Preakness Stakes Championship History: Bet on the Preakness Stakes
A total of 16 of the last 30 Preakness Stakes winners have been named champion 3-year-old male at the annual Eclipse Awards, the most recent being Triple Crown winner Justify in 2018. The 2020 Preakness Stakes winner Swiss Skydiver was honored with the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old female that year, too.
The 13 other most recent Preakness Stakes winners to be named 3-year-old champion are: Real Quiet (1998); Charismatic (1999); Point Given (2001); War Emblem (2002); Funny Cide (2003); Smarty Jones (2004); Afleet Alex (2005); Bernardini (2006); Curlin (2007); Big Brown (2008); Lookin At Lucky (2010); I'll Have Another (2012); California Chrome (2014); and American Pharoah (2015).
The filly Rachel Alexandra (2009), who became the first filly since Nellie Morse (1924) to win the Preakness Stakes, was named both Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly honors in the year she won the Preakness. She also defeated the boys when she won that year’s Haskell Invitational (G1) and Woodward Stakes (G1). She was 18th Preakness winner to earn Horse of the Year.
Preakness/Eclipse Champions since 1937
From 1936-1970 American champions were named by the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) and The Daily Racing Form (DRF). In 1971 The Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writers' Association (NTWA) and the Thoroughbred Racing Associations formed the Eclipse Awards. No champions were named prior to 1936.)
1937 War Admiral 1939 Challedon 1940 Bimelech 1941 Whirlaway 1942 Alsab 1943 Count Fleet 1946 Assault 1948 Citation 1949 Capot 1950 Hill Prince 1953 Native Dancer 1955 Nashua 1957 Bold Ruler 1958 Tim Tam 1961 Carry Back 1964 Northern Dancer 1965 Tom Rolfe 1967 Damascus 1970 Personality 1971 Canonero II 1973 Secretariat 1974 Little Current 1977 Seattle Slew 1978 Affirmed 1979 Spectacular Bid 1981 Pleasant Colony 1986 Snow Chief 1987 Alysheba 1988 Risen Star 1989 Sunday Silence 1991 Hansel 1993 Prairie Bayou 1997 Silver Charm 1998 Real Quiet 1999 Charismatic 2001 Point Given 2002 War Emblem 2003 Funny Cide 2004 Smarty Jones 2005 Afleet Alex 2006 Bernardini 2007 Curlin 2008 Big Brown 2009 Rachel Alexandra (*filly Eclipse Award winner, Horse of the Year) 2010 Lookin at Lucky 2012 I'll Have Another 2014 California Chrome 2015 American Pharoah 2018 Justify 2020 Swiss Skydiver (*filly Eclipse Award winner)
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