Preakness Post Time 2017 Speed record:
1 3⁄16 miles (1.91 km) - 1:53 - Secretariat (1973)
Secretariat, the 1973 winner, and ultimately a Triple Crown winner, was originally credited with a running time of 1:55. Two Daily Racing Form clockers, however, timed Secretariat's Preakness in 1:53 2/5, a new stakes record. A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay proved Secretariat reached the wire before Canonero II, the then-current record holder. But instead of giving Secretariat the record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who timed the race in 1:54 2/5. The matter was finally resolved in a June 2012 meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission, which unanimously ruled to change Secretariat's final time to 1:53 based on testimony and analysis of the race replays.[24] Consequently, Secretariat holds the current official record for all three races required to win the Triple Crown.
Margin of Victory
11 1⁄2 lengths - Smarty Jones (2004)
10 lengths - Survivor (1873)
9 3⁄4 lengths - Funny Cide (2003)
8 lengths - Count Fleet (1943)
Most wins by a jockey:
6 - Eddie Arcaro (1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957)
5 - Pat Day (1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996)
3 - George Barbee (1873, 1876, 1883)
3 - Bill Hartack (1956, 1964, 1969)
3 - Lloyd Hughes (1875, 1879, 1880)
3 - Gary Stevens (1997, 2001, 2013)
3 - Victor Espinoza (2002, 2014, 2015)
Most wins by a trainer:
7 - R. Wyndham Walden (1875, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1888)
6 - D. Wayne Lukas (1980, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2013)
6 - Bob Baffert (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015)
5 - Thomas J. Healey (1901, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929)
4 - Jim Fitzsimmons (1930, 1935, 1955, 1957)
4 - Jimmy Jones (1947, 1948, 1956, 1958)
3 - John Whalen (1907, 1911, 1913)
Most wins by an owner:
7 - Calumet Farm (1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1958, 1968, 2013) (also the leading breeder with 7)
5 - George L. Lorillard (1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882)
4 - Harry P. Whitney (1908, 1921, 1927, 1928)