The 1987 Preakness Stakes was the 112th running of the
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 16, 1987, and was televised in the United States on the
ABC
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television network
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.
Alysheba
Alysheba (March 3, 1984 – March 27, 2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987. A successful sire, he produced 11 stakes winners.
A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel ...
, who was jockeyed by
Chris McCarron
Christopher John McCarron (born March 27, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He mounted his first horse ever at 16.5 years old and was racing professionally by 18. At only 19 years o ...
, won the race by a half length over runner-up
Bet Twice
Bet Twice (April 20, 1984 – March 5, 1999) was a multi-millionaire American thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Foaled in Kentucky, he was out of the marGolden Dustand was sired bSportin' Life who in turn was the son of the British Triple Cro ...
. Approximate post time was 5:34 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:55-
4/5.
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 17, 1987 Preakness Stakes Chart. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 87,945, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1987.
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).]
Payout
The 112th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
$2
Exacta
Parimutuel betting or pool betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are deducted, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winnin ...
: (6–1) paid $23.00
$2
Trifecta
file:Trifecta.svg, Trifecta
A trifecta is a parimutuel betting, parimutuel bet placed on a horse race in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the exact order. Known as a trifecta in the US and Austra ...
: (6-1-9) paid $80.70
The full chart
* Winning Breeder: Preston Madden; (KY)
* Final Time: 1:55.80
* Track Condition: Fast
* Total Attendance: 87,945
See also
*
1987 Kentucky Derby
References
External links
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1987
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1987 in horse racing
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