The 1994 Preakness Stakes was the 119th 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 21, 1994, and was televised in the United States on the
ABC television network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid- ...
.
Tabasco Cat
Tabasco Cat (April 15, 1991 – March 6, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for his performances in 1994 when he won the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the second and third legs of the Triple Crown Series.
...
, 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 three quarters of a lengths over runner-up
Go For Gin
Go for Gin (April 18, 1991 – March 8, 2022) was an American thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the 1994 Kentucky Derby. He was sired by Cormorant out of the dam Never Knock. He was ridden in the Derby by Chris McCarron, who h ...
. Approximate post time was 5:32 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:56-
2/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 99,834, this is recorded as second highest on the list of
American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1994.
Payout
The 119th 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 ...
: (2–3) paid $34.20
$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 ...
: (2–3–1) paid $160.40
The full chart
* Winning Breeder:
Overbrook Farms &
David P. Reynolds
David Parham Reynolds (June 16, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was chairman emeritus of Reynolds Metals Co. and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the son of Richard S. Reynolds Sr. (1881–1955) who founded Reynolds Metals in L ...
; (KY)
* Final Time: 1:56 2/5
* Track Condition: Fast
* Total Attendance: 99,834
[2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section). The Maryland Jockey Club reported official Total Attendance as 99,834. This is listed as 86,343 Pimlico on-site attendance and 13,491 at Laurel on-site attendance.]
See also
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1994 Kentucky Derby
The 1994 Kentucky Derby was the 120th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1994. There were 130,594 in attendance. Rain made this the first sloppy track since 1948.
Payout
;The 120th Kentucky Derby Payout Schedule
* $2 ...
References
External links
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