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Pimlico - May 18, 2013
STAKES Preakness S. Grade 1 - For Thoroughbred Three Year Old (1 and 3/16 Mile)
Track Record: (Farma Way - 1:52.55 - May 11, 1991)
Value of Race: $1,000,000 1st $600,000, 2nd $200,000, 3rd $110,000, 4th $60,000, 5th $30,000

Weather:Overcast
Track:Fast
Start Time: 6:20 pm
Start: Good for all
Final Time: 1:57.54

Winning Jockey: Gary Stevens
Winning Breeder: Colts Neck Stables LLC
Winning Owner: Calumet Farm
Winning Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas

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2013 Preakness Stakes Complete Order of Finish (post positions)
1. (6) Oxbow
2. (9) Itsmyluckyday
3. (5) Mylute
4. (1) Orb
5. (2) Goldencents
6. (4) Departing
7. (7) Will Take Charge
8. (8) Govenor Charlie
9. (3) Titletown Five

2013 Preakness Stakes recap
by Trevor Whenham - 5/18/2013

Call the cops, because we just witnessed a theft. Gary Stevens is a hall of fame jockey, and he just proved why yet again. He absolutely stole the 2013 Preakness aboard Oxbow. If you put Stevens on a good horse and let him run on the lead at a casual, unchallenged pace early on then he is going to win a very large percentage of races.

No one was more shocked than Stevens that he was able to get away with what he did, either. He was likely expecting to push the pace more than set it, but Goldencents wasn’t nearly as aggressive early as expected, and neither Titletown Five nor Govenor Charlie wanted to fire early like many thought they would. It was like no one wanted to lead after the disaster of the Derby’s early fractions, so Oxbow took it by default.

Once Stevens and Oxbow found the lead he wasn’t pushed from behind by any of the stalkers, so he relaxed, and never looked back. He ran the first half mile in a slow 48.60 seconds, which was more than three seconds slower than the Derby pace, and downright slow for horses of this caliber. Two weeks ago Oxbow was pushing that lightning pace set by Palace Malice, and he was worn out by the end, though he still held on for sixth. This time he used far less energy early on, and had more than enough left for the finish. He was wavering slightly by the final sixteenth of a mile, but by that time he had enough of a lead to hold on, and to make history for Stevens, the 50 year old jockey who just came back from a retirement of seven years, and legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

While Oxbow was impressive, the bigger story perhaps is what happened to Kentucky Derby winner Orb. He got a fine start, but looked like he was in trouble early on. He never got into a good position, and found himself surrounded on the rail. The slow pace didn’t set up well for a closing style, so he was forced to run much closer to the action than he prefers. He didn’t find the room he needed, and he never really looked comfortable. It just wasn’t his day.

Itsmyluckyday proved that he was far better than his disastrous Derby run, and was more than respectable in second, and Mylute improved on his strong Derby showing to finish third for jockey Rosie Napravnik.