Preakness
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- proper noun
- /ˈpriːknəs/
- In the aftermath of the Preakness, there are basically two types of Triple Crown stories.
- Preakness Stakes
- Preakness winner
- Preakness race
Examples
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Here's hoping we see the same thing two weeks from now at the Preakness.
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Gayle King was at the Preakness this past weekend.
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You and me are going to enter into the Preakness.
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Her connections were quick to run her back in just two weeks after purchase to win the Preakness.
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Then he crushed them in the Preakness.
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Since Citation did it in 1948, seven horses have won the Derby and then the Preakness.
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The Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont.
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Horse racing continues to search for a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in the same year.
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What do we do now without a Triple Crown winner for another year, and maybe we can have a rivalry between the Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and the Preakness winner Shackleford that will be settled in the Belmont Stakes?
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The Preakness, an annual horse race, will take place at Pimlico Race Course this year.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Preakness comes from the name of a famous racehorse called Preakness, and that horse was itself named for a place in New Jersey with the same name. So the Preakness race is simply the event named after that horse, which makes the name easy to remember as part of horse-racing history.