The 1977 Preakness Stakes was the 102nd running of the $200,000 Grade 1
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () o ...
thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 21, 1977, and was televised in the United States on
ABC
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Seattle Slew
Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the tenth winner of the American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only two horses to have won the Triple Crown while being undefeated in ...
, who was jockeyed by
Jean Cruguet
Jean Cruguet (born March 8, 1939 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France) is a retired French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
At age five, Cruguet was placed in an orphanage after h ...
, won the race by one and one half lengths over runner-up Iron Constitution. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:54-
2/5.
Daily Racing Form
The ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF) (referred to as the ''Racing Form'' or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of raceh ...
, May 22, 1977 Preakness Stakes Chart. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 77,346, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1977.
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).]
Payout
The 102nd Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
$2
Exacta
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: (8–7) paid $42.20
The full chart
* Winning Breeder: Ben S. Castleman; (KY)
* Winning Time: 1:54
2/5
* Track Condition: Fast
* Total Attendance: 77,346
See also
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1977 Kentucky Derby
The 1977 Kentucky Derby was the 103rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1977, with 124,038 people in attendance.
Full results
See also
* 1977 Preakness Stakes
*1977 Belmont Stakes
References
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1977 Belmont Stakes
The 1977 Belmont Stakes was the 109th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York held on June 11, 1977. With a field of eight horses, Seattle Slew won by four lengths in front of a crowd of 70,229 spectators. In conjunction ...
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