2009 Preakness (G1)

Date/Track:
5/16/2009, Pimlico Race Course
Distance:
1 3/16 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:55.08

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Preakness (G1)...

Pimlico Race Course today announced the winners of this year’s Preakness media awards. Honorees will be recognized and awards presented at the May 13 Alibi Breakfast in the Terrace Dining Room at Pimlico Race Course. The ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. two days prior to the middle jewel of the T...Read More
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  • Brittney92 · Theses pictures of her and Calvin are great they make a great team and the people that are around her make her happy · 138 days ago
  • paceman · I agree! Congratualations Eclipse · 138 days ago
Despite a sharp decrease in attendance at this year’s BlackBerry Preakness Stakes (G1) from the previous year, officials will not rescind a new policy that banned fans from bringing alcohol into the infield at Pimlico Race Course... Read More
A 16.4% increase in average daily handle from out-of-state wagering outlets fueled an 8.9% jump in average daily handle from all sources during the spring meet at Pimlico Race Course. The Maryland Jockey Club compared this year’s 20-day meet with the first 22 days of Pimlico’s 2008 meet (April 13-Ma...Read More
Tremendous television ratings, increased handle, a wonderful story, national attention to racing and a good race to boot make this scribe question the negativity saying, "And yet the media declared this Preakness a failure."Read More
NBC released national ratings numbers for its Preakness Stakes (gr. I) telecast from Pimlico May 16 indicating the nearly two-hour program attracted 21% more viewers than the 2008 coverage of the second jewel of the Triple Crown.Read More
Needless to say, Rachel Alexandra's victory in the Preakness on Saturday was breathtaking. Read More
In recent weeks, we have had the supposed worst Derby winner ever — reviled as if he were a pro wrestling villain spitting on the American flag, this interloper proving by his very existence the dismal state of American racing — facing off against a super-filly anointed as Secretariat-in-a-skirt, ca...Read More
The all-day infield party at the Preakness Stakes may have been a dud on Saturday because of a new ban on bring-your-own beer, but it turns out that Churchill Downs doesn't allow spectators to carry in booze either. And 60000 fans still cram the infield for the Kentucky Derby."We have never allowed ...Read More
After winning the Oaks by a wide margin, and now the Preakness, some are saying, "What if?" Trainer Larry Jones said: "That might have been our Triple Crown winner if they had run her in the Derby." What do you think?Read More
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  • horses · With Borel up, she would be 2 for 2 right now! · 477 days ago
  • mshutty · With a soft pace and lone speed, Rachel wins the Belmont. Mine That Bird can make a sustained three furlong drive but wouldn't take her down if they are all running a sprint at the end. In the end it doesn't matter if Rachel runs or the pace is soft...Dunkirk is your easy winner. Charitable Man? The Belmont's Pioneerof Denile · 477 days ago
What happens in the Triple Crown, stays in the Triple Crown. At least that's how the mainstream public views things. Keep that close in mind as racing fans clamor to hunt-and-peck that "Rachel saves racing" blog or message board posting.And, sadly, the mainstream public may not even care that much a...Read More
Wagering was up on several segments of the Preakness day card, according to data released May 18 by Maryland Jockey Club officials, fueled in part by the showdown between Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird and Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) victress Rachel Alexandra.Read More
recall years ago watching Ken Burns’ BASEBALL series and an interview with the late Buck O’Neill, famed Negro League/Kansas City Monarchs baseball playerand manager. He noted that whatever travail baseball encountered, something came along to “bring it back.”And in racing’s case this past weekend, ...Read More
When RACHEL ALEXANDRA remained undefeated around two turns, chugging home a one length winner after opening up four lengths into the stretch of the 134th Preakness Stakes just two weeks after dominating in the Kentucky Oaks, emotion clouded my judgement. I was temporarily insane.One night later, rea...Read More
 An hour or so after Rachel Alexandra was loaded onto a van bound for Baltimore-Washington Airport at 6 a.m. yesterday morning, Mine That Bird was once again the undisputed star of the Preakness Stakes Barn. Trainer Chip Woolley sat back in a director’s chair, staring in the direction of Stall ...Read More
Rachel Alexandra's star turn in the Blackberry Preakness Stakes (gr. I) drove TV ratings of the race to their highest overnight ratings in five years.The race portion (6:00-6:45 p.m. ET) earned an overnight rating of 7.9 and an 18 share, a gain of 27 percent over last year's race (6.2/14) when Big B...Read More
Rachel Alexandra winning the Preakness over a hard charging Mine That Bird is what makes racing so exciting to me as a fan. You had a awesome filly winning against the boys, a plucky geldingRead More
Rachel is brilliant, no doubt. If you don’t love this filly, you don’t love racing. She ran a big race holding off the Derby winner. But here’s a question, if Calvin was on Mine That Bird, does he win, with Rachel a close second? Read More
On Maryland's most important racing day of the year, Gov. Martin O'Malley declared his commitment to keep the Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.“I mean, it’s about a $1.6-billion industry in our state. … It employs about 14,000 people directly and it’s the equivalent of having the Super Bowl every si...Read More
The usually crammed infield at the Preakness Stakes, which earned that nickname because of drunken fighting and other forms of debauchery, was far from full as post time neared. Gone were the topless women, and the teens who raced and stumbled across the tops of portable toilets, pelted with beer c...Read More
How much did the addition of the filly Rachel Alexandra mean to the dynamics of the May 16 Preakness Stakes (gr. I)? According to the patrons at Pimlico Race Course the day before the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, it meant everything.n the advance wagering, on-track only, Rachel Alexandra was th...Read More
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