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2 -- Smallest field to run the Preakness. Only two horses went to post in 1883, 1884 and 1889. |
Antley will try to pilot Charismatic
to his second straight Triple Crown win AP
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3 -- Races won by Charismatic in 14 starts before the colt's victory in the Kentucky Derby.
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4 -- Preakness wins by trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Derby winner Charismatic and Cat Thief each will try to get Lukas, who also has four Derby wins, his 12th victory in a Triple Crown race. |
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5 -- Career starts made by Stephen Got Even. The Nick Zito-trained colt, who was the Kentucky Derby favorite, has won three times and finished 14th in the Derby. |
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6 -- Consecutive races Cat Thief has finished either second or third, including a show in the Derby. |
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7 -- Different distances that the Preakness has been run. The race started at 1 1/2 miles in 1873 and the current distance of 1 3/16 was first run in 1925. |
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10 -- Largest victory in the race, which happened in the inaugural Preakness in 1873 by Survivor. Six races have been decided by a nose.
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11 -- Post position of last year's Preakness winner, Real Quiet. |
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16 -- Odds-on favorites that have won the Preakness, the last being Spectacular Bid in 1979.
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26 -- Horses who have led from start to finish, the last being Louis Quatorze in 1996. |
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39 -- Triple Crown starts by jockey Pat Day. Day, who will pilot Menifee, is the only jockey ever to win the Preakness in three consecutive years. |
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51 -- Fillies that have run in the Preakness, the last being Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors. Four have went on to win, but it hasn't happened since 1924. Only Excellent Meeting is scheduled to run this year. |
