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PREAKNESS 2011: Derby Winners In The Preakness Since 1986

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May 1996: Jerry Bailey on Grindstone waves to the crowds as a handler leads the horse off the track after winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Mandatory Credit: Simon Bruty /Allsport Date created:
May 1996: Jerry Bailey on Grindstone waves to the crowds as a handler leads the horse off the track after winning the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Mandatory Credit: Simon Bruty /Allsport Date created:

Over the last 25-years, all but one winner of the Kentucky Derby has gone on to race at Pimlico in the Preakness.  The only exception during that time frame was Grindstone, the 1996 Derby winner that was retired five days after the Derby due to bone chips in his knee. The other 24 horses that have gone on to race in the Preakness have had a good deal of success.  Since 1986, nine Derby winners have won at Pimlico, six have finished 2nd, and three have finished 3rd, for an overall in-the-money success rate of 18-for-24 (75%). 

Below is a list of Kentucky Derby winners and their Preakness finish since 1986.

Year Derby Winner Preakness
2010 Super Saver 8th
2009 Mine That Bird 2nd
2008 Big Brown 1st
2007 Street Sense 2nd
2006 Barbaro 9th
2005 Giacomo 3rd
2004 Smarty Jones 1st
2003 Funny Cide 1st
2002 War Emblem 1st
2001 Monarchos 6th
2000 Fusaichi Pegasus 2nd
1999 Charismatic 1st
1998 Real Quiet 1st
1997 Silver Charm 1st
1996 Grindstone DNS
1995 Thunder Gulch 3rd
1994 Go for Gin 2nd
1993 Sea Hero 5th
1992 Lil E. Tee 5th
1991 Strike the Gold 6th
1990 Unbridled 2nd
1989 Sunday Silence 1st
1988 Winning Colors 3rd
1987 Alysheba 1st
1986 Ferdinand 2nd

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