2011 Preakness Stakes is the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes. The race will take place on May 21, 2011, and will be televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time is 6:18 p.m. EDT (10:18 p.m. UTC)
A full field of 14 was drawn for the race. Predating the Kentucky Derby by two years, the Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873. It got its name from then Maryland Governor Oden Bowie, who dubbed it ‘The Preakness’ in honor of a horse of the same name that won the Dinner Party Stakes on the opening day of the Pimlico track in 1870.
Pimlico Race Course will be offering special ‘Sunrise At Old Hilltop” tours all week long beginning on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the starting positions for the race will be set at the Post Position Draw. The Preakness is limited to 14 starters and there’s a good chance for a full field this year—14 of the last 18 races have had a double digit sized field.
A full field of 14 was drawn for the race. Predating the Kentucky Derby by two years, the Preakness Stakes was first run in 1873. It got its name from then Maryland Governor Oden Bowie, who dubbed it ‘The Preakness’ in honor of a horse of the same name that won the Dinner Party Stakes on the opening day of the Pimlico track in 1870.
Pimlico Race Course will be offering special ‘Sunrise At Old Hilltop” tours all week long beginning on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the starting positions for the race will be set at the Post Position Draw. The Preakness is limited to 14 starters and there’s a good chance for a full field this year—14 of the last 18 races have had a double digit sized field.
