1989 Preakness Stakes top attended events for North America in 1989. Jim McKay of ABC Sports labeled it "the best race that I have ever witnessed" during the 1995 Preakness telecast. The stretch duel of the race itself was featured on ABC's "Wide World of Sports prelude claiming to be the ""thrill of victory"" for 12 years. It preceded the more memorable line ""and the agony of defeat"". The 114th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule $2 Exacta: (8–2) paid $10.40 $2 Trifecta: (8-2–5) paid $66.00 1989 Preakness Stakes The 1989 Preakness Stakes was the 114th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The
1899 Preakness Stakes 1899 Preakness Stakes The 1899 Preakness Stakes was the 24th running of the $1,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run on May 30, 1899 at the Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. The mile and a sixteenth race was won by Half Time over runner-up Filigrane. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:47 flat that equaled the Gravesend track record for the distance. The 1899 Kentucky Derby was run on May 4 and the 1899 Belmont Stakes on May 25, five days before the Preakness. For