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The 2009 Preakness Stakes was the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. The value of the race was $1,100,000 in stakes. [1] The race was sponsored by BlackBerry and hence officially was called BlackBerry Preakness Stakes. [1] The race took place on May 16, 2009.
Rachel Alexandra (foaled January 29, 2006) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and the 2009 Horse of the Year.When she won the 2009 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, she became the first filly to win the race in 85 years (the last filly to win was Nellie Morse, in 1924).
On May 1, 2009, Borel won the Kentucky Oaks aboard Rachel Alexandra, only the second time since 1993 that a jockey has won the Oaks-Derby combo, and just the seventh time overall a jockey has accomplished this feat in the same year. [1] On May 16, 2009, Borel won the 2009 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with thoroughbred filly Rachel Alexandra.
BALTIMORE - Trainer Kenny McPeek wasn't sure he wanted to put Swiss Skydiver in the Preakness Stakes. If there had been a Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-old fillies at the same juncture of the calendar ...
Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds [1] and came second in the Preakness Stakes and third in the Belmont Stakes.
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The Preakness is a far more compact and much less chaotic race than a 20-horse Derby donnybrook. And especially in recent years, as trainers have shied away from running horses on short rest, many ...
The 2009 Kentucky Derby was the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. The value of the race was $2,177,000 in stakes. [1] The race was sponsored by Yum! Brands and hence officially was called Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. [1] The race took place on May 2, 2009, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.