"The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
Location
Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date
May 20, 1989
Winning horse
Sunday Silence
Jockey
Pat Valenzuela
Trainer
Charlie Whittingham
Conditions
Fast
Surface
Dirt
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The 1989 Preakness Stakes was the 114th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 20, 1989, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Sunday Silence, who was jockeyed by Pat Valenzuela, won the race by a nose over runner-up Easy Goer. Approximate post time was 5:35 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-4/5.[1] The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 98,896, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1989.[2]
Jim McKay of ABC Sports labeled it "the best race that I have ever witnessed" during the 1995 Preakness telecast. The stretch duel of the race itself was featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports prelude claiming to be the "thrill of victory" for 12 years. It preceded the more memorable line "and the agony of defeat".
^Daily Racing Form, May 21, 1989 Preakness Stakes Chart.
^2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section). The Maryland Jockey Club reported official Total Attendance as 98,896. This is listed as 90,145 Pimlico on-site attendance and 8,751 at Laurel on-site attendance.
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