Winter Prep Training

Since Calumet Farm's Whirlaway won the 1941 Preakness en route to becoming racing's fifth Triple Crown champion, almost half of the Preakness winners have spent the opening months of their three-year-old campaigns racing in Florida.

Thirty-one of the past 64 Preakness winners raced in Florida preceding their assaults on the Triple Crown, while 18 prepped in California. Eight colts which won the Preakness since 1941 did not race over the winter but were bedded down at training farms.

Two of these-Count Fleet and Assault-went on to win the Triple Crown. Man O' War's first race in 1920 was in the Preakness.

Year Winner Winter Program
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Whirlaway
Alsab
Count Fleet
Pensive
Polynesian
Assault
Faultless
Citation
Capot
Hill Prince
Bold
Blue Man
Native Dancer
Hasty Road
Nashua
Fabius
Bold Ruler
Tim Tam
Royal Orbit
Bally Ache
Carry Back
Greek Money
Candy Spots
Northern Dancer
Tom Rolfe
Kauai King
Damascus
Forward Pass
Majestic Prince
Personality
Canonero II
Bee Bee Bee
Raced at Hialeah
Raced at Hialeah
Wintered in Hot Springs, Ark.
Raced at Hialeah
Wintered in Pennsylvania
Wintered in Columbia, S. C.
Raced at Hialeah
Raced at Hialeah
Wintered at Aiken, S. C.
Wintered at Doswell, Va.
Wintered at Aiken, S. C.
Raced at Hialeah
Wintered in California
Raced at Hialeah
Raced in Florida
Raced at Hialeah
Raced at Hialeah
Raced in Florida
Raced in California
Raced in Florida
Raced in Florida
Wintered in Delaware
Raced in California, Florida
Raced in Florida
Raced in Maryland, New York
Raced in Florida, Maryland
Raced in Maryland, New York
Raced in Florida
Raced in California
Raced in Florida, New York
Raced in Venezuela, California
Raced in Florida, Maryland
Year Winner Winter Program
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Secretariat
Little Current
Master Derby
Elocutionist
Seattle Slew
Affirmed
Spectacular Bid
Codex
Pleasant Colony
Aloma's Ruler
Deputed Testamony
Gate Dancer
Tank's Prospect
Snow Chief
Alysheba
Risen Star
Sunday Silence
Summer Squall
Hansel
Pine Bluff
Prairie Bayou
Tabasco Cat
Timber Country
Louis Quatorze
Silver Charm
Real Quiet
Charismatic
Red Bullet
Point Given
War Emblem
Funny Cide
Smarty Jones
Afleet Alex
Raced in New York
Raced in Florida
Raced in Kentucky, Louisiana
Raced in Fla., Ark., Ky
Raced in Florida, New York
Raced in California
Raced in Florida
Raced in California
Raced in Florida, New York
Raced in Florida, New York
Raced in Maryland, Penn., Ky.
Raced in Calif., Ark., Ky.
Raced in Ark., Calif., Ky
Raced in Calif., Fla., Ky.
Raced in Calif, Ky.
Raced in La. and Ky.
Raced in California
Raced in Fla., Ky.
Raced in Fla., Ky.
Raced in Ark., Ky.
Raced in N.Y., Ky.
Raced in Ky., California
Raced in Ky., California
Raced in Fla., Ky.
Raced in Calif., Ky.
Raced in Calif., Ky.
Raced in Calif., Ky.
Raced in New York, Fla.
Raced in California
Raced in Ky., Ill., La.
Raced in Fla., La., NY
Raced in Arkansas
Raced in Arkansas