The 2013 Preakness Stakes was the 138th 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 was held on May 18, 2013, and was televised on

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. The race was won by

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. The post time of the race was EDT. The race was the 12th race on a card of 13 races. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 117,203, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2013.2013 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 97.

Payout

The 138th Preakness Payout Schedule * $2

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: (6-9) $301.40 * $2

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: (6-9-5) $2,061.60 * $1

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: (6-9-5-1) $1,817.80

Field

2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb as expected entered the Preakness. It was announced on May 6 that Vyjack and Normandy Invasion would also be starting in The Preakness. Other Derby starters confirmed for The Preakness are Goldencents (17th) and the

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trained duo of Oxbow (6th) and

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(8th). Later connections of Vyjack and Normandy Invasion withdrew their nominations. Horses that did not start in the Kentucky Derby and were nominated include

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winner Departing, Sunland Derby winner Govenor Charlie and Titletown Five. Nine 3-year-olds were entered for the 138th Preakness Stakes. The post position draw was held at the International Pavilion in the Pimlico Infield at 6 p.m. on May 15, 2013 and were broadcast live on

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using a blind draw. After the draw Orb was installed as the even money favorite, securing the rail.

Race

On the day of the race, the

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winner Orb was bet down further from even money of 1–1 on the morning line down to a prohibitive odds-on favorite at 3-5 by post time.

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runner-up Itsmyluckyday was listed as a distant second favorite at -1 while

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winner Goldencents was the third choice at almost -1 by post time.

was relegated to longshot status of almost -1, the only horse with longer odds was stablemate Titletown Five at 22–1.

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, May 19, 2013 Preakness Stakes Chart. At the break

was brushed by Will Take Charge, and then steadied as Goldencents, Oxbow and Titletown Five rushed out to the lead in that order. Orb broke well in sixth place out of nine stakes winning colts. Passing the stands for the first time

moved to the lead and led by one and one half length over Goldencents completing the first quarter mile in a slow :23-4/5. Making a point to ride three to four paths off the rail

's jockey Gary Stevens slowed down the pace of the race. Rounding Pimlico's famous "Clubhouse Turn" Oxbow opened a daylight advantage moving ahead by two and a half lengths tipping the clock at :48-3/5 for the first half mile. At this point Orb was running in fifth place only two lengths behind Oxbow. Racing down the backstretch and entering the final turn

's lead dwindled to only a length and a half with Goldencents and Itsmyluckyday within striking distance. At the top of the lane

hit another gear and widened his lead to three lengths over Itsmyluckyday who went six wide and made a menacing run toward the front. The first mile was completed in 1:38 flat on the front end as Derby winner Orb toiled in sixth place."Oxbow wins, Orb 4th at Preakness"
espn.go.com. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013. Nearing the wire, Oxbow, under some hand urging by Stevens, held on to win by one and three quarter lengths over Itsmyluckyday.

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runner-up Mylute closed from the back of the pack under

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to finish third by two and a quarter lengths (the best finish ever by a woman jockey in the 138-year history of the Preakness). Kentucky Derby winner Orb made up some ground at the end but could finish no better than fourth, nine lengths behind the winner. Just after the wire NBC announcer Tom Hammond exclaimed, " Gary Stevens just stole the

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," with Oxbow becoming the first wire-to-wire winner of the race since

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in 1982. The "Hall-of-Fame ride" allowed Oxbow to conserve enough energy to finish the mile and three sixteenths in a final time of 1:57.54; it was the slowest Preakness winning time since 1961.Moran, Paul
"The old and the beautiful"
espn.go.com. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

The full chart

* Winning Breeder: Colts Next Stables, LLC; (KY) * Final Time: 1:57.54 * Track: Fast * Attendance - 117,203

Records

* Winning jockey Gary Stevens became the oldest jockey at aged 50 years to win the race. * Winning trainer

won his sixth Preakness to move one behind Robert Wyndham Walden for most wins in the second leg of the Triple Crown and won his record fourteenth Triple Crown race.

References

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