2014 Preakness Stakes
The 2014 Preakness Stakes was the 139th running of the Preakness Stakes. The race was scheduled to start at 6:18 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 17, 2014 at Pimlico Race Course and was run as the twelfth race on a racecard with thirteen races. The race was won by California Chrome, giving him a chance to win the Triple Crown at Belmont. It is the thirty-fourth time a horse has won the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 123,469, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2014.
| Preakness Stakes | |
"The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Date | May 17, 2014 |
| Winning horse | California Chrome |
| Jockey | Victor Espinoza |
| Trainer | Art Sherman |
| Conditions | Fast |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Attendance | 123,469 (record at the time) |
The payout to the winning horses in the 2014 Stakes was US$1,500,000, an increase of half a million dollars from the previous year.
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