A Complete Guide to The Preakness Stakes
As the second race of the famous and sought after Triple Crown Series, The Preakness Stakes is one of the most famous races in US Horse Racing. Second to only The Kentucky Derby in attendance, The Preakness Stakes packs a massive crowd year after year to enjoy the race event. Nicknamed “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” based on the race’s official flower, The Preakness Stakes is surely one not to miss if you’re a horse racing fan.
Since 1932, The Preakness Stakes has been run after The Kentucky Derby. Currently, The Preakness Stakes takes place just two weeks after The Kentucky Derby. For the winner of The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes is the next big test. In order to keep hope for The Triple Crown alive, they must win again at Pimlico Race Course for The Preakness Stakes. If the same horse is lucky enough to finish first in The Kentucky Derby and The Preakness Stakes, they must then take the win and The Belmont Stakes in order to claim their place in history.
The Preakness Stakes is the second oldest of The Triple Crown races having been started in 1873. The Belmont Stakes started six years prior in 1867 in New York. The Preakness Stakes predates The Kentucky Derby by two years.
Quick Facts
Year First Run | 1873 |
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Name of Track | Pimlico Race Course |
Location of Track | Baltimore, Maryland (United States) |
Current Purse | $1,500,000 |
Qualification | 3-year-old horses |
Length of Track | 1.1875 miles |
Surface of Track | Dirt |
Track Direction | Left handed |
Race Record | 01:53.0 (Secretariat in 1973) |
How to Watch
If you’re looking to watch The Preakness Stakes, NBC will be the place to catch the race for the next five years. NBC has a contract with the ownership group of Pimlico Race Course that will run through the 2022 race. Since 2001, NBC has aired The Preakness Stakes on their broadcast channel. At the time of this article, NBC currently has the rights to all three races of The Triple Crown locked up for years to come. Prior to the NBC deal in 2001, The Preakness Stakes aired on other channels including ABC and CBS.
Race Traditions
As with the other two races of The Triple Crown, The Preakness Stakes has a lineup of race traditions that have developed over the long history of the race. Over the past 144 years since the race’s inauguration, traditions surrounding music, flowers, cocktails, and paint. We’ll take a deeper dive into each of these traditions below so that you can learn more about each one.
The official flower of The Preakness Stakes is the Black-Eyed Susan. The Black-Eyed Susan was named the official flower of The Preakness Stakes in 1940, and it also serves as the official state flower of Maryland. Each year, the winning horse of The Preakness Stakes is draped in a large blanket of Black-Eyed Susans. This tradition dates back to 1940. One interesting fact is that the blanket itself it actually comprised of Viking Poms painted to look like Black-Eyed Viking Poms are used and painted to look more like Black-Eyed Susans due to the fact that Black-Eyed Susans do not bloom in Maryland until at least a month after The Preakness Stakes is run.
Before the start of The Preakness Stakes, the official song is played while the participants and audience sing along. The official song of The Preakness Stakes is “Maryland, My Maryland” which also serves as the official Maryland state song. This tradition dates back to 1909 when a bugler that was moved by the spirit of the day began to play the song by himself. He was then joined by the band and the crowd and a new tradition was born.
If alcohol is your thing, The Preakness Stakes also has an official drink. The official drink of The Preakness Stakes is the aptly named Black-Eyed Susan. This tasty cocktail is a mix of bourbon, vodka, fruit juices, and sour mix. Attendees at Pimlico Race Course for The Preakness will often enjoy this refreshing cocktail while participating in the race day activities.
A unique tradition of The Preakness Stakes is the painting of the weather vane. Shortly after the official winner of the race is announced, a painter climbs to the top of the clubhouse at Pimlico to paint the weather vane. The weather vane is painted in the colors of the silks from the winning horse and jockey. The updated colors from the winning horse and jockey will stand proudly on display until a new winner is declared one year later at the next running of The Preakness Stakes. The tradition of painting the weather vane dates all the way back to 1909 and has continued every year since.
Race History
The home of The Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, is the 2nd oldest racetrack in The United States having opened for business all the way back in 1870. Only Saratoga racetrack in New York predates Pimlico. Just three years after Pimlico Race Course was opened, a new spring stakes race was introduced for three-year-olds. Odie Bowen, the former Maryland Governor, named the new race in honor of a colt named Preakness from nearby Preakness Stables in New Jersey and The Preakness Stakes was born. Seven starters joined the first ever Preakness Stakes held on May 27th, 1873.
Both Pimlico Race Course and The Preakness Stakes have managed to adapt and survive to changes over the last 144 years. Major events such as the World Wars, The Great Depression, and others came and went yet The Preakness Stakes and Pimlico Race Course still stand today. Much has changed over the last 144 years, but the race course and the race itself have adjusted to changing times and still are very relevant and important today.
The race is a pivotal one in US horse racing due to its role as the second race of the Triple Crown Series. Storied horses such as Seattle Slew, Secretariat, and American Pharoah have all won at The Preakness Stakes in order to work their way towards their eventual Triple Crown victory. With a win at The Kentucky Derby and The Preakness Stakes under their belts, these three horses, along with the other 9 Triple Crown winners, all went on to win at The Belmont Stakes to claim their place in history.
Past Winners
Over the last 144 years, The Preakness Stakes has seen thousands of horses compete in an attempt to win it all. As the second race in the famed Triple Crown Series, the Preakness Stakes is the next step in the quest for the Triple Crown. Should a horse win at The Kentucky Derby, they must then prove themselves once again on the track at The Preakness Stakes and The Belmont Stakes in order to earn the coveted title.
In the chart below, you’ll find a bunch of data surrounding the winning horse for each running of The Preakness Stakes. We’ll work to update this chart each year so that it always has the most up to date information contained within it. The chart contains pertinent information such as the jockey, trainer, finish time, and track length. The last column of the chart is our Equalizer formula which we’ll go into more detail below.
You’ll notice below that the track length of The Preakness Stakes has not always been the same distance. In fact, there have been six different track lengths over the 144-year history of the race. If you try to compare finishing times over different track lengths, the results can become confusing and misleading. In order to help even the playing field, we’ve created an equation that helps you compare the winners against one another regardless of the track length that they competed on.
What we came up with is what we call our Equalizer formula. This formula runs the math and gives you a time per mile result. Our Equalizer formula takes into account the track length and the finish time of the winner. For example, the formula for Cloud Computing, the 2017 winner of The Preakness Stakes, would be Finish Time (01:56:0) / Track Length (1.1875 miles) = Equalizer (01:37.7).
Using the Equalizer formula, you can easily stack up the winning horses over time regardless of the track length that they competed on. The slowest winner ever at The Preakness Stakes according to the Equalizer formula was Culpepper all the way back in 1874. The record for the fastest horse ever regardless of track length is the Famous Secretariat who went on to win The Triple Crown that year.
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Length | Time | Equalizer |
2017 | Cloud Computing | Javier Castellano | Chad Brown | Klaravich Stables & W. H. Lawrence | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.0 | 01:37.7 |
2016 | Exaggerator | Kent Desormeaux | J. Keith Desormeaux | Big Chief Racing LLC et al. | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.3 | 01:39.6 |
2015 | American Pharoah* | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables, LLC | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.5 | 01:39.8 |
2014 | California Chrome | Victor Espinoza | Art Sherman | Steve Coburn & Perry Martin | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.8 | 01:36.7 |
2013 | Oxbow | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.5 | 01:39.0 |
2012 | I’ll Have Another | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O’Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.9 | 01:37.6 |
2011 | Shackleford | Jesus Castanon | Dale Romans | Mike Lauffer & W.D. Cubbedge | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.5 | 01:38.1 |
2010 | Lookin At Lucky | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Michael Pegram | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.5 | 01:37.2 |
2009 | Rachel Alexandra | Calvin Borel | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables/H. T. McCormick | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.1 | 01:36.9 |
2008 | Big Brown | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Dutrow | IEAH Stables & Paul Pompa, Jr. | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.9 | 01:36.7 |
2007 | Curlin | Robby Albarado | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.5 | 01:35.5 |
2006 | Bernardini | Javier Castellano | Tom Albertrani | Darley Stables | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.6 | 01:36.5 |
2005 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | Timothy Ritchey | Cash Is King Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.0 | 01:36.9 |
2004 | Smarty Jones | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Someday Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.6 | 01:37.3 |
2003 | Funny Cide | Jose Santos | Barclay Tagg | Sackatoga Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.6 | 01:37.4 |
2002 | War Emblem | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.4 | 01:38.0 |
2001 | Point Given | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.4 | 01:37.2 |
2000 | Red Bullet | Jerry Bailey | Joe Orseno | Stronach Stables | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.0 | 01:37.7 |
1999 | Charismatic | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.2 | 01:37.0 |
1998 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | Bob Baffert | Michael Pegram | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.6 | 01:36.5 |
1997 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.8 | 01:36.7 |
1996 | Louis Quatorze | Pat Day | Nick Zito | Condren/Cornacchia/Hofmann | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.4 | 01:35.5 |
1995 | Timber Country | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook/Gainesway/R. B. Lewis | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.4 | 01:36.3 |
1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | D. P. Reynolds & Overbrook | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.4 | 01:38.0 |
1993 | Prairie Bayou | Mike Smith | Tom Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.6 | 01:38.2 |
1992 | Pine Bluff | Chris McCarron | Tom Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.6 | 01:37.3 |
1991 | Hansel | Jerry Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Lazy Lane Farms | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.0 | 01:36.0 |
1990 | Summer Squall | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | Dogwood Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.6 | 01:35.7 |
1989 | Sunday Silence | Pat Valenzuela | Char.Whittingham | H-G-W Partners | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.8 | 01:35.8 |
1988 | Risen Star | Ed Delahoussaye | Louie Roussel | Louie J. Roussel III & R. Lamarque | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1987 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | Dorothy Scharbauer | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.8 | 01:37.5 |
1986 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis | Melvin F. Stute | Carl Grinstead | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.8 | 01:36.7 |
1985 | Tank’s Prospect | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.4 | 01:35.5 |
1984 | Gate Dancer | Angel Cordero | Jack Van Berg | Kenneth Opstein | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.6 | 01:35.7 |
1983 | Deputed Testamony | Donald Miller, Jr. | J. William Boniface | Bonita Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.4 | 01:37.2 |
1982 | Aloma’s Ruler | Jack Kaenel | John J. Lenzini, Jr. | Nathan Scherr | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.4 | 01:37.2 |
1981 | Pleasant Colony | Jorge Velasquez | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.6 | 01:36.5 |
1980 | Codex | Angel Cordero | D. Wayne Lukas | Tartan Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.2 | 01:36.2 |
1979 | Spectacular Bid | Ronnie Franklin | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.2 | 01:36.2 |
1978 | Affirmed* | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.4 | 01:36.3 |
1977 | Seattle Slew* | Jean Cruguet | Bill Turner | Karen L. Taylor | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.4 | 01:36.3 |
1976 | Elocutionist | John Lively | Paul T. Adwell | Eugene C. Cashman | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.0 | 01:36.8 |
1975 | Master Derby | Darrel McHargue | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.4 | 01:38.0 |
1974 | Little Current | Miguel A. Rivera | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.6 | 01:36.5 |
1973 | Secretariat* | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:53.0 | 01:35.2 |
1972 | Bee Bee Bee | Eldon Nelson | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.6 | 01:37.3 |
1971 | Canonero II | Gustavo Avila | Juan Arias | Edgar Caibett | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.0 | 01:36.0 |
1970 | Personality | Eddie Belmonte | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1969 | Majestic Prince | Bill Hartack | Johnny Longden | Frank M. McMahon | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.6 | 01:37.3 |
1968 | Forward Pass | Ismael Valenzuela | Henry Forrest | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.8 | 01:38.4 |
1967 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Whiteley | Edith W. Bancroft | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.2 | 01:37.0 |
1966 | Kauai King | Don Brumfield | Henry Forrest | Ford Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:55.4 | 01:37.2 |
1965 | Tom Rolfe | Ron Turcotte | Frank Whiteley | Powhatan Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1964 | Northern Dancer | Bill Hartack | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.8 | 01:38.4 |
1963 | Candy Spots | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1962 | Greek Money | John L. Rotz | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.6 | 01:39.0 |
1960 | Bally Ache | Bobby Ussery | Jimmy Pitt | Turfland | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.6 | 01:39.0 |
1959 | Royal Orbit | William Harmatz | Reggie Cornell | Halina Gregory Braunstein | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.0 | 01:38.5 |
1958 | Tim Tam | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.2 | 01:38.7 |
1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.2 | 01:37.9 |
1956 | Fabius | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.4 | 01:39.7 |
1955 | Nashua | Eddie Arcaro | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1.1875 miles | 01:54.6 | 01:36.5 |
1954 | Hasty Road | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.4 | 01:38.9 |
1953 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | Bill Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.8 | 01:39.2 |
1952 | Blue Man | Conn McCreary | Woody Stephens | White Oak Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.4 | 01:38.9 |
1951 | Bold | Eddie Arcaro | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.4 | 01:38.0 |
1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.2 | 01:40.4 |
1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:56.0 | 01:37.7 |
1948 | Citation* | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 02:02.4 | 01:43.1 |
1947 | Faultless | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.0 | 01:40.2 |
1946 | Assault* | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1.1875 miles | 02:01.4 | 01:42.2 |
1945 | Polynesian | Wayne D. Wright | Morris H. Dixon | Gertrude T. Widener | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.8 | 01:40.0 |
1944 | Pensive | Conn McCreary | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.2 | 01:40.4 |
1943 | Count Fleet* | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.4 | 01:38.9 |
1942 | Alsab | Basil James | Sarge Swenke | Mrs. Albert Sabath | 1.1875 miles | 01:57.0 | 01:38.5 |
1941 | Whirlaway* | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.8 | 01:40.0 |
1940 | Bimelech | Fred A. Smith | William A. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.6 | 01:39.9 |
1939 | Challedon | George Seabo | Louis J. Schaefer | William L. Brann | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.8 | 01:40.9 |
1938 | Dauber | Maurice Peters | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farms | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.8 | 01:40.9 |
1937 | War Admiral* | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.4 | 01:39.7 |
1936 | Bold Venture | George Woolf | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.0 | 01:40.2 |
1935 | Omaha* | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.4 | 01:39.7 |
1934 | High Quest | Robert Jones | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1.1875 miles | 01:58.2 | 01:39.5 |
1933 | Head Play | Charley Kurtsinger | Thomas P. Hayes | Silas B. Mason | 1.1875 miles | 02:02.0 | 01:42.7 |
1932 | Burgoo King | Eugene James | H. J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.8 | 01:40.9 |
1931 | Mate | George Ellis | James W. Healy | Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.0 | 01:40.2 |
1930 | Gallant Fox* | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1.1875 miles | 02:00.6 | 01:41.6 |
1929 | Dr. Freeland | Louis Schaefer | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1.1875 miles | 02:01.6 | 01:42.4 |
1928 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1.1875 miles | 02:00.2 | 01:41.2 |
1927 | Bostonian | Whitey Abel | Fred Hopkins | Harry P. Whitney | 1.1875 miles | 02:01.6 | 01:42.4 |
1926 | Display | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.8 | 01:40.9 |
1925 | Coventry | Clarence Kummer | William B. Duke | Gifford A. Cochran | 1.1875 miles | 01:59.0 | 01:40.2 |
1924 | Nellie Morse | John Merimee | Albert B. Gordon | Bud Fisher | 1.125 miles | 01:57.2 | 01:44.2 |
1923 | Vigil | Benny Marinelli | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1.125 miles | 01:53.6 | 01:41.0 |
1922 | Pillory | Louis Morris | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1.125 miles | 01:51.6 | 01:39.2 |
1921 | Broomspun | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1.125 miles | 01:54.2 | 01:41.5 |
1920 | Man o’ War | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 1.125 miles | 01:51.6 | 01:39.2 |
1919 | Sir Barton* | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1.125 miles | 01:53.0 | 01:40.4 |
1918 | War Cloud | Johnny Loftus | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 1.125 miles | 01:53.6 | 01:41.0 |
1918 | Jack Hare, Jr. | Charles Peak | Frank D. Weir | W. E. Applegate | 1.125 miles | 01:53.4 | 01:40.8 |
1917 | Kalitan | Everett Haynes | Bill Hurley | Edward R. Bradley | 1.125 miles | 01:54.4 | 01:41.7 |
1916 | Damrosch | Linus McAtee | Albert G. Weston | J. K. L. Ross | 1.125 miles | 01:54.8 | 01:42.0 |
1915 | Rhine Maiden | Douglas Hoffman | Frank Devers | Edward F. Whitney | 1.125 miles | 01:58.0 | 01:44.9 |
1914 | Holiday | Andy Schuttinger | J. Simon Healy | Mrs. A. Barklie | 1.125 miles | 01:53.8 | 01:41.2 |
1913 | Buskin | James Butwell | John Whalen | John Whalen | 1.125 miles | 01:53.4 | 01:40.8 |
1912 | Colonel Holloway | Clarence Turner | Dave Woodford | Beverwyck Stable | 1.125 miles | 01:56.6 | 01:43.6 |
1911 | Watervale | Eddie Dugan | John Whalen | August Belmont, Jr. | 1.125 miles | 01:51.0 | 01:38.7 |
1910 | Layminster | Roy Estep | J. Simon Healy | Edward B. Cassatt | 1.0 mile | 01:40.6 | 01:40.6 |
1909 | Effendi | Willie Doyle | Frank C. Frisbie | W. T. Ryan | 1.0 mile | 01:39.8 | 01:39.8 |
1908 | Royal Tourist | Eddie Dugan | A. Jack Joyner | Harry P. Whitney | 1.0625 miles | 01:46.4 | 01:40.1 |
1907 | Don Enrique | George Mountain | John Whalen | August Belmont, Jr. | 1.0625 miles | 01:45.4 | 01:39.2 |
1906 | Whimsical | Walter Miller | Tim J. Gaynor | Tim J. Gaynor | 1.0625 miles | 01:45.0 | 01:38.8 |
1905 | Cairngorm | Willie Davis | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget | 1.0625 miles | 01:45.8 | 01:39.6 |
1904 | Bryn Mawr | Gene Hildebrand | W. Fred Presgrave | Goughacres Stable | 1.0625 miles | 01:44.2 | 01:38.1 |
1903 | Flocarline | William Gannon | H. C. Riddle | M. H. Tichenor | 1.0625 miles | 01:44.8 | 01:38.6 |
1902 | Old England | L. Jackson | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 1.0625 miles | 01:45.8 | 01:39.6 |
1901 | The Parader | F. Landry | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1.0625 miles | 01:47.2 | 01:40.9 |
1900 | Hindus | Henry Spencer | John H. Morris | George J. Long | 1.0625 miles | 01:48.4 | 01:42.0 |
1899 | Half Time | Richard Clawson | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 1.0625 miles | 01:47.0 | 01:40.7 |
1898 | Sly Fox | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Charles F. Dwyer | 1.0625 miles | 01:49.8 | 01:43.3 |
1897 | Paul Kauvar | T. Thorpe | Thomas P. Hayes | Thomas P. Hayes | 1.0625 miles | 01:51.3 | 01:44.7 |
1896 | Margrave | Henry Griffin | Byron McClelland | August Belmont, Jr. | 1.0625 miles | 01:51.0 | 01:44.5 |
1895 | Belmar | Fred Taral | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables | 1.0625 miles | 01:50.5 | 01:44.0 |
1894 | Assignee | Fred Taral | William Lakeland | James & Foxhall Keene | 1.0625 miles | 01:49.3 | 01:42.8 |
1890 | Montague | Willie Martin | Edward Feakes | Preakness Stables | 1.50 miles | 02:36.7 | 01:44.5 |
1889 | Buddhist | George Anderson | John W. Rogers | Samuel S. Brown | 1.25 miles | 02:17.5 | 01:50.0 |
1888 | Refund | Fred Littlefield | R. W. Walden | R. W. Walden | 1.50 miles | 02:49.0 | 01:52.7 |
1887 | Dunboyne | William Donohue | William Jennings | William Jennings | 1.50 miles | 02:39.5 | 01:46.3 |
1886 | The Bard | S. Fisher | John Huggins | A. J. Cassatt | 1.50 miles | 02:45.0 | 01:50.0 |
1885 | Tecumseh | Jim McLaughlin | Charles Littlefield | W. Donohue | 1.50 miles | 02:49.0 | 01:52.7 |
1884 | Knight of Ellerslie | S. Fisher | Thomas Doswell | R. Hancock & T. Doswell | 1.50 miles | 02:39.5 | 01:46.3 |
1883 | Jacobus | George Barbee | R. Dwyer | James E. Kelley | 1.50 miles | 02:42.5 | 01:48.3 |
1882 | Vanguard | Tom Costello | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1.50 miles | 02:44.5 | 01:49.7 |
1881 | Saunterer | Tom Costello | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1.50 miles | 02:40.5 | 01:47.0 |
1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1.50 miles | 02:40.5 | 01:47.0 |
1879 | Harold | Lloyd Hughes | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1.50 miles | 02:40.5 | 01:47.0 |
1878 | Duke of Magenta | C. Holloway | R. W. Walden | George L. Lorillard | 1.50 miles | 02:41.8 | 01:47.8 |
1877 | Cloverbrook | C. Holloway | Jeter Walden | E. A. Clabaugh | 1.50 miles | 02:45.5 | 01:50.3 |
1876 | Shirley | George Barbee | W. Brown | Pierre Lorillard IV | 1.50 miles | 02:44.8 | 01:49.8 |
1875 | Tom Ochiltree | Lloyd Hughes | R. W. Walden | John F. Chamberlain | 1.50 miles | 02:43.5 | 01:49.0 |
1874 | Culpepper | William Donohue | Hugh Gaffney | Hugh Gaffney | 1.50 miles | 02:56.5 | 01:57.7 |
1873 | Survivor | George Barbee | A. Davis Pryor | John F. Chamberlain | 1.50 miles | 02:43.0 | 01:48.7 |