The 1901 Preakness Stakes was the 26th running of the $2,500 Preakness Stakes, a Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run on May 28, 1901, at the Gravesend Race Track on

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The Parader The Parader (1898 – August 1902) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1901 Preakness Stakes and finishing second in the Belmont Stakes. Background The Parader was a bay horse bred by the Belle Meade Stud of ...

won the one mile, 70-yard race over runner-up Sadie S. The race was run on a track rated heavy in a final time of 1:47 1/5. The

1901 Kentucky Derby The 1901 Kentucky Derby was the 27th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on April 29, 1901. Full results * Winning breeder: Overton H. Chenault ( KY) Payout * The winner received a purse of $4,850. * Second place received $700 ...

was run on April 29, and the 1901 Belmont Stakes was run on May 23. The Parader did not run in the Derby but finished second in the Belmont to future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Commando. It would be his first and only Preakness win for jockey Frank Landry. For future

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trainer

T. J. Healey Thomas J. Healey (July 16, 1866 - October 7, 1944) was an American Thoroughbred horse race, Thoroughbred horse racing National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame horse trainer, trainer. Regularly referred to as "T. J." by both his ass ...

, it would mark the first of five Preakness wins.''U.S. Racing Hall of Fame" Thomas J. Healey
The

1919 Preakness Stakes The 1919 Preakness Stakes was the 44th running of the $50,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The event took place on May 14, 1919 and was run four days after the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Johnny Loftus, t ...

would mark the first time the race would be recognized as the second leg of a U.S. Triple Crown series. * Winning Breeder:

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1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

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