Preakness Stakes Betting Odds - Bet Preakness Horses

Spring is in the air, with the traditional opening of Pimlico Race Course for the waiting of the May 21st Preakness Stakes.

Home of the prestigious $1 million Preakness Stakes, the race that determines whether the Kentucky Derby winner will have a chance to grab the Triple Crown. Preakness Stakes has a rich history, it was first run two years before the Derby, in 1873, and was named after the horse who won the 1870 Dinner Party Stakes, Preakness.

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 Dinner Party Stakes. Three years later the horse would have the 1873 Preakness Stakes named in his honor. The track is also noted as the home for the match race in which Seabiscuit beat War Admiral in the second Pimlico Special, on November 1, 1938, before a crowd of 43,000. It is currently owned by Magna Entertainment Corp.

The Preakness has had some memorable horse race winners with great photo finishes. Who could ever forget horses like Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Tabasco Cat, or Smarty Jones.

Preakness Stakes at Pimlico

The Preakness Stakes is a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, run at a classic distance of 1 3/16 miles (9.75 furlongs; 1.91 km) on a dirt track. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg), while fillies carry 121 pounds (55 kg).

Pimllico has two race courses: Main Track: One Mile, oval. Turf Course: Seven Furlongs

Pimlico Race Meets: Spring Meeting: April to June Fall Meeting: September to October

Post Times: 1:05 p.m. Daily

Pimlico by the numbers: Main Track: 1 mile loam oval Turf Course: 7/8 of a mile inside main track

The Preakness has been run at seven different distances:

1 1/2 miles (2.41 km) -- 1873 to 1888 and 1890
1 1/4 miles (2.01 km) -- 1889
1 1/16 miles (1.71 km) -- 1894 to 1900 and 1908
1 mile 70 yards (1.67 km) -- 1901 to 1907
1 mile (1.61 km) -- 1909 and 1910
1 1/8 miles (1.81 km) -- 1911 to 1924
1 3/16 miles (1.91 km) -- 1925 to present
The leading Preakness winning jockeys are:

Eddie Arcaro : 6 - including 2 consecutive wins in 1950-51
Pat Day : 5 - including 3 consecutive wins in 1994-96
George Barbee, Bill Hartack and Lloyd Hughes : 3

The leading Preakness winning trainers are:

Robert W. Walden : 7
Thomas J. Healey : 5
D. Wayne Lukas : 5
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons : 4
Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones : 4
Bob Baffert : 4
John Whalen : 3
Calumet Farm is both the leading breeder and owner of Preakness winners with 7 each.

2011 Preakness Stakes Winner

Shackleford held off a late charge by the 2-1 favorite Animal Kingdom, spoiling yet another Triple Crown try and beating the Kentucky Derby winner by a half-length. Shackleford, who led into the stretch in the Derby two weeks ago, finished the job at 12-1 odds, covering the 1 3/16 miles in 1:56.47.

2010 Preakness Stakes Winner

The winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Maryland is Lookin at Lucky, with First Dude coming in second and Jackson Bend following right behind at third place.

2010 Kentucy Derby winner Super Saver, under rider Calvin Borel, was the favorite to win and was right behind First Dude in second for the first three quarters of a mile, but then tired and fell back to eighth place. It was only the second time in eight career races that Super Saver did not “finish in the money.” Borel said, “He just came up empty.”

Rachel Alexandra led by a head at the quarter and half-mile poles. She stretched it to a half-length at the three-quarters pole. She was ahead by four lengths going down the stretch. In the end, the 9-5 favorite won by a length in her first race against the boys.

Jockey Calvin Borel all but guaranteed victory in the Preakness Stakes and, boy, did she deliver, becoming the first filly in 85 years to win the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Big Brown charged to the lead turning for home and then cruised down the stretch to win the Preakness on Saturday, still perfect and squarely pointed toward thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in 30 years.

Big Brown might be the best horse this year in a middling field of 3-year-olds. Or the colt could be remembered as one of the greatest of all time.

Curlin heads back to the barn with his flowers and Preakness winner's blanket.

Curlin dug in late to poke his head in front at the line to get the victory in 1:53.46, tying the stakes record. It was a long 4 lengths back to the tiring Hard Spun in third, and 25-1 C P West was fourth. Circular Quay was fifth.

Pgm, Horse, Jockey, Win, Place, Show
4, Curlin, Albarado, 8.80, 3.80, 2.80
8, Street Sense, Borel, 3.00, 2.40
7, Hard Spun, Pino, 3.00

Preakness Past Winners

Year Winner Time

2011 Shackleford 1:56.47
2010 Lookin At Lucky 1:55.47
2009 Rachel Alexandra 1:55.08
2008 Big Brown 1:54.86
2007 Curlin 1:53.46
2006 Bernardini 1:54.65
2005 Afleet Alex 1:55.04
2004 Smarty Jones 1:55.59
2003 Funy Cide 1:55.61
2002 War Emblem 1:56.40
2001 Point Given 1:55.40
2000 Red Bullet 1:56.00
1999 Charismatic 1:55.20
1998 Real Quiet 1:54.80
1997 Silver Charm 1:54.40

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