Preakness and last Triple Crown Winner
Pimlico Race Track,
Baltimore, Maryland.
May 16, 2015
Two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby, American Pharoah entered the second leg of the Triple Crown, the 2015 Preakness Stakes, run over nine and a half furlongs at Pimlico Race Course. Despite an unfavorable inside draw of the number one post position, he was installed as the morning line favorite ahead of Firing Line and Dortmund. No horse had won the Preakness starting from the rail since 1994. The last time the Preakness had been run on a sloppy track was in 1983, and American Pharoah was the only horse in the field to have previously faced similar conditions, having won the Rebel Stakes running in rain and mud.
Due to weather conditions, the winning time of 1:58.46 was the slowest time since Hill Prince won in 1950 with a time of 1:59.20, and well off the record, set by Secretariat in 1973, of 1:53.00.
| Year |
Horse |
Distance |
Jockey |
Time |
| 2018 |
Justify |
1 3/16 mile |
Mike Smith |
1:55.93 |
| 2017 |
Cloud Computing |
1 3/16 mile |
Javier Castellano |
1:55.98 |
| 2016 |
Exaggerator |
1-3/16 mile |
Kent Desormeaux |
1:58.31 |
| 2015 |
American Pharoah |
1 3/16 mile |
Victor Espinoza |
1:58.46 |
| 2014 |
California Chrome |
1 3/16 mile |
Victor Espinoza |
1:54.84 |
| 2013 |
Oxbow |
1 3/16 mile |
Gary Stevens |
1:57.54 |
| 2012 |
I'll Have Another |
1 3/16 mile |
Mario Gutierrez |
1:55.94 |
| 2011 |
Shackleford |
1 3/16 mile |
Jesus Castanon |
1:56:47 |
| 2010 |
Lookin At Lucky |
1 3/16 mile |
Javier Castellano |
1:55:47 |
| 2009 |
Rachel Alexandra |
1 3/16 mile |
Calvin Borel |
1:55.08 |
| 2008 |
Big Brown |
1 3/16 mile |
K. Desormeaux |
1:54.80 |
| 2007 |
Curlin |
1 3/16 mile |
RJ Albarado |
1:53.46 |
| 2006 |
Bernardini |
1 3/16 mile |
Javier Castellano |
1:54.65 |
| 2005 |
Afleet Alex |
1 3/16 mile |
Jeremy Rose |
1:55.04 |
| 2004 |
Smarty Jones |
1 3/16 mile |
Stewart Elliott |
1:55.59 |
| 2003 |
Funny Cide |
1 3/16 mile |
Jose Santos |
1:55:61 |
| 2002 |
War Emblem |
1 3/16 mile |
V. Espinoza |
1:56.36 |
| 2001 |
Point Given |
1 3/16 mile |
Gary Stevens |
1:55.51 |
| 2000 |
Red Bullet |
1 3/16 mile |
J. Bailey |
1:56.04 |
| 1999 |
Charismatic |
1 3/16 mile |
C. Antley |
1:55 1/5 |
| 1998 |
Real Quiet |
1 3/16 mile |
K. Desormeaux |
1:54 3/5 |
| 1997 |
Silver Charm |
1 3/16 mile |
G. Stevens |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1996 |
Louis Quatorze |
1 3/16 mile |
Pat Day |
1:53 2/5 |
| 1995 |
Timber Country |
1 3/16 mile |
Pat Day |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1994 |
Tabasco Cat |
1 3/16 mile |
Pat Day |
1:56 2/5 |
| 1993 |
Prairie Bayou |
1 3/16 mile |
Mike Smith |
1:56 3/5 |
| 1992 |
Pine Bluff |
1 3/16 mile |
C. McCarron |
1:55 3/5 |
| 1991 |
Hansel |
1 3/16 mile |
Jerry Bailey |
1:54 |
| 1990 |
Summer Squal |
1 3/16 mile |
Pat Day |
1:53 3/5 |
| 1989 |
Sunday Silence |
1 3/16 mile |
P. Valenzuela |
1:53 4/5 |
| 1988 |
Risen Star |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Delahoussaye |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1987 |
Alysheba |
1 3/16 mile |
C. McCarron |
1:55 4/5 |
| 1986 |
Snow Chief |
1 3/16 mile |
Alex Solis |
1:54 4/5 |
| 1985 |
Tank's Prospect |
1 3/16 mile |
Pat Day |
1:53 2/5 |
| 1984 |
Gate Dancer |
1 3/16 mile |
A.Cordero, Jr. |
1:53 2/5 |
| 1983 |
Deputed Testamony |
1 3/16 mile |
Donald Miller, Jr. |
1:55 2/5 |
| 1982 |
Aloma's Ruler |
1 3/16 mile |
Jack Kaenel |
1:55 2/5 |
| 1981 |
Pleasant Colony |
1 3/16 mile |
J. Velasquez |
1:54 3/5 |
| 1980 |
Codex |
1 3/16 mile |
A. Cordero, Jr. |
1:54 1/5 |
| 1979 |
Spectacular Bid |
1 3/16 mile |
R. Franklin |
1:54 1/5 |
| 1978 |
Affirmed |
1 3/16 mile |
S. Cauthen |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1977 |
Seattle Slew |
1 3/16 mile |
J. Cruguet |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1976 |
Elocutionist |
1 3/16 mile |
John Lively |
1:55 |
| 1975 |
Master Derby |
1 3/16 mile |
Darrel McHargue |
1:56 2/5 |
| 1974 |
Little Current |
1 3/16 mile |
Miguel Rivera |
1:54 3/5 |
| 1973 |
Secretariat |
1 3/16 mile |
R. Turcotte |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1972 |
Bee Bee Bee |
1 3/16 mile |
Eldon Nelson |
1:55 3/5 |
| 1971 |
Canonero II |
1 3/16 mile |
G. Avila |
1:54 |
| 1970 |
Personality |
1 3/16 mile |
Eddie Belmonte |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1969 |
Majestic Prince |
1 3/16 mile |
B. Hartack |
1:55 3/5 |
| 1968 |
Forward Pass |
1 3/16 mile |
I. Valenzuela |
1:56 4/5 |
| 1967 |
Damascus |
1 3/16 mile |
W. Shoemaker |
1:55 1/5 |
| 1966 |
Kauai King |
1 3/16 mile |
D. Brumfield |
1:55 2/5 |
| 1965 |
Tom Rolfe |
1 3/16 mile |
R. Turcotte |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1964 |
Northern Dancer |
1 3/16 mile |
B. Hartack |
1:56 4/5 |
| 1963 |
Candy Spots |
1 3/16 mile |
W. Shoemaker |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1962 |
Greek Money |
1 3/16 mile |
John Rotz |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1961 |
Carry Back |
1 3/16 mile |
J. Sellers |
1:57 3/5 |
| 1960 |
Bally Ache |
1 3/16 mile |
Bobby Ussery |
1:57 3/5 |
| 1959 |
Royal Orbit |
1 3/16 mile |
William Harmatz |
1:57 |
| 1958 |
Tim Tam |
1 3/16 mile |
I. Valenzuela |
1:57 |
| 1957 |
Bold Ruler |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
1:56 1/5 |
| 1956 |
Fabius |
1 3/16 mile |
Bill Hartack |
1:58 2/5 |
| 1955 |
Nashua |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
1:54 3/5 |
| 1954 |
Hasty Road |
1 3/16 mile |
Johnny Adams |
1:57 2/5 |
| 1953 |
Native Dancer |
1 3/16 mile |
Eric Guerin |
1:57 4/5 |
| 1952 |
Blue Man |
1 3/16 mile |
C. McCreary |
1:57 2/5 |
| 1951 |
Bold |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
1:56 2/5 |
| 1950 |
Hill Prince |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
1:59 1/5 |
| 1949 |
Capot |
1 3/16 mile |
Ted Atkinson |
1:56 |
| 1948 |
Citation |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
2:02 2/5 |
| 1947 |
Faultless |
1 3/16 mile |
Doug Dodson |
1:59 |
| 1946 |
Assault |
1 3/16 mile |
W. Mehrtens |
2:01 2/5 |
| 1945 |
Polynesian |
1 3/16 mile |
W.D. Wright |
1:58 4/5 |
| 1944 |
Pensive |
1 3/16 mile |
C. McCreary |
1:59 1/5 |
| 1943 |
Count Fleet |
1 3/16 mile |
J. Longden |
1:57 2/5 |
| 1942 |
Alsab |
1 3/16 mile |
B.James |
1:57 |
| 1941 |
Whirlaway |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Arcaro |
1:58 4/5 |
| 1940 |
Bimelech |
1 3/16 mile |
F.A.Smith |
1:58 3/5 |
| 1939 |
Challedon |
1 3/16 mile |
George Seabo |
1:59 4/5 |
| 1938 |
Dauber |
1 3/16 mile |
M.Peters |
1:59 4/5 |
| 1937 |
War Admiral |
1 3/16 mile |
C. Kurtsinger |
1:58 2/5 |
| 1936 |
Bold Venture |
1 3/16 mile |
George Woolf |
1:59 |
| 1935 |
Omaha |
1 3/16 mile |
W. Saunders |
1:58 2/5 |
| 1934 |
High Quest |
1 3/16 mile |
R.Jones |
1:58 1/5 |
| 1933 |
Head Play |
1 3/16 mile |
C. Kurtsinger |
2:02 |
| 1932 |
Burgoo King |
1 3/16 mile |
E. James |
1:59 4/5 |
| 1931 |
Mate |
1 3/16 mile |
G.Ellis |
1:59 |
| 1930 |
Gallant Fox |
1 3/16 mile |
E. Sande |
2:00 3/5 |
| 1929 |
Dr. Freeland |
1 3/16 mile |
Louis Schaefer |
2:01 3/5 |
| 1928 |
Victorian Nose |
1 3/16 mile |
Sonny Workman |
2:00 1/5 |
| 1927 |
Bostonian |
1 3/16 mile |
A.Abel |
2:01 3/5 |
| 1926 |
Display |
1 3/16 mile |
J.Maiben |
1:59 4/5 |
| 1925 |
Coventry |
1 3/16 mile |
Clarence Kummer |
1:59 |
| 1924 |
Nellie Morse |
1 1/8 mile |
J.Merimee |
1:57 1/5 |
| 1923 |
Vigil |
1 1/8 mile |
B.Marinelli |
1:53 3/5 |
| 1922 |
Pillory |
1 1/8 mile |
L.Morris |
1:51 3/5 |
| 1921 |
Broomspun |
1 1/8 mile |
F.Coltiletti |
1:54 1/5 |
| 1920 |
Man o'War |
1 1/8 mile |
Clarence Kummer |
1:51 3/5 |
| 1919 |
Sir Barton |
1 1/8 mile |
J. Loftus |
1:53 |
| 1918* |
Jack Hare, Jr. |
1 1/8 mile |
C.Peak |
1:53 2/5 |
| 1918* |
War Cloud |
1 1/8 mile |
Johnny Loftus |
1:53 3/5 |
| 1917 |
Kalitan |
1 1/8 mile |
E.Haynes |
1:54 2/5 |
| 1916 |
Damrosch |
1 1/8 mile |
Linus McAtee |
1:54 4/5 |
| 1915 |
Rhine Maiden |
1 1/8 mile |
Douglas Hoffman |
1:58 |
| 1914 |
Holiday |
1 1/8 mile |
A.Schuttinger |
1:53 4/5 |
| 1913 |
Buskin |
1 1/8 mile |
J.Butwell |
1:53 2/5 |
| 1912 |
Colonel Holloway |
1 1/8 mile |
C.Turner |
1:56 3/5 |
| 1911 |
Watervale |
1 1/8 mile |
E.Dugan |
1:51 |
| 1910 |
Layminster |
1 mile |
R.Estep |
1:40 3/5 |
| 1909 |
Effendi |
1 mile |
Willie Doyle |
1:39 4/5 |
| 1908 |
Royal Tourist |
1 1/16 mile |
E.Dugan |
1:46 2/5 |
| 1907 |
Don Enrique |
1 mile 70 yards |
G.Mountain |
1:45 2/5 |
| 1906 |
Whimsical |
1 mile 70 yards |
Walter Miller |
1:45 |
| 1905 |
Cairngorm |
1 mile 70 yards |
W.Davis |
1:45 4/5 |
| 1904 |
Bryn Mawr |
1 mile 70 yards |
E.Hildebrand |
1:44 1/5 |
| 1903 |
Flocarline |
1 mile 70 yards |
W.Gannon |
1:44 4/5 |
| 1902 |
Old England |
1 mile 70 yards |
L.Jackson |
1:45 4/5 |
| 1901 |
The Parader |
1 mile 70 yards |
F.Landry |
1:47 1/5 |
| 1900 |
Hindus |
1 1/16 miles |
H.Spencer |
1:48 2/5 |
| 1899 |
Half Time |
1 1/16 miles |
R.Clawson |
1:47 |
| 1898 |
Sly Fox |
1 1/16 miles |
C.W. Simms |
1:49 3/5 |
| 1897 |
Paul Kauvar |
1 1/16 miles |
C.Thorpe |
1:51 1/4 |
| 1896 |
Margrave |
1 1/16 miles |
H.Griffin |
1:51 |
| 1895 |
Belmar |
1 1/16 miles |
Fred Taral |
1:50 1/2 |
| 1894 |
Assignee |
1 1/16 miles |
F. Goodale |
1:49 1/4 |
| 1893 |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
| 1892 |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
| 1891 |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
No Race |
| 1890 |
Montague |
1 1/2 miles |
W.Martin |
2:36 3/4 |
| 1889 |
Buddhist |
1 1/4 miles |
W.Anderson |
2:17 1/2 |
| 1888 |
Refund |
1 1/2 miles |
F.Littlefield |
2:49 |
| 1887 |
Dunboyne |
1 1/2 miles |
W. Donohue |
2:39 1/2 |
| 1886 |
The Bard |
1 1/2 miles |
S.Fisher |
2:45 |
| 1885 |
Tecumseh |
1 1/2 miles |
J. McLaughlin |
2:49 |
| 1884 |
Knight of Ellerslie |
1 1/2 miles |
S.Fisher |
2:39 1/2 |
| 1883 |
Jacobus |
1 1/2 miles |
G.Barbee |
2:42 1/2 |
| 1882 |
Vanguard |
1 1/2 miles |
T.Costello |
2:44 1/2 |
| 1881 |
Saunterer |
1 1/2 miles |
T.Costello |
2:40 1/2 |
| 1880 |
Grenada |
1 1/2 miles |
L.Hughes |
2:40 1/2 |
| 1879 |
Harold |
1 1/2 miles |
L.Hughes |
2:40 1/2 |
| 1878 |
Duke of Magenta |
1 1/2 miles |
C.Holloway |
2:41 3/4 |
| 1877 |
Cloverbrook |
1 1/2 miles |
C.Holloway |
2:45 1/2 |
| 1876 |
Shirley |
1 1/2 miles |
G.Barbee |
2:44 3/4 |
| 1875 |
Tom Ochiltree |
1 1/2 miles |
L.Hughes |
2:43 1/2 |
| 1874 |
Culpepper |
1 1/2 miles |
W. Donohue |
2:56 1/2 |
| 1873 |
Survivor |
1 1/2 miles |
G.Barbee |
2:43 |
