Preakness Stakes Results and Winners

The Belmont Stakes. It forms the middle race in America’s world-famous Triple Crown series. It’s one of the most popular horse races in America, routinely drawing crowds of well over 100,000 people. This is only narrowly eclipsed by the Kentucky Derby, perhaps the only race that has more recognition.

The Preakness Stakes has played host to some of the most exciting horse races since 1871. “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans,” as it is known, never fails to disappoint fans. (The race’s designation as “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” comes from the state’s official flower, as well as serving as a nod to the Kentucky Derby’s designation as “The Run for the Roses.”) If you are even moderately interested in horse racing, the Preakness is a must-see.

Like the other Triple Crown races, the Preakness Stakes is steeped in traditions and customs. Held in Baltimore, Maryland, at Pimlico Race Course, each race is preceded by a singing of the state’s official song, “Maryland, My Maryland.” Whenever a horse wins a race, the Old Clubhouse has the colors of the winning team’s banner added to it, serving as immortalization of their victory.

The Preakness Stakes is the race that fuels interest in the possibility that a Triple Crown winner could occur that year. If the winner of the Preakness Stakes also won the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes will become REALLY exciting—only then will that horse have an actual shot at winning the coveted Triple Crown. Laying the foundation for what’s to come, if you have your eye on the Triple Crown, don’t ignore the Preakness Stakes!

Preakness Stakes results 2022

Early Voting won the 147th Preakness Stakes, edging out favorites Epicenter and Secret Oath. Although it wasn’t quite the upset we saw from Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby, Early Voting was still a surprise victor. The win was even sweeter as it fell on owner Seth Klarman’s 65th birthday.

Don’t expect to see Early Voting at the Belmont Stakes on June 11th. His next appearance is slated for Saratoga later this summer.

Finish Position	Horse	Jockey	Morning Line Odds	Winnings
1st	Early Voting	Jose Ortiz	7-2	$900,000
2nd	Epicenter	Joel Rosario	6-5	$300,000
3rd	Creative Minister	Brian Hernandez, Jr.	10-1	$165,000
4th	Secret Oath	Luis Saez	9-2	$90,000
5th	Skippylongstocking	Jose Alvarado	20-1	$45,000
6th	Simplification	John R. Velasquez	6-1
7th	Armagnac	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	12-1
8th	Happy Jack	Tyler Gafflione	30-1
9th	Fenwick	Florent Geroux	50-1

Preakness Stakes payouts

The Preakness Stakes operates like any other horse race — your payout depends on the odds of the horse and the size of your bet.

#	Horse	Win	Place	Show
5	Early Voting	$13.40	$4.60	$3.60
8	Epicenter	–	$2.80	$2.40
2	Creative Minister	–	–	$4.20

Preakness Stakes winners

The very first Preakness Stakes did not disappoint. In 1873, the horse Survivor managed to win by a staggering 10-length margin, a record that remained unsured for an astounding 131 years. It wasn’t until 2004 that the horse Smarty Jones beat that by an 11.5-length margin. Such victories are as rare as they are extraordinary; 2020’s victor, Swiss Skydiver, managed a margin of victory of just a head over the runner-up, which speaks volumes about the impressive nature of Smarty Jones and Survivor’s victories.

Veterans of horse racing will undoubtedly the spectacular run Secretariat had way back in 1973. The Triple Crown winner set an all-time record of 1:53 at the Preakness Stakes, a record that has never been topped. Notably, this time was only certified in 2012 following controversy over the integrity of the timers used. Following a period of recalibration and back-calculation, the official time was established. As for the most accomplished jockey, that honor belongs to Eddie Arcaro, who managed to snag a grand total of six wins during the 1940s and 1950s.

The table below contains the names and finish times of the winners over the nearly 150-year history of the Preakness Stakes.

Year	Horse	Jockey	Time
2024	Seize the Grey	Jaime A. Torres	1:56:82
2023	National Treasure	J.R. Velazquez	1:55:12
2022	Early Voting	Jose Ortiz	1:54.54
2021	Rombauer	Flavien Prat	1:53.62
2020	Swiss Skydiver	Robby Albarado	1:53.28
2019	War of Will	Tyler Gaffalione	1:54.34
2018	Justify	Mike Smith	1:55.93
2017	Cloud Computing	Javier Castellano	1:55.98
2016	Exaggerator	Kent Desormeaux	1:58.31
2015	American Pharoah	Victor Espinoza	1:58.46
2014	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza	1:54.84
2013	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	1:57.54
2012	I'll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	1:55.94
2011	Shackleford	Jesus Castanon	1:56.47
2010	Lookin At Lucky	Martin Garcia	1:55.47
2009	Rachel Alexandra	Calvin Borel	1:55.08
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	1:54.86
2007	Curlin	Robby Albarado	1:53.46
2006	Bernardini	Javier Castellano	1:54.65
2005	Afleet Alex	Jeremy Rose	1:55.04
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	1:55.59
2003	Funny Cide	Jose Santos	1:55.61
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	1:56.40
2001	Point Given	Gary Stevens	1:55.40
2000	Red Bullet	Jerry Bailey	1:56.00
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	1:55.20
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	1:54.60
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	1:54.80
1996	Louis Quatorze	Pat Day	1:53.40
1995	Timber Country	Pat Day	1:54.40
1994	Tabasco Cat	Pat Day	1:56.40
1993	Prairie Bayou	Mike Smith	1:56.60
1992	Pine Bluff	Chris McCarron	1:55.60
1991	Hansel	Jerry Bailey	1:54.00
1990	Summer Squall	Pat Day	1:53.60
1989	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela	1:53.80
1988	Risen Star	Ed Delahoussaye	1:56.20
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	1:55.80
1986	Snow Chief	Alex Solis	1:54.80
1985	Tank's Prospect	Pat Day	1:53.40
1984	Gate Dancer	Angel Cordero	1:53.60
1983	Deputed Testamony	Donnie Miller Jr.	1:55.40
1982	Aloma's Ruler	Jack Kaenel	1:55.40
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	1:54.60
1980	Codex	Angel Cordero	1:54.20
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin	1:54.20
1978	Affirmed	Steve Cauthen	1:54.40
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet	1:54.40
1976	Elocutionist	John Lively	1:55.00
1975	Master Derby	Darrel McHargue	1:56.40
1974	Little Current	Miguel A. Rivera	1:54.60
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte	1:53.00
1972	Bee Bee Bee	Eldon Nelson	1:55.60
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	1:54.00
1970	Personality	Eddie Belmonte	1:56.20
1969	Majestic Prince	Bill Hartack	1:55.60
1968	Forward	Ismael Valenzuela	1:56.80
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	1:55.20
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	1:55.40
1965	Tom Rolfe	Ron Turcotte	1:56.20
1964	Northern Dancer	Bill Hartack	1:56.80
1963	Candy Spots	Bill Shoemaker	1:56.20
1962	Greek Money	John L. Rotz	1:56.20
1961	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers	1:57.60
1960	Bally Ache	Bobby Ussery	1:57.60
1959	Royal Orbit	William Harmatz	1:57.00
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	1:57.20
1957	Bold Ruler	Eddie Arcaro	1:56.20
1956	Fabius	Bill Hartack	1:58.40
1955	Nashua	Eddie Arcaro	1:54.60
1954	Hasty Road	John H. Adams	1:57.40
1953	Native Dancer	Eric Guerin	1:57.80
1952	Blue Man	Conn McCreary	1:57.40
1951	Bold	Eddie Arcaro	1:56.40
1950	Hill Prince	Eddie Arcaro	1:59.20
1949	Capot	Ted Atkinson	1:56.00
1948	Citation	Eddie Arcaro	2:02.40
1947	Faultless	Douglas Dodson	1:59.00
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	2:01.40
1945	Polynesian	Wayne D. Wright	1:58.80
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	1:59.20
1943	Count Fleet	Johnny Longden	1:57.40
1942	Alsab	Basil James	1:57.00
1941	Whirlaway	Eddie Arcaro	1:58.80
1940	Bimelech	Fred A. Smith	1:58.60
1939	Challedon	George Seabo	1:59.80
1938	Dauber	Maurice Peters	1:59.80
1937	War iral	Charley Kurtsinger	1:58.40
1936	Bold Venture	George Woolf	1:59.00
1935	Omaha	Willie Saunders	1:58.40
1934	High Quest	Robert Jones	1:58.20
1933	Head Play	Charley Kurtsinger	2:02.00
1932	Burgoo King	Eugene James	1:59.80
1931	Mate	George Ellis	1:59.00
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	2:00.60
1929	Dr. Freeland	Louis Schaefer	2:01.60
1928	Victorian	Raymond Workman	2:00.20
1927	Bostonian	Whitey Abel	2:01.60
1926	Display	John Maiben	1:59.80
1925	Coventry	Clarence Kummer	1:59.00
1924	Nellie Morse	John Merimee	1:57.20
1923	Vigil	Benny Marinelli	1:53.60
1922	Pillory	Louis Morris	1:51.60
1921	Broomspun	Frank Coltiletti	1:54.20
1920	Man o' War	Clarence Kummer	1:51.60
1919	Sir Barton	Johnny Loftus	1:53.00
1918	War Cloud	Johnny Loftus	1:53.60
1918	Jack Hare, Jr.	Charles Peak	1:53.40
1917	Kalitan	Everett Haynes	1:54.40
1916	Damrosch	Linus McAtee	1:54.80
1915	Rhine Maiden	Douglas Hoffman	1:58.00
1914	Holiday	Andy Schuttinger	1:53.80
1913	Buskin	James Butwell	1:53.40
1912	Colonel Holloway	Clarence Turner	1:56.60
1911	Watervale	Eddie Dugan	1:51.00
1910	Layminster	Roy Estep	1:40.60
1909	Effendi	Willie Doyle	1:39.80
1908	Royal Tourist	Eddie Dugan	1:46.40
1907	Don Enrique	George Mountain	1:45.40
1906	Whimsical	Walter Miller	1:45.00
1905	Cairngorm	Willie Davis	1:45.80
1904	Bryn Mawr	Gene Hildebrand	1:44.20
1903	Flocarline	William Gannon	1:44.80
1902	Old England	Lee Jackson	1:45.80
1901	The Parader	Frank Landry	1:47.20
1900	Hindus	Henry Spencer	1:48.40
1899	Half Time	Richard Clawson	1:47.00
1898	Sly Fox	Willie Simms	1:49.75
1897	Paul Kauvar	T. Thorpe	1:51.25
1896	Margrave	Henry Griffin	1:51.00
1895	Belmar	Fred Taral	1:50.50
1894	Assignee	Fred Taral	1:49.25
1890	Montague	Willie Martin	2:36.75
1889	Buddhist	George Anderson	2:17.50
1888	Refund	Fred Littlefield	2:49.00
1887	Dunboyne	William Donohue	2:39.50
1886	The Bard	S. Fisher	2:45.00
1885	Tecumseh	Jim McLaughlin	2:49.00
1884	Knight of Ellerslie	S. Fisher	2:39.50
1883	Jacobus	George Barbee	2:42.50
1882	Vanguard	Tom Costello	2:44.50
1881	Saunterer	Tom Costello	2:40.50
1880	Grenada	Lloyd Hughes	2:40.50
1879	Harold	Lloyd Hughes	2:40.50
1878	Duke of Magenta	Cyrus Holloway	2:41.75
1877	Cloverbrook	Cyrus Holloway	2:45.50
1876	Shirley	George Barbee	2:44.75
1875	Tom Ochiltree	Lloyd Hughes	2:43.50
1874	Culpepper	William Donohue	2:56.50
1873	Survivor	George Barbee	2:43.00