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 |