123rd PREAKNESS STAKES
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
123rd PREAKNESS STAKES
Grade I for three-year olds; 10th race at Pimlico in Baltimore. Date— May 16, 1998; Distance— 13/16 miles; Stakes Purse— $1,000,000 ($650,000 to winner; $200,000 for 2nd; $100,000 for 3rd; $50,000 for 4th); Track— Fast and Clear; Off— 5:29 p.m. EDT; Favorite— Real Quiet (2-1).
Winner— Real Quiet; Field— 10 horses; Time— 1:544/5; Start— Good for all; Won— Driving; Sire— Quiet American; Dam— Really Blue; Record (going into race)— 13 starts, 3 wins, 2 seconds, 5 thirds; Last start— Won the Kentucky Derby (May 2); Breeder— Little Hill Farm (Ky.).
| Order of Finish | Jockey | PP | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | Stretch | Finish | To $1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux | 10 | 8-4 | 6-hd | 5-1 | 1-1/2 | 1-21/4 | 2.50 |
| Victory Gallop | Gary Stevens | 9 | 7-11/2 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-3/4 | 2.00 |
| Classic Cat | Robbie Albarado | 3 | 6-hd | 5-1 | 6-1/2 | 3-1 | 3-33/4 | 12.30 |
| Hot Wells | Edgar Prado | 7 | 9-2 | 9-31/2 | 8-4 | 4-1 | 4-nk | 25.20 |
| Black Cash | Shane Sellers | 2 | 2-1/2 | 3-1 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 5-hd | 7.10 |
| Spartan Cat | Rick Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6-1/2 | 6-93/4 | 98.80 |
| Baquero | Pat Day | 6 | 1-11/2 | 1-21/2 | 1-1/2 | 7-31/2 | 7-71/4 | 14.60 |
| Basic Trainee | Cornelio Velasquez | 5 | 3-1/2 | 2-1/2 | 3-hd | 9-6 | 8-no | 63.80 |
| Cape Town | Jerry Bailey | 4 | 4-1 | 4-4 | 2-hd | 8-1 | 9-5 | 2.90 |
| Silver's Prospect | Frank Douglas | 8 | 5-1/2 | 7-hd | 9-21/2 | 10 | 10 | 98.00 |
Times— 463/5; 1:11; 1:354/5; 1:544/5.
$2 Mutual Prices— #11 Real Quiet ($7.00, $3.60, $3.00); #10 Victory Gallop ($3.20, $2.80); #3 Indian Charlie ($4.80).
Exacta— (11-10) for $14.80; Trifecta— (11-10-3) for $97.40; Pick Six— none; Scratched— Coronado's Quest. Overweights— none. Attendance— 91,122; TV Rating— 3.6/11 (ABC).
Trainers & Owners (by finish): 1— Bob Baffert & Mike Pegram; 2— Elliot Walden & Prestonwood Farm; 3— David Cross & Gary Garber; 4— Tom Amoss & So What's Nu Stable; 5— Patrick Byrne & Frank Stronach; 6— Richard Dutrow & Marathon Farms (Peter Angelos); 7— D. Wayne Lukas & Robert/Beverly Lewis; 8— Jorge Romero & Luis Gambotto/Enrique Ocejo; 9— D. Wayne Lukas & Overbrook Farm; 10— Jean Rofe & Robert G. Sowder.
| 124th KENTUCKY DERBY | The 1998 Triple Crown | 130th BELMONT STAKES |
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