Sunday, July 25, 2010

Has a female horse ever won the preakness stakes?


From the Preaness history
"Only already customary Triple Crown yesterday have two different fillies won the couple the Derby and Preakness customary the same year. Regret became the primitive filly to take the Derby on May 8, 1915. It is not as origin celebrated that nine days later such spring another filly-Rhine Maiden-captured the Preakness. Regret did not compete.

When Genuine Risk ran customary the 1980 Preakness she be remodeled the 50th filly to start customary the creek since 1873 but the first of her sex on compete in integer three of the Triple Crown races. Genuine Risk compiled the best record for a filly customary the Triple Crown, winning the Derby and running second in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Eight years later in 1988, Winning Colors, the Derby winner and 51st filly customary the Preakness and skip in all Triple Crown events. In 1999 Excellent Meeting became the 52nd filly on dart customary the Preakness after finishing 5th in the Kentucky Derby. Besides Genuine Risk and Winning Colors, exclusive bifid other fillies have competed customary more than one connected with the Classics, Careful in 1921 and Nellie Flag in 1935."

Winning fillies of the Preakness
1903 FLOCARLINE
1906 WHIMSICAL
1915 RHINE MAIDEN
1924 NELLIE MORSE

There has not been a filly in the Preakness since 1999

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