"The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
Location
Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date
May 16, 2015
Winning horse
American Pharoah
Jockey
Victor Espinoza
Trainer
Bob Baffert
Owner
Zayat Stables, LLC
Conditions
Sloppy
Surface
Dirt
Attendance
131,680 (record at the time)
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The 2015 Preakness Stakes, (run as the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes due to sponsorship[1]), was the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes, promoted as the "middle jewel"[2] of thoroughbred horse racing's traditional Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. The race was held at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 16, 2015, and was televised on NBC.
The event carried a $1,500,000 purse.[2] The winner was American Pharoah, who won by seven lengths with jockey Victor Espinoza aboard.[3] The win by American Pharoah set up an attempt for the Triple Crown for the second time in two years. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 131,680, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2015.[4]
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^ ab"Press release", Pimlico Race Course Preakness web site, February 18, 2015.
^Hoppert, Melissa (May 16, 2015). "Preakness 2015: American Pharoah Wins Second Leg of Triple Crown". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^2015 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 97.
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131,680 (record at the time)