75 |
1897 | Paul Kauvar | T. Thorpe | 1:51.25 |
1896 | Margrave | Henry Griffin | 1:51.00 |
1895 | Belmar | Fred Taral | 1:50.50 |
1894 | Assignee | Fred Taral | 1:49.25 |
1890 | Montague | Willie Martin | 2:36.75 |
1889 | Buddhist | George Anderson | 2:17.50 |
1888 | Refund | Fred Littlefield | 2:49.00 |
1887 | Dunboyne | William Donohue | 2:39.50 |
1886 | The Bard | S. Fisher | 2:45.00 |
1885 | Tecumseh | Jim McLaughlin | 2:49.00 |
1884 | Knight of Ellerslie | S. Fisher | 2:39.50 |
1883 | Jacobus | George Barbee | 2:42.50 |
1882 | Vanguard | Tom Costello | 2:44.50 |
1881 | Saunterer | Tom Costello | 2:40.50 |
1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | 2:40.50 |
1879 | Harold | Lloyd Hughes | 2:40.50 |
1878 | Duke of Magenta | Cyrus Holloway | 2:41.75 |
1877 | Cloverbrook | Cyrus Holloway | 2:45.50 |
1876 | Shirley | George Barbee | 2:44.75 |
1875 | Tom Ochiltree | Lloyd Hughes | 2:43.50 |
1874 | Culpepper | William Donohue | 2:56.50 |
1873 | Survivor | George Barbee | 2:43.00 |