2014 Preakness Stakes
| Preakness Stakes | |
"The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown" "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" | |
| Location | Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Date | May 17, 2014 |
| Winning horse | California Chrome |
| Winning time | 1:54.84 |
| Final odds | 1-2 |
| Jockey | Victor Espinoza |
| Trainer | Art Sherman |
| Conditions | Fast |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Attendance | 123,469 (record at the time) |
The 2014 Preakness Stakes was the 139th running of the Preakness Stakes. The race was scheduled to start at 6:18 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 17, 2014, at Pimlico Race Course and was run as the twelfth race on a racecard with thirteen races. The race was won by California Chrome, giving him a chance to win the Triple Crown at Belmont. It is the thirty-fourth time a horse has won the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 123,469, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2014.
The payout to the winning horses in the 2014 Stakes was US$1,500,000, an increase of half a million dollars from the previous year.