PREAKNESS "the actual horse" history

[Secretriat34]

this was cut from bloodhorse..i found it of interest.
check out the racing dates of Preakness..1870's

The racehorse Preakness, a 19th century standout and namesake of the second race in the Triple Crown series, and accomplished trainer William Lakeland have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame by the museum's Historic Review Committee.

The museum provided the following biographical information on Preakness and Lakeland:
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Preakness, a foal of 1867, was bred by R. A. Alexander at the famed Woodburn Stud in Kentucky.
.He was purchased as a yearling by Milton H. Sanford for $4,100.

A dark bay standing 16 hands when fully developed, Preakness made his debut as a 3-year-old Oct. 25, 1870, winning the Dinner Party Stakes at the inaugural Pimlico Race Course meeting.
The following year, Preakness defeated older standouts Glenelg and Helmbold in the Westchester Cup and won the Maturity Stakes and Pimlico Stakes.

In 1873, Preakness won the Jockey Club Handicap and Long Branch Stakes, and he beat Hall of Fame inductee Harry Bassett in both the Manhattan Handicap and Grand National Handicap at Jerome Park. Carrying 130 pounds, Preakness won the Jockey Club Stakes in 1874.

In 1875, as an 8-yearold, Preakness won the Baltimore Cup at 2 1/4 miles in his season debut. In the 2 1/4-mile Saratoga Cup, Preakness met defending Saratoga Cup winner Springbok, as well as five other accomplished runners, in what Walter Vosburgh pronounced the "greatest field of horses that ever started for this, the most famous of all of America's long-distance fixtures." Preakness and Springbok engaged in a desperate struggle near the finish that resulted in a dead heat. The time of 3:56 1/4 broke Harry Bassett's record for the distance and stood as the standard for 23 years. At 9, Preakness raced in England, where he won once in four starts but ran credibly in each.

He concluded his career with a record of 18-12-2 from 39 starts and earnings of $39,820. Summarizing the career of Preakness, Turf and Sport Digest reported: "It is improbable that a more courageous, stouter, or more rugged horse, enduring, consistent and, with it all, of intense speed, ever trod an American race course

[geojr130]

Thank you.
My girl text me today and ask if i want to go
Last one at Pimlico.
see you at Mugs and Vines.