- Preakness Stables
Preakness Stables was a Thoroughbred horse racing
stable established by Massachusetts businessmanMilton H. Sanford inWayne, New Jersey at what today is the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue.Milton Sanford named one of his horses Preakness who won the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes and for whom the
Preakness Stakes is named. In addition to the New Jersey stable, Milton Sanford owned the 544 acre Preakness Stud Farm inLexington, Kentucky . One of their stallions at stud in Kentucky was Virgil, who siredKentucky Derby winners Hindoo, Ben Ali and Vagrant, plus Preakness Stakes winner, Vanguard, and the champion 2-year-old colt, Tremont.In 1881, the sixty-eight-year-old Milton Sanford sold Preakness Stud to
Daniel Swigert who renamed itElmendorf Farm .Under trainer
Edward Feakes , Preakness Stables won the Preakness Stakes twice. Their first victory came in 1890 with Montague and in 1895 with Belmar who also won theBelmont Stakes .References
* [http://www.preakness.com/NR/rdonlyres/B33AB458-1FF4-4A55-9CB2-316217B2AB98/0/HowthePreaknessgotitsname.pdf Race name origins from the offical Preakness Stakes website]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Hindoo.html Thoroughbred Heritage.com information of Milton H. Sanford]
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