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1989 Preakness Stakes

114th running of the Preakness Stakes

Field	Value
surface	Dirt
name	114th Preakness Stakes
horse race	The Preakness Stakes
location	Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
image	[[File:1989 Preakness Logo.jpg	180px]]
caption	"The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown"
"The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"
date	May 20, 1989
winning horse	Sunday Silence
winning jockey	Pat Valenzuela
winning trainer	Charlie Whittingham
conditions	Fast
previous	[1988](1988-preakness-stakes)
next	[1990](1990-preakness-stakes)

Baltimore, Maryland, United States "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" The 1989 Preakness Stakes was the 114th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 20, 1989, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Sunday Silence, who was jockeyed by Pat Valenzuela, won the race by a nose over runner-up Easy Goer. Approximate post time was 5:35 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:53-4/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 98,896, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing 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".

Payout

The 114th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program
number	Horse name
Win
Place
Show

8	Sunday Silence	US$6.20	$3.00	$3.20
2	Easy Goer	-	$2.40	$2.40
5	Rock Point	-	-	$3.60

$2 Exacta: (8–2) paid $10.40

$2 Trifecta: (8-2–5) paid $66.00

The full chart

Finish
position	Margin
(lengths)	Post
position	Horse name	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Post time
odds	Purse
earnings
1st	0	8	Sunday Silence	Pat Valenzuela	Charlie Whittingham	E. Gaillard/A. Hancock/C. Whittingham	2.10-1	$325,000
2nd	nose	2	Easy Goer	Pat Day	Claude McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	.60-1
favorite	$100,000
3rd	5	6	Rock Point	Chris Antley	Sidney Watters Jr.	Brookmeade Stable	22.80-1	$50,000
4th	7	5	Dansil	Larry Snyder	Frank Brothers	John A. Franks	28.30-1	$25,000
5th		1	Hawkster	Marco Castaneda	Ronald McAnally	J. Shelton Meredith	53.60-1
6th	12	7	Houston	Ángel Cordero Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Barry Beal, D. W. Lukas	5.40-1
7th	38	3	Pulverizing	Allen T. Stacy	Jerry Robb	Arnold A. Heft	70.00-1
8th		9	Northern Wolf	Clarence J. Ladner	Harold A. Allen	Deep Silver Stable	33.70-1

Winning Breeder: Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds, Ltd.; (KY)
Final Time: 1:53 4/5
Track Condition: Fast
Total Attendance: 98,896

References

''[[Daily Racing Form]]'', May 21, 1989 Preakness Stakes Chart.
2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 95 (page P-7 of The Preakness section). The Maryland Jockey Club reported official Total Attendance as 98,896. This is listed as 90,145 Pimlico on-site attendance and 8,751 at Laurel on-site attendance.

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