Preakness Stakes 2011
Preakness Stakes 2011
Shackleford Wins 2011 Preakness Stakes – Shackleford Leads Animal Kingdom Wire to Wire.
Less than two minutes after the gate sprang open, Shackleford was a cool classic winner.
The Preakness Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kg); fillies 121 lb (55 kg).
Preakness Stakes 2011
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore opened on October 25, 1870, and a horse named Preakness won the first stakes race on the program. Three years later, Pimlico honored that horse by naming a race for him.
The Preakness Stakes is now the second race in the Triple Crown for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds.
Preakness Stakes 2011
