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2004 Preakness Day Attendance and Handle
Attendance 124,351
Total In-State $10,309,013
MD Live Out of State $77,549,865
On Preakness Stakes $59,462,123
Total Handle $87,858,878
Saddle Up
Two people have ridden and saddled Preakness winners . Louis J . Schaefer
won the 1929 Preakness aboard Dr . Freeland and in 1939, ten years later saddled
Challedon to victory .
John Longden duplicated the feat, winning the 1943 Preakness astride Count
Fleet and saddling Majestic Prince, the victor in 1969 .
Where the Winners Came From
In all, 87 winners of the Preakness (130 races) have been bred in Kentucky
. Next in line is Maryland with eight winners . Other winning horses were bred
in Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia, (six each), New Jersey and California
(four each), New York (three), Tennessee ( two) Texas and Ohio (one each),
while Canada and the United Kingdom have one winner each .
Thomas E on 03 May 13The Kentucky Derby trophy is made of 56 ounces of 14 and 18 carat gold, and is two feet tall. Churchill Downs opened on May 17, 1875 and the very first race was won by a horse named Bonaventure. The featured race's winner was a 3 year-old chestnut colt named Aristides.
