The 2010 Preakness Stakes was the 135th 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 () on ...
thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 15, 2010, and was televised in the United States on the
NBC
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television network
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.
Lookin At Lucky
Lookin At Lucky (foaled May 27, 2007 in Kentucky) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2010 Preakness Stakes. He was the 2009 Champion Two-Year-Old and 2010 Champion Three-Year-Old, becoming the first horse in 32 years to ...
, who was jockeyed by
Martin Garcia, won the race. Approximate post time was 6:18 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 96,760, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2010.
In 2010 the Preakness winner
Lookin At Lucky
Lookin At Lucky (foaled May 27, 2007 in Kentucky) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2010 Preakness Stakes. He was the 2009 Champion Two-Year-Old and 2010 Champion Three-Year-Old, becoming the first horse in 32 years to ...
proved to be the best three-year-old in training by winning the Eclipse Award as division champion being named
American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse The American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both ''Turf & Sport ...
. He dominated the voting that year; Lookin At Lucky, 224 votes; Eskendereya, 5 votes; Paddy O'Prado, 1 vote.
Payout
The 135th 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 Vigorish, "house-take" or "vigorish" are deducted, and payoff Odds#Gambling odds versus probabilities, odds a ...
: (7-11) paid $188.00
* $1
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 ...
: (7-11-6) paid $1,385.50
* $1
Superfecta {{Wiktionary
The superfecta is a type of wager in USA and Canada parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence. This is even more unlikely than a successful wager in th ...
: (7–11–6–5) paid $17,126.00
The full chart
* Winning Breeder: Gulf Coast Farms; (FL)
* Final Time – 1:55:47
* Track Condition – Fast
* Attendance - 96,760
See also
*
2010 Kentucky Derby
*
2010 Belmont Stakes
References
External links
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