The 1983 Preakness Stakes was the 108th running of the $350,000 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, 1983, and was televised in the United States on the
ABC television network
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.
Deputed Testamony, who was jockeyed by
Donnie A. Miller Jr., won the race by two and three quarter lengths over runner-up
Desert Wine
Desert Wine (1980–2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his three-year-old season that included a runner-up finish in the Preakness Stakes and four stakes wins in California, including the Strub Stakes.
Background
A de ...
. Approximate post time was 5:42 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a sloppy track in a final time of 1:55-
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, 1983 Preakness Stakes Chart. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 71,768, recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events in 1983.
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).]
Payout
The 108th 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 ...
: (1–7) paid $174.60
The full chart
* Winning Breeder: Bonita Farm, (MD)
* Winning Time: 1:55
2/5
* Track Condition: Sloppy
* Total Attendance: 71,768
References
External links
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1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
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1983 in horse racing
Horse races in Maryland
1983 in American sports
1983 in sports in Maryland