Preakness
Middle Crown leg
The Preakness is the second race in American thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown, held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
Run two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes, it draws the top three-year-old horses competing for racing's most prestigious title.
Three-event championship sweep
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
- stakesPosts or wagers
- jockeyProfessional race rider
- Kentucky DerbyPremier American thoroughbred race
Belmont · Baltimore · infield · post position · furlong · stretch · homestretch · purse
A calendar year
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- prestigiousHaving high standing
- American classicEnduring cultural work from US
Secretariat · Seattle Slew · Affirmed · legacy · storied · founding
Tiered spectator seating structure
- clubhouseMembers-only gathering place
- BaltimoreMajor Maryland seaport
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
- backstretchTrack's far straightaway
winner's circle · tote board · starting gate · rail · dirt track · chute
Soft bed covering
- trophyAward for winning
- concertLive musical performance
- partyGathering for celebration
- mint julepBourbon over crushed ice
fashion · hats · wagering · festivities · spectators · pageantry · tradition · springtime
Triple Crown
Three-event championship sweep
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
- stakesPosts or wagers
- jockeyProfessional race rider
Kentucky Derby · Belmont · Baltimore · infield · post position · furlong · stretch · homestretch · purse · winner
1873
A calendar year
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- prestigiousHaving high standing
American classic · Secretariat · Seattle Slew · Affirmed · legacy · storied · founding
grandstand
Tiered spectator seating structure
- clubhouseMembers-only gathering place
- BaltimoreMajor Maryland seaport
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
backstretch · winner's circle · tote board · starting gate · rail · dirt track · chute
blanket
Soft bed covering
mint julep · fashion · hats · wagering · festivities · spectators · pageantry · tradition · springtime
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- raceshorse race, Kentucky Derby, foot race, car race, Triple Crown
- Equestrian Sportsdressage, show jumping, eventing, polo, reining
- BaltimoreBaltimore, Orioles, Johns Hopkins, Fort McHenry, crab cakes
- MarylandAnnapolis, Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay, blue crab, crab cake
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- Preakness StakesMaryland thoroughbred classic