The 1990 Preakness Stakes was the 115th 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 19, 1990, and was televised in the United States on the
ABC television network
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.
Summer Squall, 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 two and one quarter lengths over runner-up
Unbridled
Unbridled (March 5, 1987 – October 18, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic.
He retired with a career record of eight wins, six places, and six shows in 24 starts, ...
. Approximate post time was 5:33 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-
3/5.
['']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 20, 1990 Preakness Stakes Chart. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 96,106, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1990.
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section). The Maryland Jockey Club reported official Total Attendance as 96,106. This is listed as 86,531 Pimlico on-site attendance and 9,575 at Laurel on-site attendance.]
Payout
The 115th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
$2
Exacta
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: (7–6) paid $13.00
$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 ...
: (7-6–9) paid $46.80
The full chart
* Winning Breeder:
William Stamps Farish III
William Stamps Farish III (born March 17, 1939) is an American businessman and a former US ambassador to the UK from 2001 until 2004.
Family and early life
He was an only child, his father, Army Lt. William Stamps Farish Jr., died in a trainin ...
; (KY)
* Final Time: 1:53.60
* Track Condition: Fast
* Total Attendance: 96,106
See also
*
1990 Kentucky Derby
References
External links
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1991
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