Miss Preakness Stakes

The Miss Preakness Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt held annually run on Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland as a stakes feature of the undercard. The event offers a purse of $150,000 added.

Miss Preakness Stakes

Class	Grade III
Location	Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated	1986
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website	www.preakness.com
Race information
Distance	6 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	124 lbs with allowances
Purse	$150,000

History

The race was first carded in its inaugural running in 1986. It became graded for the first time in 2002 by the American Graded Stakes Committee.^[1] The race was simply called the Miss Preakness Stakes from 1986 through 2003. The race was renamed with sponsorship in 2004 to the "Adena Stallions Miss Preakness Stakes".

Sponsorship

From 2015 to 2019 the event was sponsored by Adena Springs, a breeding operation owned by Magna Entertainment Corporation Chairman, Frank Stronach. Adena Stallions' are the breeding stock stallions at Adena Springs including: Ghostzapper, Macho Uno, Giacomo, Congaree, Awesome Again and Touch Gold in Midway, Kentucky. Adena Springs stallions standing in Ocala, Florida includes Red Bullet, Milwaukee Brew, and Alphabet Soup. Adena Springs has donated a 2017 no guarantee breeding season to point of entry for the winning entry.^[2]

Records

Speed record:

• 1:07.70 – Covfefe (2019)

Margins:

• 8+1⁄2 lengths – Covfefe (2019)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 – Chris McCarron (1986, 1987, 1988 & 1990)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 – D. Wayne Lukas (1995, 1998, & 2007)
• 3 – Todd Pletcher (2000, 2011, 2016)

Most wins by an owner:

• no owner has won this race more than once.

Winners of The Miss Preakness Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist.	Time	Purse	Grade
2025	Echo Sound	Luis Saez	George R. Arnold II	Gabriel Duignan	6 fur.	1:11.14	$150,000	III
2024	Mystic Lake	Flavien Prat	Saffie Joseph Jr.	C Two Racing & Stefania Farm	6 fur.	1:11.40	$150,000	III
2023	Maple Leaf Mel	Joel Rosario	Jeremiah C. Englehart	August Dawn Farm	6 fur.	1:09.56	$150,000	III
2022	Lady Scarlet	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Michael J. Maker	Paradise Farms Corp. & David Staudacher	6 fur.	1:10.07	$150,000	III
2021	Red Ghost	John R. Velazquez	Wesley A. Ward	Douglas Scharbauer	6 fur.	1:10.53	$150,000	III
2020	Wicked Whisper	Joe Bravo	Steven Asmussen	Alex & JoAnn Lieblong	6 fur.	1:10.36	$150,000	III
2019	Covfefe	Javier Castellano	Brad Cox	LNJ Foxwoods	6 fur.	1:07.70	$150,000	III
2018	Happy Like a Fool	Tyler Gaffalione	Wesley A. Ward	Michael B. Tabor	6 fur.	1:10.12	$150,000	III
2017	Vertical Oak	José Ortiz	Steven Asmussen	J. Kirk & Judy Robison	6 fur.	1:10.06	$150,000	III
2016	Lost Raven	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable	6 fur.	1:11.43	$150,000	III
2015	Irish Jasper	Kendrick Carmouche	Derek S. Ryan	Derek S. Ryan	6 fur.	1:10.78	$150,000	III
2014	Miss Behavior	Sheldon Russell	Phil Schoenthal	MacWilliam & Teitalbaum	6 fur.	1:10.85	$100,000	III
2013	I'm Mom's Favorite	Sheldon Russell	Anthony Dutrow	JZ Racing Stable	6 fur.	1:12.51	$100,000	III
2012	Agave Kiss	Ramon Domínguez	Rudy Rodriguez	Flying Zee Racing Stables	6 fur.	1:10.40	$100,000	III
2011	R Holiday Mood	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E.P. Robsham Stables	6 fur.	1:12.12	$75,000	III
2010	Vindy City	Kendrick Carmouche	John Servis	Marchfore Thoroughbreds	6 fur.	1:11.72	$70,000	III
2009	Heart Ashley	Garrett Gomez	Steve Ashley	Zayat Stables	6 fur.	1:10.79	$100,000	III
2008	Palanka City	Christopher Emigh	Terry Gestes	William Stiritz	6 fur.	1:10.90	$100,000	III
2007	Time's Mistress	Mark Guidry	D. Wayne Lukas	Charles L. Kidder	6 fur.	1:10.53	$125,000	III
2006	Wildcat Bettie B	Ramon Domínguez	J. Larry Jones	Oasis Racing LLC	6 fur.	1:10.05	$125,000	III
2005	Burnish	Rafael Bejarano	Nick Zito	Arthur B. Hancock III	6 fur.	1:36.00	$113,100	III
2004	Forest Music	Ramon Domínguez	Mark Shuman	Twin Hopes Farm Inc.	6 fur.	1:10.97	$100,000	III
2003	Belong to Sea	Javier Castellano	Lisa Lewis	Stev.Duncker & Hudson Riv.Farms	6 fur.	1:11.10	$100,000	III
2002	Vesta	Mario Pino	Joseph Aquilino	Farnsworth Farms	6 fur.	1:10.25	$100,000	III
2001	Kimbralata	Travis Dunkelburger	Dale Capuano	Donald Mensh	6 fur.	1:11.20	$100,000
2000	Lucky Livi	Rick Wilson	Todd Pletcher	Anstu Stables, Inc.	6 fur.	1:10.00	$100,000
1999	Hookedonthefeelin	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	6 fur.	1:11.26	$100,000
1998	Storm Beauty	Charles Woods Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Brushwood Stable	6 fur.	1:10.81	$75,000
1997	Weather Vane	Mario Pino	Richard W. Delp	Par Four Racing Stable	6 fur.	1:11.94	$107,890
1996	Nic's Halo	Rick Wilson	William Badgett	Not Found	6 fur.	1:11.75	$54,425
1995	Lilly Capote	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Audley Farm, Inc.	6 fur.	1:10.90	$54,400
1994	Foolish Kisses	Edgar Prado	James W. Murphy	Charles McGinnes	6 fur.	1:12.45	$54,550
1993	My Rosa	Edgar Prado	Francis Campitelli	Not Found	6 fur.	1:11.33	$53,625
1992	Toots La Mae	Joe Bravo	Mark Reid	Someday Farm	6 fur.	1:11.97	$44,175
1991	Missy's Music	Mario Pino	Richard W. Delp	James W. Wilson	6 fur.	1:11.48	$26,625
1990	Love Me a Not	Chris McCarron	Tom Garry	Tom Garry & Bill Garry	6 fur.	1:11.40	$31,950
1989	Montoya	Laffit Pincay Jr.	James W. Murphy	Not Found	6 fur.	1:10.60	$37,500
1988	Caromine	Chris McCarron	Hank Allen	Ed Seltzer & Earle I. Mack	6 fur.	1:13.00	$41,520
1987	Cutlasse	Chris McCarron	Vinnie Blengs	Not Found	6 fur.	1:12.60	$35,265
1986	Marion's Madel	Chris McCarron	Franklin J. Hendricks	Not Found	6 fur.	1:12.80	$35,100

See also

• Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
• List of American and Canadian Graded races
• List of graded stakes at Pimlico Race Course
• Miss Preakness Stakes "top three finishers" and starters
• Pimlico Race Course
• Preakness Stakes
• Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association