The 1985 Preakness Stakes was the 110th 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 Graded stakes race, Grade I race run over a distance of ...
thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 18, 1985, and was televised in the United States on the
ABC television network
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.
Tank's Prospect
Tank's Prospect (May 2, 1982 – March 2, 1995) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes.
Background
Bred by Edward A. Seltzer, he was purchased for $62 ...
, who was jockeyed by
Pat Day
Patrick Alan "Pat" Day (born October 13, 1953, in Brush, Colorado) is a retired American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 a ...
, won the race by a head over runner-up and favorite
Chief's Crown
Chief's Crown (April 7, 1982 – April 29, 1997) was an American-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won the 1984 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse. He later became a successful sire.
Ba ...
. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-
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 19, 1985 Preakness Stakes Chart. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 81,235, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1984.
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).]
Payout
The 110th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
$2
Exacta: (6–3) paid $24.40
The full chart
* Winning Breeder: Edward A. Seltzer; (KY)
* Winning Time: 1:53
2/5
* Track Condition: Fast
* Total Attendance: 81,235
See also
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1985 Kentucky Derby
The 1985 Kentucky Derby was the 111th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 4, 1985, with 108,573 people in attendance.
Full results
Payout
References
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