1989 Preakness Stakes

114th Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes
"The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown"
"The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
DateMay 20, 1989
Winning horseSunday Silence
JockeyPat Valenzuela
TrainerCharlie Whittingham
ConditionsFast
SurfaceDirt
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The 1989 Preakness Stakes was the 114th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 20, 1989, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Sunday Silence, who was jockeyed by Pat Valenzuela, won the race by a nose over runner-up Easy Goer. Approximate post time was 5:35 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-4/5.[1] The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 98,896, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1989.[2]

Jim McKay of ABC Sports labeled it "the best race that I have ever witnessed" during the 1995 Preakness telecast. The stretch duel of the race itself was featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports prelude claiming to be the "thrill of victory" for 12 years. It preceded the more memorable line "and the agony of defeat".

Payout

The 114th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program
number 		Horse name
Win
Place
Show
8 Sunday Silence US$6.20 $3.00 $3.20
2 Easy Goer - $2.40 $2.40
5 Rock Point - - $3.60

$2 Exacta: (8–2) paid $10.40

$2 Trifecta: (8-2–5) paid $66.00

The full chart

Finish
position 		Margin
(lengths) 		Post
position 		Horse name Jockey Trainer Owner Post time
odds 		Purse
earnings
1st 0 8 Sunday Silence Pat Valenzuela Charlie Whittingham E. Gaillard/A. Hancock/C. Whittingham 2.10-1 $325,000
2nd nose 2 Easy Goer Pat Day Claude McGaughey III Ogden Phipps .60-1
favorite 		$100,000
3rd 5 6 Rock Point Chris Antley Sidney Watters Jr. Brookmeade Stable 22.80-1 $50,000
4th 7 5 Dansil Larry Snyder Frank Brothers John A. Franks 28.30-1 $25,000
5th 10+3⁄4 1 Hawkster Marco Castaneda Ronald McAnally J. Shelton Meredith 53.60-1
6th 12 7 Houston Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French, Barry Beal, D. W. Lukas 5.40-1
7th 38 3 Pulverizing Allen T. Stacy Jerry Robb Arnold A. Heft 70.00-1
8th 39+1⁄2 9 Northern Wolf Clarence J. Ladner Harold A. Allen Deep Silver Stable 33.70-1
  • Winning Breeder: Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds, Ltd.; (KY)
  • Final Time: 1:53 4/5
  • Track Condition: Fast
  • Total Attendance: 98,896[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Daily Racing Form, May 21, 1989 Preakness Stakes Chart.
  2. ^ a b 2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section). The Maryland Jockey Club reported official Total Attendance as 98,896. This is listed as 90,145 Pimlico on-site attendance and 8,751 at Laurel on-site attendance.