2008 Preakness Stakes
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The 2008 Preakness Stakes was the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes
. The race time was 6:15 pm EDT
and was televised in the United States
on the NBC
television network
. Big Brown
, the 1-5 favorite, was the winner by 5 lengths over Macho Again
. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 121,876, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events
for North America in 2008.
Winning Owner: IEAH Stables
& Paul Pompa, Jr.
Winning Breeder: Monticule (KY)
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
. The race time was 6:15 pm EDT
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and was televised in the United States
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on the NBC
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. Big Brown
Big Brown
Big Brown is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp's Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, he won his first five race starts. He was sired by Grade III winner Boundary, a son of North American...
, the 1-5 favorite, was the winner by 5 lengths over Macho Again
Macho Again
Macho Again is a retired American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by the 2000 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Macho Uno, who in turn was a son of leading sire Holy Bull. He is out of the mare Go Donna Go, who is the daughter of Wild Again.Macho Again got his start as a...
. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 121,876, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events
American thoroughbred racing top attended events
This is a listing of the top attended stakes race for thoroughbred racing in North America by year. This chart will list the paid attendance to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; the Kentucky Oaks at...
for North America in 2008.
Payout
The 133rd Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule| Program Number |
Horse Name |
Win |
Place |
Show |
| 7 | Big Brown Big Brown Big Brown is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp's Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, he won his first five race starts. He was sired by Grade III winner Boundary, a son of North American... |
$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 2.40 |
$2.60 | $2.40 |
| 1 | Macho Again Macho Again Macho Again is a retired American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by the 2000 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Macho Uno, who in turn was a son of leading sire Holy Bull. He is out of the mare Go Donna Go, who is the daughter of Wild Again.Macho Again got his start as a... |
- | $17.20 | $10.40 |
| 3 | Icabad Crane Icabad Crane Icabad Crane is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Jump Start out of Adorahy. In February 2007, he was purchased as a two-year-old at the Ocala Breeders Sale for $110,000.... |
- | - | $5.60 |
- $2 Exacta (7-1) paid $36.60
- $2 TrifectaTrifectaIn horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, "perfecta". A trifecta is known as a tiercé in France and Hong Kong and as a tris in Italy.It...
(7-1-3) paid $336.80 - $1 SuperfectaSuperfectaThe superfecta is a type of wager in parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence...
(7-1-3-6) paid $1,192.30
The full chart
| Finish Position |
Lengths Behind |
Post Position |
Horse name | Trainer | Jockey | Post Time Odds |
Purse Earnings |
| 1st | 0 | 7 | Big Brown Big Brown Big Brown is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp's Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, he won his first five race starts. He was sired by Grade III winner Boundary, a son of North American... |
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Kent J. Desormeaux | 1-5 favorite |
$600,000 |
| 2nd | 5 | 1 | Macho Again Macho Again Macho Again is a retired American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by the 2000 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Macho Uno, who in turn was a son of leading sire Holy Bull. He is out of the mare Go Donna Go, who is the daughter of Wild Again.Macho Again got his start as a... |
Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart Dallas Stewart trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Keeneland Race Course, Fair Grounds Race Course, Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Course. Before venturing out on his own, he spent 12 years working under the tutelage of leading trainer... |
Julien R. Leparoux | 40-1 | $200,000 |
| 3rd | 5 | 3 | Icabad Crane Icabad Crane Icabad Crane is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Jump Start out of Adorahy. In February 2007, he was purchased as a two-year-old at the Ocala Breeders Sale for $110,000.... |
H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park... |
Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose Jeremy Rose is an American Thoroughbred racehorse jockey. He began his career as a professional rider at Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware and in 2001 was his breakout year and he was voted the United States' Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.In 2005, Rose guided Afleet Alex, to... |
22-1 | $110,000 |
| 4th | 6 | 6 | Racecar Rhapsody | Kenneth G. McPeek | Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990... |
25-1 | $60,000 |
| 5th | 10 | 9 | Stevil | Nicholas P. Zito | John R. Velazquez | 41-1 | $30,000 |
| 6th | 14 | 8 | Kentucky Bear | Reade Baker | Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot Jamie Theriot is an American jockey. The son of Thoroughbred horse trainer Harold Theriot, he is a nephew of jockey Larry Melancon.... |
14-1 | |
| 7th | 15 | 13 | Hey Byrn | Edward Plesa, Jr. | Charles C. Lopez | 34-1 | |
| 8th | 15 | 11 | Giant Moon | Richard E. Schosberg | Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
37-1 | |
| 9th | 17 | 2 | Tres Borrachos | C. Beau Greely | Tyler Baze Tyler Baze Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze.... |
43-1 | |
| 10th | 18 | 4 | Yankee Bravo | Patrick Gallagher | Alex O. Solis | 24-1 | |
| 11th | 26 | 12 | Gayego Gayego Gayego, , is an American Thoroughbred Stallion Racehorse. A descendant of the great Nearco, his sire is the 1992 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and Eclipse Award winner for American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Gilded Time... |
Paulo Lobo | Mike E. Smith | 9-1 | |
| 12th | 26 | 10 | Riley Tucker | William I. Mott | Edgar S. Prado | 36-1 | |
| Scr | Scr | 5 | Behindatthebar | Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses... |
n/a | Scr |
Winning Owner: IEAH Stables
IEAH Stables
IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike...
& Paul Pompa, Jr.
Winning Breeder: Monticule (KY)
- Final Time: 1:54.86
- Track Condition: Fast
- Total Attendance: 121,876
See also
- 2008 Kentucky Derby2008 Kentucky DerbyThe 2008 Kentucky Derby was the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 3, 2008 with 157,770 in attendance, the second largest in Derby history. Post time was 6:15 p.m. EDT and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network.Big Brown won the race by nearly...
- 2008 Belmont Stakes2008 Belmont StakesThe 2008 Belmont Stakes was the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes. The race was won by Da'Tara, who led the race wire to wire. Da'Tara had 38-1 odds, making the win a monumental upset. Big Brown, the favorite who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, finished in last place, a first for any...
- Preakness Stakes "top three finishers" and startersPreakness Stakes top three finishersThis is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, third or fourth place and the number of starters in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing run at 1-3/16 mile on dirt for three-year olds at Pimlico Race Course in...