1963 Preakness Stakes

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88th Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes
Location Pimlico Race Course,
Baltimore, Maryland,
United States
DateMay 18, 1963
Distance1 3/16 miles
Winning horse Candy Spots
Jockey Bill Shoemaker
Trainer Mesh Tenney
Owner Rex C. Ellsworth
Conditions Fast
SurfaceDirt
  1962
1964  

The 1963 Preakness Stakes was the 88th running of the $200,000 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 18, 1963, and was televised in the United States on the CBS television network. Candy Spots, who was jockeyed by Bill Shoemaker, won the race by three and one half lengths over runner-up Chateaugay. Approximate post time was 5:48 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth on a fast track in a final time of 1:56-1/5. [1] The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 35,263, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1963. [2]

Contents

Payout

The 88th Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule

Program
Number
Horse Name
Win
Place
Show
8 Candy Spots $5.00$3.20$2.20
4 Chateaugay -$4.40$2.40
5 Never Bend --$2.20

The full chart

Finish
Position
Margin
(lengths)
Post
Position
Horse nameJockeyTrainerOwnerPost Time
Odds
Purse
Earnings
1st08 Candy Spots Bill Shoemaker Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 1.50-1
favorite
$127,500
2nd3 1/24 Chateaugay Braulio Baeza James P. Conway Darby Dan Farm 2.90-1$30,000
3rd85 Never Bend Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 2.90-1$15,000
4th10 1/42Lemon TwistSidney LeJeunePeter C. KeiserTheodore D. Buhl22.80-1$7,500
5th10 1/26Sky Wonder Charles E. Burr Budd I. LepmanMrs. Charles D. Morgan37.10-1
6th11 1/47Rural Retreat Robert L. Baird Gordon R. PotterWilliam B. Robinson99.50-1
7th17 1/41On My HonorPaul FreyJames D. JordanMike & Jack Stein34.50-1
8th20 1/43Country Squire Wayne Chambers Robert N. BlackburnJacnot Stable (Jack R. Hogan)22.30-1

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References

  1. Daily Racing Form, May 19, 1963 Preakness Stakes Chart.
  2. 1 2 2010 Preakness Stakes Media Guide; page 72 (page P-7 of The Preakness section).