95th Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes
LocationPimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
DateMay 16, 1970
Winning horsePersonality
JockeyEddie Belmonte
ConditionsFast
SurfaceDirt

The 1970 Preakness Stakes was the 95th running of the $205,000 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 16, 1970, and was televised in the United States on the CBS television network. Personality, who was jockeyed by Eddie Belmonte, won the race by a scant neck over runner-up My Dad George. Approximate post time was 5:42 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:56-1/5.[1] The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 42,474, this is recorded as third highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1970.[2]

Payout

The 95th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program
Number
Horse Name
Win
Place
Show
1A Personality $11.00 $4.40 $3.20
6 My Dad George - $3.20 $2.60
2 Silent Screen - - $4.20

The full chart

Finish
Position
Margin
(lengths)
Post
Position
Horse name Jockey Trainer Owner Post
Time Odds
Purse
Earnings
1st 0 1A Personality Ethel D. Jacobs John W. Jacobs Eddie Belmonte 3.40-1 $151,300
2nd neck 6 My Dad George Ray Broussard Frank J. McManus Raymond M. Curtis 2.60-1
favorite
$30,000
3rd 31/4 2 Silent Screen John L. Rotz J. Bowes Bond Elberon Farms 4.20-1 $15,000
4th 51/4 1 High Echelon Larry Adams Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 4.50-1 $7,500
5th 61/4 3 Naskra Ron Turcotte Philip G. Johnson Her-Jac Stables 6.70-1
6th 63/4 5 Sir Wiggle Howard Grant Robert L. Wheeler Nelson Bunker Hunt 116.40-1
7th 83/4 13 Stop Time Bill Hartack Joseph W. Mergler Briardale Farms 34.20-1
8th 9 9 Admiral's Shield Jimmy Nichols Harvey L. Vanier William C. Robinson, Jr. 23.90-1
9th 91/2 7 Dust Commander Mike Manganello Don Combs Robert E. Lehmann 3.40-1
favorite
10th 93/4 4 Buzkashi Michael Hole J. Woods Garth James P. Mills 32.70-1
11th 10 11 Robin's Bug Leroy Moyers Tracey Bougan Walter J. Hickey 59.00-1
12th 121/2 12 Hark The Lark Ben Feliciano Larry Boyce Larry Boyce 34.20-1
13th 191/2 10 Plenty Old Henry E. Moreno Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 52.10-1
14th 231/2 8 Oh Fudge Joe Culmone Eldon Coffman Harbor View Farm 94.50-1
  • Winning Breeder: Bieber-Jacobs Stables; (KY)
  • Winning Time: 1:56 1/5
  • Track Condition: Fast
  • Total Attendance: 42,474[2]

References

  1. Daily Racing Form, May 17, 1970 Preakness Stakes Chart.
  2. 1 2 2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 73 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).
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