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1951 Preakness Stakes
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76th running of the Preakness Stakes
August 2023
76th Preakness Stakes Stakes race The Preakness Stakes Pimlico Race CourseBaltimore, Maryland, U.S. 1951 5 19 1+3/16 mi furlong m on Bold 1:56 2/5 4.10-1 Eddie Arcaro (HoF) Preston M. Burch (HoF) Brookmeade Stable Fast Dirt 24,863 1950 1952
The 1951 Preakness Stakes was the 76th running of the $110,245 Preakness Stakes horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the event took place on May 19, 1951. Owned by Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade Stable and ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Eddie Arcaro, Bold easily won the race by seven lengths over runner-up Counterpoint. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:56 2/5.Daily Racing Form May 21, 1951 article titled "Bold Easily Wins Preakness Retrieved August 11, 2018
For jockey Arcaro, the win was a record fourth time he had won the race.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B5FSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xs4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2897,4555626&dq=bold+brookmeade+preakness&hl=en Bold captures Preakness purse Telegraph-Herald May 20, 1951 2012-08-24
Payout
The 75th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
Program Number Horse Name Win Place Show 6 Bold $10.20 $6.40 $4.407 Counterpoint - $16.80 $7.608 Alerted $4.20
The full chart
Daily Racing Form Charts
Finish PositionMargin(lengths)Post PositionHorse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time OddsEarnings1st06BoldEddie ArcaroPreston M. BurchBrookmeade Stable4.10-1$83,1102nd77CounterpointRay AdairSylvester E. VeitchCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney25.80-1$15,0003rd¾8AlertedSam Boulmetis Sr.James PenrodHampton Stable3.70-1$7,5004th44Timely RewardJames StoutGeorge M. OdomMrs. Wallace Gilroy5.00-1$3,7505th½2Hall of Fame †Hedley WoodhouseJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable2.90-16th1½ 3Big Stretch †Ted AtkinsonJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable2.90-17th11KnowitallGeorge HettingerWinbert F. MulhollandJessie Sloane Widener17.70-18th65RepetoirePete McLeanAlbert JensenMrs. Nora Mikell4.00-1
Winning Breeder: Brookmeade Stud; (VA)
Times: 1/4 mile – 0:23 0/0; 1/2 mile – 47 4/5; 3/4 mile – 1:11 2/5; mile – 1:37 2/5; 1 3/16 (final) – 1:56 2/5
Track condition: fast
References
External links
http://www.preakness.com/
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