1995 Preakness Stakes 1995 Preakness Stakes The 1995 Preakness Stakes was the 120th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 20, 1995, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Timber Country, who was jockeyed by Pat Day, won the race by a half length over runner-up Oliver's Twist. Approximate post time was 5:33 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:54-2/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 100,818, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred
Preakness Stables plus Preakness Stakes winner, Vanguard, and the champion 2-year-old colt, Tremont. In 1881, the sixty-eight-year-old Milton Sanford sold the Kentucky Preakness Stud to Daniel Swigert who renamed it Elmendorf Farm. Under trainer Edward Feakes, Preakness Stables won the Preakness Stakes twice. Their first victory came in 1890 with Montague and in 1895 with Belmar who also won the Belmont Stakes. Preakness Stables Preakness Stables was a Thoroughbred horse racing stable established by Massachusetts businessman Milton H. Sanford in the Preakness section of Wayne, New Jersey at what today is the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue. Milton Sanford named