Preakness (horse)

Preakness
Preakness
	Preakness
Sire	Lexington
Grandsire	Boston
Dam	Bay Leaf
Damsire	Yorkshire
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1867
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Robert A. Alexander
Owner	Milton H. Sanford; Duke of Hamilton
Trainer	William Hayward Sr.; Charles Littlefield Sr. (1871)
Record	39: 18-12-2
Earnings	$39,820
Major wins
	Dinner Party Stakes (1870); Maturity Stakes (1871); Westchester Cup (1871); Pimlico Stakes (1871); Grand National Handicap (1873); Jockey Club Handicap (1873); Long Branch Stakes (1873); Manhattan Handicap (1873); Jockey Club Stakes (1874); Baltimore Cup (1875); Saratoga Cup (1875)
Honors
	U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (2018); Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course; (2nd leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series)

Preakness (1867–1881) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by the famed leading sire Lexington out of a mare named Bay Leaf. Preakness was from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stud in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey.^[2]

Racing career

Preakness upset the heavily favored colt, Foster, to win the inaugural running of the Dixie Stakes (then known as the Dinner Party Stakes) on October 25, 1870, the opening day of Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. He continued his racing career until age 9 with a record of 18-12-2 in 39 starts.

Death

After his retirement from racing, Preakness was sold to stand at stud in England. He later became temperamental, as did his new owner, the Duke of Hamilton. After an altercation where Preakness refused to obey the Duke during a breeding session, he retrieved a gun and killed the colt, leading to a public outcry. As a result, there was a reform in the laws regarding the treatment of animals.^[3] Mr Sanford, the previous owner of Preakness, donated his trophy from the Dinner Party Stakes to the new race named in honour of the horse.^[4]

Preakness Stakes

In honor of winning the first Dixie Stakes, a new stakes race was named in honor of Preakness: The Preakness Stakes.^[5]

In 2018, Preakness was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.^[6]

Sire line tree

Preakness^[7]^[8]
- Fiddler
  - Jummy

Pedigree

Pedigree of Preakness, dark bay colt, 1867
Sire Lexington	Boston	Timoleon	Sir Archy
		Timoleon	Saltram mare
		Sister to Tuckahoe	Balls Florizel
		Sister to Tuckahoe	Alderman mare
	Alice Carneal	Sarpedon	Emilius*
		Sarpedon	Icaria
		Rowena	Sumpter
		Rowena	Lady Grey
Dam Bay Leaf	Yorkshire	St Nicholas	Emilius*
		St Nicholas	Sea Mew
		Miss Rose	Tramp
		Miss Rose	Sancho mare
	Maria Black	Filho da Puta	Haphazard
		Filho da Puta	Mrs. Barnet
		Smolensko mare	Smolensko
		Smolensko mare	Sir Peter mare (family: 9)

* Preakness is inbred 4S x 4D to the stallion Emilius, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.